DeKalb County School District school social worker salary, 2025
DeKalb County School District is a public school district in DeKalb County. 80 people worked as school social workers for DeKalb County School District in fiscal 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $86,376, overtime included.
What is the average school social worker salary at DeKalb County School District?
Full-year school social workers1
64 of 80
our best estimate from Georgia's file: how reliable are the Georgia figures?
Based on the 64 of 80 school social workers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $88,409
- the middle school social worker: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Georgia's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $86,650
- School Social Worker, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 7th
- of 36 Georgia employers
What does each school social worker title at DeKalb County School District pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Psycho-Ed Social WorkerFewer than 5
- School Social Worker$86,650
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does DeKalb County School District pay school social workers more than other employers in DeKalb County?
Average total pay of full-year school social workers: DeKalb County School District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- DeKalb County School District$86,376
- All employers in DeKalb County$86,699
- All employers in Georgia$82,395
Full-year school social workers at DeKalb County School District earned $323 less than the DeKalb County average and $3,981 more than the Georgia average.
Where does DeKalb County School District rank among Georgia employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year school social workers, by average total pay.1
All 36 Georgia employers
DeKalb County School District ranks 7th of 36, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $76,752
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about school social worker pay at DeKalb County School District
What is the average school social worker salary at DeKalb County School District?
School social workers at DeKalb County School District who worked the full year earned an average of $86,376 in fiscal 2025, overtime included. The middle school social worker earned $88,409: half earned more, half less.
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Sources for the DeKalb County School District figures
Every person who held a school social worker position at DeKalb County School District at any point in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people the same employer also paid in fiscal 2024 who were paid at least 90% as much in fiscal 2025, and at least a full year at the federal minimum wage. Open Georgia's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. The Department of Audits and Accounts compiles the file and says it has not audited or reviewed it. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts, Open Georgia, salaries and travel, fiscal years 2024 and 2025: title and total pay of every school district and state agency employee, July 2024 to June 2025, and the year before to see who worked the full year.