Georgia / Tift County Board of Education / Elementary Counselor
Job-title file
Assess client needs, develop service plans, and connect people with support resources.
11 employees hold this title in Tift County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $56,253, above the department median of $44,003.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 11 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 11,460 people — is $63,720. Tift County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $59,076 for this role, 7% below that figure — about the 42nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Tift 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 Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors — about 353,310 people — is $64,330. Tift County Board of Education’s median base salary is 8% below that national figure, about the 40th 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.
Computed over the 9 of 11 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 Tift County Board of Education is $56,253, 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
Elementary Counselor is held in 174 Georgia departments. In Tift County Board of Education, the median of $56,253 ranks #147 of 174.
Median total compensation for the Elementary Counselor role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Record list
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Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Carletha Parson is a Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $85,003.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Amber Cheshire works as a Elementary Counselor for Tift County Board of Education. Amber earned $63,648 in 2025.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Julie Thompson is a Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $62,814.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Kimbriana Hayes holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $59,208.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
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At Tift County Board of Education, Cameron Prostko serves as a Elementary Counselor. Their 2025 pay totaled $59,076.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Bonnie Layton holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $56,253.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Christopher Oldham works as a Elementary Counselor for Tift County Board of Education. Christopher earned $56,222 in 2025.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Kimberly Southers is a Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $51,728.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Melanie Carridine is a Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $37,371.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Maria Hoffman works as a Elementary Counselor for Tift County Board of Education. Maria earned $10,849 in 2025.
Elementary Counselor/Tift County Board of Education
Alexis Sapp holds the role of Elementary Counselor at Tift County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $7,768.