Compared with the local labor market
Grades 9-12 Teacher pay vs. Georgia
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 25,730 people — is $75,480. Talbot County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $59,395 for this role, 21% below that figure — about the 23rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Talbot County Board of Education sits in the local pay range
$49,450
$60,950
$75,480
$79,240
$96,820
Talbot County Board of Education median · $59,395
The bar is the range of annual wages for Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Talbot 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 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 1,065,210 people — is $72,040. Talbot County Board of Education’s median base salary is 18% below that national figure, about the 24th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$48,780
$59,980
$72,040
$92,570
$107,600
Talbot County Board of Education median · $59,395
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 12 of 16 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Talbot County Board of Education is $55,026, 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.