Speech-Language Pathologist

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Speech-Language Pathologists — about 4,030 people — is $96,760. Putnam County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $83,196 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 35th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Putnam County Board of Education is $83,196, 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.

Speech-Language Pathologist is held in 164 Georgia departments. In Putnam County Board of Education, the median of $83,196 ranks #13 of 164.

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $73,947 ranks #4 of 6. See Speech Language Pathologist across all of Georgia →