Clayton County teacher salaries

Clayton County is a county school district in Georgia with 3,733 teachers on its 2024-25 payroll. Those who worked the whole school year were paid a median of $83,357, supplements included.1

What do teachers at Clayton County make?

Lowest-paid tenth earn up to

$65,969

full-year teachers

Median pay, full-year teachers1

$83,357

  • $15,589 above the middle Georgia district

Best-paid tenth earn from

$106,258

full-year teachers

Teachers on the payroll
3,733
2024-25 school year
Worked the whole year
2,374
the teachers behind the pay figures
Georgia median
$74,141
all full-year teachers in the state
Pay rank in Georgia
6th
of 180 districts, by median pay

Do elementary, middle and high school teachers at Clayton County earn the same?

Median total pay of full-year teachers by the kind of class they teach, 2024-25. "Other" covers ESOL, gifted, career and technical, alternative school and preschool teachers. Groups with fewer than 5 teachers aren't shown.1

How far apart is teacher pay at Clayton County?

Total pay of the 2,374 teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year.1

Lowest-paid tenth up to
$65,969
Bottom quarter up to
$73,428
Top quarter from
$96,501
Best-paid tenth from
$106,258

Does Clayton County pay teachers more than the typical Georgia district?

Line up all 180 Georgia school districts by median pay of their full-year teachers. The one in the middle pays $67,768: half pay less, half pay more.1

Yes

Clayton County's median of $83,357 ranks 6th of 180, above the middle district.

Clayton County
$60k$80k

Middle district: $67,768

Each bar counts the districts whose median teacher pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle district.

Questions about Clayton County teacher salaries

How much do teachers make at Clayton County?

Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year at Clayton County were paid a median of $83,357 in total pay, supplements included. That's $15,589 above the middle Georgia district ($67,768).

Is teacher pay at Clayton County high for Georgia?

Its median teacher pay ranks 6th of 180 Georgia school districts (2024-25, teachers who worked the whole school year).

More Georgia teacher salaries

Sources for the Clayton County figures

Pay is everything the district paid each teacher in the 2024-25 school year (July to June): salary plus supplements for coaching and extra duties. It counts only teachers the district also paid the year before who were paid at least 90% as much this year, so people who started, left or went part time during the year don't pull the figures down; the file has no hours or start dates. Substitutes, aides and Pre-K lottery teachers aren't counted. The Department of Audits and Accounts compiles the file from what each employer reports and says it has not audited or reviewed it. Medians and ranks are our own arithmetic.

  1. 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.

How we read the data