Georgia / Paulding County Board of Education / Grade 4 Teacher

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Grade 4 Teacher

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

95 employees hold this title in Paulding County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $70,710, above the department median of $46,123.

Employees: 95
Total payroll: $6.8M
Role median: $70,710
Agency median: $46,123
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$8,583$97,409+

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

How total compensation varies among the 95 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

Grade 4 Teacher pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 43,820 people — is $72,290. Paulding County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $70,788 for this role, 2% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,260

$61,110

$72,290

$77,870

$98,030

Paulding County Board of Education median · $70,788

The bar is the range of annual wages for Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Paulding 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Paulding County Board of Education’s median base salary is 11% above that national figure, about the 60th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,960

$57,710

$63,970

$81,450

$104,340

Paulding County Board of Education median · $70,788

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 93 of 95 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 Paulding County Board of Education is $70,710, 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

Grade 4 Teacher is held in 174 Georgia departments. In Paulding County Board of Education, the median of $70,710 ranks #26 of 174.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Buford Board of Education

$86,634 · 18

Atlanta Independent School System

$86,353 · 160

Cobb County School District

$85,951 · 346

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$83,210 · 14

City of Marietta Board of Education

$79,935 · 32

Clinch County Board of Education

$77,834 · 5

Elbert County Board of Education

$76,812 · 8

Fulton County Board of Education

$76,687 · 170

Dekalb County Board of Education

$75,662 · 301

Wheeler County Board of Education

$75,142 · 3

Fannin County Board of Education

$75,011 · 5

Clayton County Board of Education

$74,907 · 146

Median total compensation for the Grade 4 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Same department

Other job titles in Paulding County Board of Education

Assistant Principal 76
Bookkeeper 35
Bus Driver 390
Business Service Secretary/Clerk 17
Custodial Personnel 59
Early Intervention Primary Teacher 25
Early Intervention Program 4Th and 5Th Grade Teacher 23
Elementary Counselor 28
English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 33
Finance/Business Personnel 13
Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 28
Grade 1 Teacher 113
Grade 2 Teacher 114
Grade 3 Teacher 122
Grade 5 Teacher 105
Grade 6 Teacher 99
Grade 7 Teacher 94
Grade 8 Teacher 103
Grades 6-8 Teacher 21
Grades 9-12 Teacher 425
Grades K-5 Teacher 37
High School Counselor 30
Instructional Specialist P-8 139
Instructional Supervisor 112
Is Personnel - Support Service 14
Kindergarten Teacher 111
Librarian/Media Specialist 37
Library/Media Support Paraprofessional 34
Maintenance Personnel 41
Middle School Career, Technical and Agricultural Teacher 24
Middle School Counselor 20
Middle School Explor Teacher 11
Military Science Teacher 12
Occupational Therapist 16
Other Instructional Provider 16
Other Transportation 19
Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 137
Preschool Special Education Teacher 24
Principal 34
School Food Service Manager 40
School Food Service Worker 298
School Nurse 41
School Psychologist 23
School Resource Officer 18
Secretary 77
Security Personnel/Security Officer 37
Special Education Bus Aide 113
Special Education Interrelated 291
Special Education Parapro/Aide 310
Speech-Language Pathologist 45
Substitute Teacher 1,001
Support Service Secretary/Clerk 11
Teacher of Autistic Students 31
Teacher of Emotional/Behavioral 11
Teacher of Mild Intellectual 41
Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 31
Technology Specialist 37
Transportation Mechanic 12
Vocational 81

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