Columbia County teacher salaries
Columbia County is a county school district in Georgia with 1,845 teachers on its 2024-25 payroll. Those who worked the whole school year were paid a median of $73,029, supplements included.1
What do teachers at Columbia County make?
Lowest-paid tenth earn up to
$55,512
full-year teachers
Best-paid tenth earn from
$88,203
full-year teachers
- Teachers on the payroll
- 1,845
- 2024-25 school year
- Worked the whole year
- 1,498
- the teachers behind the pay figures
- Georgia median
- $74,141
- all full-year teachers in the state
- Pay rank in Georgia
- 31st
- of 180 districts, by median pay
Do elementary, middle and high school teachers at Columbia 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 (577)$71,194
- Middle school (222)$72,540
- High school (342)$75,475
- Special education (224)$70,647
- Other (133)$78,628
How far apart is teacher pay at Columbia County?
Total pay of the 1,498 teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year.1
- Lowest-paid tenth up to
- $55,512
- Bottom quarter up to
- $63,341
- Top quarter from
- $81,130
- Best-paid tenth from
- $88,203
Does Columbia 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
Columbia County's median of $73,029 ranks 31st 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 Columbia County teacher salaries
How much do teachers make at Columbia County?
Teachers who worked the whole 2024-25 school year at Columbia County were paid a median of $73,029 in total pay, supplements included. That's $5,261 above the middle Georgia district ($67,768).
Is teacher pay at Columbia County high for Georgia?
Its median teacher pay ranks 31st 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
- Commerce City$73,711 median teacher pay
- Savannah-Chatham County$73,408 median teacher pay
- Lumpkin County$72,675 median teacher pay
- Newton County$72,499 median teacher pay
- Laurens County$72,283 median teacher pay
- Gordon County$72,220 median teacher pay
Sources for the Columbia 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.