What public jobs pay in Georgia
Teachers, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers and school social workers: what each one earns in Georgia, employer by employer, from official pay records: the newest year each source has published (2024 to 2025).
How much does each public job pay in Georgia?
Each job leads to its Georgia page, with every employer. Teachers: median total pay of those who worked the whole school year. Every other job: average total pay of people who worked the full year.
- Teachers$74,1411median total pay, 2024-25See every employer
- Correctional officers$62,5701,2average total pay, 2025See every employer
- Librarians$82,7131,2average total pay, 2025See every employer
- 911 dispatchers$68,5812average total pay, 2025See every employer
- School social workers$82,3951average total pay, fiscal 2025See every employer
Which Georgia employers have pages for the most jobs?
Cities, counties and districts with a page for several jobs, largest first. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff in each job.
Fulton County
- Correctional officers$73,637
- Librarians$70,957
- 911 dispatchers$68,581
Georgia Department of Corrections
- Correctional officers$62,063
Muscogee County School District
- Librarians$61,458
Gwinnett County Public Schools
- Librarians$87,399
DeKalb County School District
- Librarians$92,667
Cobb County School District
- Librarians$100,475
Fulton County Schools
- Librarians$95,667
Clayton County School District
- Librarians$96,550
How to read Georgia's public pay figures
Total pay for every job, teachers too
Georgia's figures are total pay of people who worked the full year, for teachers as well: supplements, overtime and other pay included. Teacher figures are medians, the middle teacher's pay; the other jobs show averages.
School districts, state prisons and Fulton County
Open Georgia, the state's pay file, covers every school district and state agency but no cities or counties. So teachers, school librarians and school social workers cover every district, correctional officers the state's prisons, and the 911, jail and public library figures come from Fulton County, which publishes its own payroll.
Questions about public pay in Georgia
Which public job pays the most in Georgia?
Of the jobs on this page, librarians have the highest average total pay in Georgia: $82,713 for those who worked the full year (2025), overtime included. School social workers average $82,395, 911 dispatchers average $68,581 and correctional officers average $62,570. Teachers who worked the full year were paid a median of $74,141.
How much do teachers make in Georgia?
Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year were paid a median of $74,141, supplements included, across 180 school districts. Each district's own figure is on the Georgia teacher pages.
Which Georgia public jobs does Public Paycheck cover?
teachers, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers and school social workers. More jobs and more states follow as we collect their pay records.
Sources for the Georgia figures
- Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, Open Georgia, salaries and travel, fiscal years 2024 and 2025: title and total pay of every school district employee, July 2024 to June 2025, and the year before to see who worked the full year.
- Fulton County Government (GA), Payroll Public Dataset, Share Fulton (CC BY 4.0): title, pay range, base, overtime and total pay and hire date of every Fulton County employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.