Georgia / Polk School District / Bookkeeper

Job-title file

Bookkeeper

Carry out the duties of this position in support of the agency's public mission.

12 employees hold this title in Polk School District. Median total compensation for the role is $35,115, below the department median of $49,015.

Employees: 12
Total payroll: $436.9K
Role median: $35,115
Agency median: $49,015
Comparison: Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$18,994$48,139+

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

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

Bookkeeper pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 38,700 people — is $49,350. Polk School District pays a median base salary of $36,580 for this role, 26% below that figure — about the 17th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Polk School District sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$32,810

$40,410

$49,350

$60,010

$71,810

Polk School District median · $36,580

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Polk School District’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks — about 1,373,680 people — is $50,670. Polk School District’s median base salary is 28% below that national figure, about the 11th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,000

$43,520

$50,670

$61,470

$74,550

Polk School District median · $36,580

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 11 of 12 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 Polk School District is $35,115, 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

Bookkeeper is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Polk School District, the median of $35,115 ranks #91 of 164.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Decatur Board of Education

$103,577 · 2

Fulton County Board of Education

$72,380 · 13

Effingham County Board of Education

$66,114 · 8

Middle Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency

$63,228 · 1

Hancock County Board of Education

$59,940 · 2

City of Buford Board of Education

$58,539 · 7

Laurens County Board of Education

$58,135 · 6

Atlanta Independent School System

$54,853 · 23

Thomas County Board of Education

$54,095 · 10

Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education

$53,117 · 1

Columbia County Board of Education

$52,959 · 6

Lowndes County Board of Education

$51,744 · 1

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

Compare jurisdictions

Bookkeeper beyond Georgia

This role is reported in 5 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $40,604 ranks #4 of 5. See Bookkeeper across all of Georgia →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

New York City

$61,056 · 226

Arkansas

$53,534 · 13

New York Public Authorities

$43,995 · 6

Cook County, Illinois

$13,354 · 9

Median total compensation for comparable Bookkeeper roles 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.

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