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Elementary Counselor

Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.

9 employees hold this title in Lowndes County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $65,334, above the department median of $46,006.

Employees
9
Total payroll
$486K
Role median
$65,334
Agency median
$46,006
Comparison
Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$8,608$80,663+

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

How total compensation varies among the 9 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

Elementary Counselor pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisorsabout 11,460 people is $63,720. Lowndes County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $68,045 for this role, 7% above that figureabout the 57th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$42,040
$49,000
$63,720
$79,140
$101,880
Lowndes County Board of Education median · $68,045

The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Lowndes 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 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisorsabout 353,310 people is $64,330. Lowndes County Board of Education’s median base salary is 6% above that national figure, about the 55th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$45,020
$51,270
$64,330
$82,870
$104,770
Lowndes County Board of Education median · $68,045

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 7 of 9 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 Lowndes County Board of Education is $65,334, 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

Elementary Counselor is held in 174 Georgia departments. In Lowndes County Board of Education, the median of $65,334 ranks #112 of 174.

Highest-paying departments for this role

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

Same department

Other job titles in Lowndes County Board of Education

Record list

Employees with this title

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Kimberlee Bolton

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$82,111
Base pay
$82,111
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$82,111

Kimberlee Bolton works as a Elementary Counselor for Lowndes County Board of Education. Kimberlee earned $82,111 in 2025.

Tara Phelps

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$73,064
Base pay
$73,064
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$73,064

Tara Phelps holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $73,064.

James Allen

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$71,414
Base pay
$71,414
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$71,414

James Allen holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $71,414.

Jessica Lefiles

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$68,045
Base pay
$68,045
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$68,045

Jessica Lefiles holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $68,045.

Lakisha Barnum

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$65,334
Base pay
$65,334
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$65,334

Lakisha Barnum is a Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $65,334.

Elizabeth Ellinburg

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$54,308
Base pay
$54,308
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$54,308

Elizabeth Ellinburg works as a Elementary Counselor for Lowndes County Board of Education. Elizabeth earned $54,308 in 2025.

Emily Fender

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$50,870
Base pay
$50,870
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$50,870

Source-specific fields

Travel Pay
$16

Emily Fender holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $50,870.

Tiffany Clemons

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$12,246
Base pay
$12,246
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$12,246

Tiffany Clemons is a Elementary Counselor at Lowndes County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $12,246.

Tenley Ward

Elementary Counselor/Lowndes County Board of Education

2025 total comp
$8,608
Base pay
$8,608
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$0
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$8,608

Tenley Ward works as a Elementary Counselor for Lowndes County Board of Education. Tenley earned $8,608 in 2025.