Grade 8 Teacher

Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education — about 23,610 people — is $64,780. Wheeler County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $41,223 for this role, 36% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Wheeler County Board of Education is $41,223, 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.

Grade 8 Teacher is held in 167 Georgia departments. In Wheeler County Board of Education, the median of $41,223 ranks #162 of 167.

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• Custodial Personnel 9
• Grade 3 Teacher 5
• Grade 5 Teacher 5
• Grades 9-12 Teacher 15
• Member, Board of Education 6
• Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide 6
• School Food Service Worker 11
• Special Education Interrelated 9
• Special Education Parapro/Aide 16
• Substitute Teacher 25
• Vocational 5