Georgia / Paulding County Board of Education / Rehabilitation Counselor
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
1 employees hold this title in Paulding County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $78,880, above the department median of $46,123.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Rehabilitation Counselors — about 740 people — is $55,000. Paulding County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $78,880 for this role, 43% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Rehabilitation Counselors 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 Rehabilitation Counselors — about 94,740 people — is $46,850. Paulding County Board of Education’s median base salary is 68% above that national figure, above the 90th 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.
Median total compensation for this role at Paulding County Board of Education is $78,880, 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
Rehabilitation Counselor is held in 3 Georgia departments. In Paulding County Board of Education, the median of $78,880 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Rehabilitation Counselor role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 4 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $51,454 ranks #3 of 4. See Rehabilitation Counselor across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Rehabilitation Counselorroles 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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Rehabilitation Counselor/Paulding County Board of Education
Source-specific fields
Carla Nelson is a Rehabilitation Counselor at Paulding County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $78,880.