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Paulding County

Paulding County sits in the highest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,201 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Per-pupil spending, enrollment, and budget for Paulding County come from the NCES Common Core of Data F-33 finance survey (FY2023).

$72,201
Est. avg teacher salary

Well above benchmark

$14,093
Per-pupil spending
31,518
Students enrolled
96th
Pct. in GA
$72,201

Paulding County sits in the highest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,201 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates). Estimated average teacher salary is $72,201, near the national average of $70,245, serving 31,518 students (NCES CCD F-33, FY2023).

  • Upper-third pay in state: Paulding County sits in the highest third of Georgia districts on estimated teacher pay at $72,201 (above 96% of in-state peers with reliable estimates).
  • 96th percentile for Georgia
  • 63rd percentile nationally
  • 37% of spending reaches instructional salaries
  • Georgia ranks #35 of 49 on the salary estimate and #4 of 49 on enrollment in the same reliable-district pool.
  • Paulding County ranks #8 of 179 Georgia districts by estimated teacher salary and #155 of 179 by per-pupil spending. Cobb County pay #1 at $81,518 is not Taylor County spending #1 at $38,272 per pupil
  • +26.0% estimated-basis panel FY2019→FY2023 (not applied to the FTE figure above)

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LEAID 1304020 · NCES CCD F-33 FY2023

Paulding County F-33 compensation desk

SALARY-HIGH +17% vs state RANK-ST-TOP P96 in state RANK-NAT-MID P63 national PPE-MID $14K/pupil ENR-LARGE 31.5K students INSTR-MID 37% instr BASIS-FTE FTE-reported PHOTO-NEAR Near Atlanta FY-2023-HEAVY FY2023 book

FY2023: $72,201 estimated average teacher salary · P96 in Georgia · P63 nationally · 37% instructional salary share. Nearest salary peer: Atlanta ($95est. salary).

Salary neighbourhood chart for Paulding County

Salary neighbourhood · Paulding County

Paulding County already leads most of its in-state peer set; the chart plots it against the top and bottom pay poles for context (NCES F-33 FY2023, not a full state reprint).

est. salary
Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey As of FY2023
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National salary distribution for Paulding County

Paulding County's estimated salary vs. every US district

NCES F-33 estimate, reliable-salary districts only

$72,201 Top 37% higher than 63% of 10,684 US districts

Show national distribution $30,000–$40,000: 155 US districts (1%). Below this entry. $40,000–$50,000: 1,360 US districts (13%). Below this entry. $50,000–$60,000: 2,382 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $60,000–$70,000: 2,402 US districts (22%). Below this entry. $70,000–$80,000: 1,633 US districts (15%). This entry sits in this band. $80,000–$90,000: 1,097 US districts (10%). Above this entry. $90,000–$100,000: 662 US districts (6%). Above this entry. $100,000–$110,000: 371 US districts (3%). Above this entry. $110,000–$120,000: 249 US districts (2%). Above this entry. $120,000–$130,000: 156 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $130,000–$140,000: 112 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $140,000–$150,000: 57 US districts (1%). Above this entry. $150,000–$160,000: 25 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $160,000–$170,000: 13 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $170,000–$180,000: 10 US districts (0%). Above this entry. $180,000–$190,000: 0 US districts (0%). Above this entry. Paulding County $30,000 $190,000 every reliable-salary US district, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $10K-wide band; taller bars hold more US districts. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 · FY2023

Paulding County in Georgia's upper-third pay band

Same 179 districts with a usable salary and a comparable per-pupil figure (NCES F-33 FY2023)

est. avg salary

What this shows Paulding County ranks #8 of 179 Georgia districts by estimated teacher salary and #155 of 179 by per-pupil spending. Cobb County pay #1 at $81,518 is not Taylor County spending #1 at $38,272 per pupil

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

The same districts by per-pupil spending

Paulding County is marked; a high spending bar is not a high pay bar

per pupil

What this shows Taylor County leads spending at $38,272 per pupil; Cobb County leads pay.

Source NCES CCD F-33 Finance Survey, FY2023 As of FY2023

What stands out about Paulding County

  • Estimated teacher pay here rose +26.0% between FY2019 and FY2023, outpacing Georgia's statewide +19.4% by 6.6 points, a growth rate faster than 90% of the 180 Georgia districts with a comparable FY2019 baseline.
  • Enrolment grew 5.2% here, from 29,962 students in FY2019 to 31,518 in FY2023, against a national picture where far more districts shrank than grew over the same period. Growth of this kind typically arrives before the funding that follows it, so per-pupil figures often dip while a district absorbs it.

This pay stretches further than the headline figure suggests

Nominal district estimate
$72,201.429

The FY2023 salary estimate shown in the hero.

Georgia price level
96.5 / 100

BEA all-items regional price parity; 100 is the U.S. average.

National-price equivalent
$74,825

+4% versus the nominal figure.

Prices in Georgia run below the national average, so this salary has roughly the buying power of the national-price equivalent above. A district in a costlier state can advertise a larger nominal salary and still leave a teacher with less.

Regional price parity: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2023 all-items RPP by state. The adjustment applies a statewide index to a district figure, so it captures how Georgia compares nationally, not how this district compares with others in its own state. Compare every state on this basis.

How this salary figure is calculated
Full NCES reading for Paulding County

What the Numbers Say About Paulding County

Paulding County is a mid-sized school district in Georgia, serving 31,518 students at an estimated per-pupil spending of $14,093. Estimated average teacher salary, derived from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by teacher FTE, is $72,201, placing the district in the moderately funded tier of NCES F-33 respondents. NCES LEAID 1304020 references the FY2023 Common Core of Data Local Education Agency Finance Survey.

