Cobb County School District teacher salaries

Cobb County is a county school district in Georgia with 7,786 teachers on its 2024-25 payroll. Those who worked the whole school year were paid a median of $91,604, supplements included.1 On the 2026-27 salary schedule a new teacher with a bachelor's degree starts at $60,604, or $65,731 with a master's.2

What do teachers at Cobb County make?

Lowest on the 2026-27 schedule

$60,604

Bachelor's (T-4), step 1

Median pay, full-year teachers1

$91,604

  • $23,836 above the middle Georgia district

Highest on the 2026-27 schedule

$125,262

Doctorate (T-7), step 30

Teachers on the payroll
7,786
2024-25 school year
Worked the whole year
6,420
the teachers behind the pay figures
Starting salary, bachelor's
$60,604
2026-27 schedule
Pay rank in Georgia
2nd
of 180 districts, by median pay

Cobb County's teacher salary schedule, 2026-272

Annual salary by certificate level (columns) and step (rows), as Cobb County School District publishes it, for 183 work days (teachers new to the district work 187 days, paid at the same daily rate). Rows that repeat the same salaries are folded together.

StepBachelor's (T-4)Master's (T-5)Specialist (T-6)Doctorate (T-7)
1 to 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 to 11
12 to 13
14 to 15
16 to 17
18 to 19
20 to 21
22 to 23
24 to 26
27 to 29
30

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Tap any salary to see it on the pay climb chart below.

Cobb places teachers by step, not years: a new teacher with 1 to 3 years of Georgia experience and a professional certificate starts on step 4.

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 Cobb County?

With a bachelor's degree, pay rises from $60,604 to $89,203 at step 30. Pick a certificate level and a step to see the salary and how far it is from the top.

$72,953

a year at step 10. This certificate level tops out at $89,203 on step 30.

$125,262$60,604
Step 1Step 30
Chosen certificate levelOther certificate levels
Bachelor's (T-4)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-4. Starts at $60,604, reaches $89,203 at step 30.
Master's (T-5)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-5. Starts at $65,731, reaches $101,198 at step 30.
Specialist (T-6)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-6. Starts at $73,686, reaches $113,378 at step 30.
Doctorate (T-7)
Teachers whose Georgia certificate is at level T-7. Starts at $81,433, reaches $125,262 at step 30.

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

Total pay of the 6,420 teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year.1

Lowest-paid tenth up to
$68,154
Bottom quarter up to
$79,452
Top quarter from
$102,444
Best-paid tenth from
$113,025

Does Cobb 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

Cobb County's median of $91,604 ranks 2nd of 180, above the middle district.

Cobb 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 Cobb County teacher salaries

How much do teachers make at Cobb County?

Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year at Cobb County School District were paid a median of $91,604 in total pay, supplements included. That's $23,836 above the middle Georgia district ($67,768).

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

$60,604 for a new teacher with a bachelor's degree (T-4 certificate) and $65,731 with a master's (T-5), on the district's 2026-27 salary schedule.

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

$125,262 a year, for a teacher with a doctorate (T-7) at step 30 or more. A teacher with a bachelor's reaches $89,203 at step 30.

Is teacher pay at Cobb County high for Georgia?

Its median teacher pay ranks 2nd of 180 Georgia school districts (2024-25, teachers who worked the whole school year).

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Sources for the Cobb 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. Cobb County School District, Teacher Salary Schedule 2026-2027.

How we read the data