Georgia / Putnam County Board of Education / School Secretary/Clerk

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School Secretary/Clerk

Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.

7 employees hold this title in Putnam County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $32,125, below the department median of $37,681.

Employees: 7
Total payroll: $222.5K
Role median: $32,125
Agency median: $37,681
Comparison: Below

Compared with the local labor market

School Secretary/Clerk pay vs. Georgia

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 44,430 people — is $41,600. Putnam County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $32,896 for this role, 21% below that figure — about the 27th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

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

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$26,330

$32,130

$41,600

$52,090

$62,090

Putnam County Board of Education median · $32,896

The bar is the range of annual wages for Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Putnam 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 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive — about 1,706,790 people — is $47,540. Putnam County Board of Education’s median base salary is 31% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$33,280

$38,830

$47,540

$58,000

$66,350

Putnam County Board of Education median · $32,896

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 6 of 7 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 Putnam County Board of Education is $32,125, 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

School Secretary/Clerk is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Putnam County Board of Education, the median of $32,125 ranks #50 of 164.

Highest-paying departments for this role

City of Gainesville Board of Education

$47,809 · 10

City of Decatur Board of Education

$46,594 · 21

Baldwin County Board of Education

$46,240 · 8

Fulton County Board of Education

$45,935 · 249

City of Buford Board of Education

$45,099 · 19

City of Dublin Board of Education

$43,839 · 6

Dekalb County Board of Education

$41,955 · 441

Clarke County Board of Education

$41,674 · 60

Colquitt County Board of Education

$41,348 · 23

Mcintosh County Board of Education

$40,733 · 4

Bulloch County Board of Education

$40,592 · 6

Carroll County Board of Education

$40,433 · 48

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

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