Behavior Support Specialist (Classified)

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Marriage and Family Therapists is $91,550. Walton County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $29,748 for this role, 68% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Computed over the 4 of 6 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 Walton County Board of Education is $27,443, 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.

Behavior Support Specialist (Classified) is held in 18 Georgia departments. In Walton County Board of Education, the median of $27,443 ranks #13 of 18.

• Assistant Principal 32
• Bookkeeper 15
• Bus Driver 126
• Counseling Paraprofessional 6
• Custodial Personnel 96
• Early Intervention Primary Teacher 26
• Elementary Counselor 9
• English for Speakers of Other Languages Teacher 15
• Family Services Coordinator 7
• General Administrative Secretary/Clerk 9
• Gifted 18
• Gifted Elementary Teacher P-5 37
• Gifted High 46
• Grade 1 Teacher 46
• Grade 2 Teacher 52
• Grade 3 Teacher 51
• Grade 4 Teacher 49
• Grade 5 Teacher 43
• Grade 6 Teacher 31
• Grade 7 Teacher 34
• Grade 8 Teacher 36
• Grades 6-8 Teacher 8
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 136
• High School Counselor 11
• Instructional Specialist 8
• Instructional Specialist P-8 37
• Is Personnel - Finance and Business 8
• Kindergarten Regular Education Teacher 53
• Librarian/Media Specialist 16
• Maintenance Personnel 27
• Member, Board of Education 8
• Middle School Career, Technical and Agricultural Teacher 11
• Middle School Counselor 8
• Middle School Explor Teacher 21
• Miscellaneous Activities 61
• Other Instructional Provider 8
• Paraprofessional Personnel - Pre-Kindergarten 20
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 54
• Pre-School Regular Education Teacher 22
• Preschool Special Education Teacher 12
• Principal 17
• School Food Service Manager 31
• School Food Service Worker 109
• School Nurse 18
• School Psychologist 10
• School Secretary/Clerk 31
• Secretary 23
• Special Education Bus Aide 31
• Special Education Bus Driver 29
• Special Education Interrelated 138
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 95
• Special Education Paraprofessional - Ages 3 to 5 14
• Speech-Language Pathologist 23
• Substitute Teacher 281
• Teacher of Mild Intellectual 11
• Teacher of Moderate Intellectual 20
• Technology Specialist 18
• Transportation Mechanic 7
• Vocational 36