DeKalb County School District teacher salaries

DeKalb County is a county school district in Georgia with 7,071 teachers on its 2024-25 payroll. Those who worked the whole school year were paid a median of $81,627, supplements included.1 On the 2026-27 salary schedule a new teacher with a bachelor's degree starts at $60,000, or $63,100 with a master's.2

What do teachers at DeKalb County make?

Lowest on the 2026-27 schedule

$60,000

Bachelor's (T-4), 0 years

Median pay, full-year teachers1

$81,627

  • $13,859 above the middle Georgia district

Highest on the 2026-27 schedule

$113,300

Doctorate (T-7), 29 years of experience

Teachers on the payroll
7,071
2024-25 school year
Worked the whole year
5,289
the teachers behind the pay figures
Starting salary, bachelor's
$60,000
2026-27 schedule
Pay rank in Georgia
11th
of 180 districts, by median pay

DeKalb County's teacher salary schedule, 2026-272

Annual salary by certificate level (columns) and years of experience (rows), as DeKalb County School District publishes it, for 190 work days. Rows that repeat the same salaries are folded together.

YearsBachelor's (T-4)Master's (T-5)Specialist (T-6)Doctorate (T-7)
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Tap any salary to see it on the pay climb chart below.

Teachers with a provisional certificate are paid $53,641 whatever their experience.

The schedule is for 2026-27; the pay figures above are for 2024-25, so they don't line up year for year. Supplements for coaching and extra duties are paid on top of the schedule.

How fast does teacher pay grow at DeKalb County?

With a bachelor's degree, pay rises from $60,000 to $86,250 at 29 years of experience. Pick a certificate level and years of experience to see the salary and how far it is from the top.

$70,200

a year with 10 years of experience. This certificate level tops out at $86,250 after 29 years.

$113,300$60,000
0 years29 years
Chosen certificate levelOther certificate levels
Bachelor's (T-4)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-4. Starts at $60,000, reaches $86,250 at 29 years of experience.
Master's (T-5)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-5. Starts at $63,100, reaches $95,600 at 29 years of experience.
Specialist (T-6)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-6. Starts at $68,250, reaches $104,650 at 29 years of experience.
Doctorate (T-7)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-7. Starts at $74,000, reaches $113,300 at 29 years of experience.

Do elementary, middle and high school teachers at DeKalb 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 DeKalb County?

Total pay of the 5,289 teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year.1

Lowest-paid tenth up to
$59,619
Bottom quarter up to
$70,593
Top quarter from
$93,425
Best-paid tenth from
$103,905

Does DeKalb 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

DeKalb County's median of $81,627 ranks 11th of 180, above the middle district.

DeKalb 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 DeKalb County teacher salaries

How much do teachers make at DeKalb County?

Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year at DeKalb County School District were paid a median of $81,627 in total pay, supplements included. That's $13,859 above the middle Georgia district ($67,768).

What is the starting salary for a new teacher at DeKalb County?

$60,000 for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree (T-4 certificate) and $63,100 with a master's (T-5), on the district's 2026-27 salary schedule.

What is the highest teacher salary on DeKalb County's schedule?

$113,300 a year, for a teacher with a doctorate (T-7) at 29 years of experience or more. A teacher with a bachelor's reaches $86,250 at 29 years of experience.

Is teacher pay at DeKalb County high for Georgia?

Its median teacher pay ranks 11th of 180 Georgia school districts (2024-25, teachers who worked the whole school year).

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Sources for the DeKalb 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.
  2. DeKalb County School District, 2026-2027 Salary Schedule: Teacher (effective July 1, 2026).

How we read the data