Savannah-Chatham County teacher salaries
Savannah-Chatham County is a county school district in Georgia with 2,726 teachers on its 2024-25 payroll. Those who worked the whole school year were paid a median of $73,408, supplements included.1
What do teachers at Savannah-Chatham County make?
Lowest-paid tenth earn up to
$55,250
full-year teachers
Best-paid tenth earn from
$92,735
full-year teachers
- Teachers on the payroll
- 2,726
- 2024-25 school year
- Worked the whole year
- 2,104
- the teachers behind the pay figures
- Georgia median
- $74,141
- all full-year teachers in the state
- Pay rank in Georgia
- 30th
- of 180 districts, by median pay
Do elementary, middle and high school teachers at Savannah-Chatham 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
- Elementary (837)$73,846
- Middle school (337)$70,767
- High school (400)$74,485
- Special education (368)$71,708
- Other (162)$78,413
How far apart is teacher pay at Savannah-Chatham County?
Total pay of the 2,104 teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year.1
- Lowest-paid tenth up to
- $55,250
- Bottom quarter up to
- $63,772
- Top quarter from
- $83,044
- Best-paid tenth from
- $92,735
Does Savannah-Chatham 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
Savannah-Chatham County's median of $73,408 ranks 30th of 180, above the middle district.
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 Savannah-Chatham County teacher salaries
How much do teachers make at Savannah-Chatham County?
Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year at Savannah-Chatham County were paid a median of $73,408 in total pay, supplements included. That's $5,640 above the middle Georgia district ($67,768).
Is teacher pay at Savannah-Chatham County high for Georgia?
Its median teacher pay ranks 30th of 180 Georgia school districts (2024-25, teachers who worked the whole school year).
More Georgia teacher salaries
- Compare all 180 Georgia districtsMedian pay and headcount side by side, sortable
- Douglas County$74,234 median teacher pay
- Coweta County$74,180 median teacher pay
- Jefferson City$74,128 median teacher pay
- Commerce City$73,711 median teacher pay
- Columbia County$73,029 median teacher pay
- Lumpkin County$72,675 median teacher pay
Sources for the Savannah-Chatham 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.
- 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.