Georgia / Heard County Board of Education / Principal

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Principal

Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.

7 employees hold this title in Heard County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $114,128, above the department median of $44,468.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $679.2K
Role median: $114,128
Agency median: $44,468
Comparison: Above

Compared with the local labor market

Principal pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 7,530 people — is $103,360. Heard County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $115,967 for this role, 12% above that figure — about the 64th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Heard County Board of Education sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$81,440

$93,980

$103,360

$126,630

$135,990

Heard County Board of Education median · $115,967

The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Heard County Board of Education’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary — about 328,330 people — is $105,870. Heard County Board of Education’s median base salary is 10% above that national figure, about the 59th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$76,280

$86,040

$105,870

$134,630

$167,770

Heard County Board of Education median · $115,967

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Georgia range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 6 of 7 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Heard County Board of Education is $114,128, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Georgia

Principal is held in 179 Georgia departments. In Heard County Board of Education, the median of $114,128 ranks #80 of 179.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Marietta Board of Education

$174,605 · 12

Atlanta Independent School System

$166,522 · 76

Greene County Board of Education

$164,077 · 2

Fulton County Board of Education

$159,903 · 79

Cobb County School District

$154,964 · 120

Forsyth County Board of Education

$146,432 · 45

Bartow County Board of Education

$146,174 · 23

Houston County Board of Education

$145,386 · 43

Gwinnett County Board of Education

$144,207 · 151

Walton County Board of Education

$142,402 · 17

City of Buford Board of Education

$141,967 · 6

City of Decatur Board of Education

$141,729 · 10

Median total compensation for the Principal role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Principal beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $125,516 ranks #6 of 7. See Principal across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Chicago Public Schools

$223,911 · 478

New York City

$200,053 · 1,959

District of Columbia

$197,776 · 116

School District of Philadelphia

$172,636 · 229

City of Springfield, MA

$138,995 · 57

South Carolina

$117,713 · 14

Median total compensation for comparable Principal roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

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