Georgia / Polk School District / Grade 5 Teacher

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Grade 5 Teacher

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

26 employees hold this title in Polk School District. Median total compensation for the role is $65,121, above the department median of $49,015.

Employees: 26
Total payroll: $1.6M
Role median: $65,121
Agency median: $49,015
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$7,044$84,644+

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

How total compensation varies among the 26 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 5 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. Polk School District pays a median base salary of $66,956 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 38th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Polk School District sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$49,260

$61,110

$72,290

$77,870

$98,030

Polk School District median · $66,956

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 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 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education — about 1,388,390 people — is $63,970. Polk School District’s median base salary is 5% above that national figure, about the 54th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$47,960

$57,710

$63,970

$81,450

$104,340

Polk School District median · $66,956

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 23 of 26 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 $65,121, 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 5 Teacher is held in 172 Georgia departments. In Polk School District, the median of $65,121 ranks #71 of 172.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Atlanta Independent School System

$92,310 · 163

Cobb County School District

$87,492 · 332

City of Buford Board of Education

$84,510 · 19

Hancock County Board of Education

$82,897 · 1

Fulton County Board of Education

$82,124 · 157

City of Decatur Board of Education

$80,769 · 26

City of Cartersville Board of Education

$80,144 · 15

Dekalb County Board of Education

$78,528 · 280

City of Social Circle Board of Education

$77,807 · 5

Cherokee County Board of Education

$77,698 · 139

Burke County Board of Education

$77,343 · 11

Clayton County Board of Education

$76,556 · 173

Median total compensation for the Grade 5 Teacher role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

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