Relative to the Georgia statewide average of $61,790, teacher pay in Paulding County runs meaningfully above the state benchmark, a 16.8% gap, and near the national instructional-salary estimate of $70,245 (2.8% differential). Among enrolling districts in Georgia, it pays more than 96% of them. Georgia itself ranks #35 of 49 nationally on average teacher compensation, which shapes the funding ceiling districts operate under.

On the budget side, Paulding County reports $444.2M in total expenditure against $463.5M in revenue, with instructional salaries accounting for 37% of spending, a compensation-to-budget ratio that signals how much of each tax dollar reaches classroom educators. Regular-program teacher salary outlay is $114.4M, special-education teacher pay is $25.6M.

How does Paulding County compare?

Estimated average teacher salary versus a peer district, the Georgia average, and the national average. Pick any in-state district to compare.

Paulding County $72,201
Gwinnett County $70,765
Georgia avg $61,790
National avg $70,245

Paulding County pays +2.0% more than Gwinnett County · per-pupil $14,093 vs $15,296

Derived from NCES F-33 teacher salary expenditure (Z35-Z38) and CCD Staff Universe teacher FTE (FY2023); a small minority use the documented fallback. Unreliable service entities are excluded.

Data-derived comparison paths

Find comparable Georgia districts

On pay, Paulding County sits closest to Atlanta Public Schools; on per-pupil investment, its nearest match is Liberty County. These are not simply nearby districts: each group is selected from the same NCES FY2023 dataset using a matching salary or per-pupil-investment signal and a comparable enrollment range.

Closest on estimated pay
  1. Atlanta Public Schools
  2. Forsyth County
  3. Houston County
  4. Marietta City
  5. Bartow County
  6. Walton County
  7. Cherokee County
  8. DeKalb County
  9. Fulton County
  10. Douglas County
  11. Floyd County
Closest on per-pupil investment
  1. Liberty County
  2. Effingham County
  3. Lowndes County
  4. Carroll County
  5. Troup County
  6. Valdosta City
  7. Forsyth County
  8. Henry County
  9. Walton County
  10. Bulloch County
  11. Whitfield County

Similar estimated teacher pay

Similar per-pupil investment

Out-of-state districts near Paulding County's enrollment scale

Two out-of-state peer sets for Paulding County: closest on enrollment (31,518 students here) and closest on estimated average teacher salary ($72,201 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood.

Similar enrollment

Nearest other districts by NCES student count (floored at ≥200).

Similar estimated salary

Nearest other districts by F-33-derived average teacher salary, distinct from the enrollment row.

Enrollment and salaries from NCES CCD F-33; estimated teacher pay can diverge widely at the same student count because of state funding, cost of living, and local bargaining.

Revenue & Expenditure

$463.5M
Total Revenue
$444.2M
Total Expenditure
$162.6M
Instruction Salaries
37% of total spending

Instructional Salary by Program

$114.4M
Regular Program
$25.6M
Special Education
$6.2M
Vocational
$5.4M
Other Programs

The teacher salaries behind this page's average are the ones NCES reports for 4 programs in Paulding County: the regular program, special education, vocational programs and other programs. Every program category NCES breaks out separately carries a figure here. Together they are 93% of everything the district spends on instructional salaries; the other 7% pays instructional aides, paraprofessionals, substitutes and other instructional staff who are not counted as teachers here.

Georgia Teacher Pay Overview

The highest average among comparably sized Georgia districts belongs to Cobb County at $81,518. Paulding County sits in the upper quarter of that field at 8 of 172, nearer the ceiling than the floor. Texas and Vermont are the states closest to Georgia on BEA's price parity, which makes them the fair comparison; against a costlier state this salary goes further than its number suggests.

View all Georgia districts →

Other Georgia Districts

Large-district sample from 178 Georgia peers with reliable NCES data; bar length shows pay magnitude within this slice.

Dougherty County
$59,481
13,043 students
Glynn County
$66,293
12,844 students
Atlanta Public Schools
$72,107
50,325 students
Clarke County
$57,712
12,340 students
Whitfield County
$62,376
12,317 students
Troup County
$62,501
12,280 students

This is a sample of 6 from 178 Georgia districts with enrollment and salary data reliable enough to compare in the NCES CCD F-33 survey.

Frequently Asked Questions about Paulding County
What is the average teacher salary in Paulding County?

The average teacher salary in Paulding County is $72,201 (NCES CCD FY2023), from reported teacher salary expenditure (F-33 items Z35-Z38) divided by the district's reported teacher headcount (NCES CCD Staff Universe Survey).

How does Paulding County teacher pay compare to the Georgia average?

Paulding County pays 16.8% more than the Georgia state average of $61,790. The district's average is $72,201.

How does Paulding County teacher pay compare to the national average?

Paulding County pays 2.8% above the national average of $70,245. The district average is $72,201.

What is the per-pupil spending in Paulding County?

Paulding County spends approximately $14,093 per student annually (NCES FY2023), covering instructional salaries, support services, and administration.

What percentage of Paulding County's budget goes to teacher salaries?

Instructional salaries account for 37% of Paulding County's total expenditure of $444.2M (NCES FY2023).

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According to the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) F-33 Local Education Agency Finance Survey, PlainTeacher's figures are computed directly, no number is typed in by an editor. Paulding County's salary and finance figures are computed directly from its FY2023 F-33 submission, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error on this page. Data current as of FY2023.