Georgia / Houston County Board of Education / Kindergarten Teacher

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Kindergarten Teacher

Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.

108 employees hold this title in Houston County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $68,056, above the department median of $41,621.

Employees: 108
Total payroll: $7.3M
Role median: $68,056
Agency median: $41,621
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$3,465$96,864+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 108 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Kindergarten Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 4,530 people — is $65,680. Houston County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $71,280 for this role, 9% above that figure — about the 61st percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$48,610

$59,810

$65,680

$77,980

$95,070

Houston County Board of Education median · $71,280

The bar is the range of annual wages for Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Houston 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 Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education — about 108,870 people — is $62,680. Houston County Board of Education’s median base salary is 14% above that national figure, about the 62nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$46,990

$52,180

$62,680

$79,910

$101,830

Houston County Board of Education median · $71,280

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 100 of 108 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 Houston County Board of Education is $68,056, 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

Kindergarten Teacher is held in 131 Georgia departments. In Houston County Board of Education, the median of $68,056 ranks #24 of 131.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Cobb County School District

$85,531 · 359

City of Decatur Board of Education

$82,918 · 17

City of Buford Board of Education

$76,518 · 23

Dekalb County Board of Education

$75,214 · 311

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$74,807 · 7

Jasper County Board of Education

$73,756 · 7

Paulding County Board of Education

$72,944 · 111

Stewart County Board of Education

$72,871 · 1

City of Marietta Board of Education

$72,194 · 41

Jackson County Board of Education

$72,107 · 37

Schley County Board of Education

$71,504 · 4

Greene County Board of Education

$71,277 · 12

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

Same department

Other job titles in Houston County Board of Education

Assistant Principal 100
Bookkeeper 19
Bus Driver 212
Custodial Personnel 220
Data Clerk 44
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 37
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 22
Elementary Counselor 26
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 38
Food Service Administrator 14
General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 30
Gifted 91
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 114
Gifted High 61
Grade 1 Teacher 107
Grade 2 Teacher 110
Grade 3 Teacher 109
Grade 4 Teacher 73
Grade 5 Teacher 91
Grade 6 Teacher 75
Grade 7 Teacher 77
Grade 8 Teacher 74
Grades 6-8 Teacher 15
Grades 9-12 Teacher 317
Grades K-5 Teacher 15
High School Counselor 31
Instructional Specialist 19
Instructional Specialist P-8 140
Instructional Supervisor 18
Librarian/Media Specialist 41
Lottery Pre-School Teacher 59
Maintenance Personnel 118
Middle School Career, Technical and Agricultural Teacher 32
Middle School Counselor 19
Military Science Teacher 13
Miscellaneous Activities 976
Nursing Assistant / Health Technician 42
Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 57
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 156
Parent Coordinator 19
Preschool Special Education Teacher 17
Principal 43
School Food Service Manager 45
School Food Service Worker 429
School Nurse 12
School Psychologist 13
School Secretary/Clerk 23
Secretary 49
Special Education Bus Aide 91
Special Education Interrelated 246
Special Education Parapro/Aide 301
Speech-Language Pathologist 46
Teacher of Autistic Students 17
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 32
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 28
Teacher of Profound Intellectual 13
Technology Specialist 32
Vocational 56
Warehouseman 14

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