Georgia / Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education / Teacher of Autistic Students
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Plan and deliver instruction, assess student progress, and develop curriculum.
1 employee holds this title in Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $96,918, above the department median of $37,769.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 980 people — is $76,130. Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $96,918 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 82nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Special Education Teachers, All Other across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Thomaston-Upson 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 Special Education Teachers, All Other — about 33,930 people — is $76,580. Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education’s median base salary is 27% above that national figure, about the 72nd 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 Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education is $96,918, 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.
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Teacher of Autistic Students is held in 57 Georgia departments. In Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education, the median of $96,918 ranks #1 of 57.
Median total compensation for the Teacher of Autistic Students role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Teacher of Autistic Students/Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education
Amy Fields is a Teacher of Autistic Students at Thomaston-Upson County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $96,918.