Georgia / Jekyll Island Authority / Groundskeeper 1
Job-title file
Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.
12 employees hold this title in Jekyll Island Authority. Median total compensation for the role is $27,569, above the department median of $6,984.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 12 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
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers — about 25,510 people — is $37,970. Jekyll Island Authority pays a median base salary of $35,064 for this role, 8% below that figure — about the 30th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Jekyll Island Authority’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers — about 952,640 people — is $39,150. Jekyll Island Authority’s median base salary is 10% below that national figure, about the 22nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 20 of 27 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Jekyll Island Authority is $33,221, 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
Groundskeeper 1 is held in 3 Georgia departments. In Jekyll Island Authority, the median of $27,569 ranks #1 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Groundskeeper 1 role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 12 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $30,367 ranks #7 of 12. See Groundskeeper across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Groundskeeperroles 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.
Record list
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Groundskeeper 1/Jekyll Island Authority
Derek Purdom works as a Groundskeeper 1 for Jekyll Island Authority. Derek earned $39,167 in 2025.