Georgia / Public Defender Council, Georgia / Division Director
Job-title file
Lead staff and operations — set priorities, allocate resources, and oversee program delivery.
1 employees hold this title in Public Defender Council, Georgia. Median total compensation for the role is $141,279, above the department median of $62,540.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondary — about 2,890 people — is $110,200. Public Defender Council, Georgia pays a median base salary of $141,279 for this role, 28% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Education Administrators, Postsecondary across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Public Defender Council, Georgia’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Education Administrators, Postsecondary — about 180,470 people — is $104,590. Public Defender Council, Georgia’s median base salary is 35% above that national figure, about the 73rd 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 Public Defender Council, Georgia is $141,279, 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
Division Director is held in 21 Georgia departments. In Public Defender Council, Georgia, the median of $141,279 ranks #6 of 21.
Median total compensation for the Division Director role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $126,385 ranks #3 of 6. See Division Director across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Division Directorroles 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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Division Director/Public Defender Council, Georgia
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Thomas O'Connor works as a Division Director for Public Defender Council, Georgia. Thomas earned $141,279 in 2025.