Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Dalton, GA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 340.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Dalton earn more.
$67,380 in Dalton buys what $75,000 buys across the country as a whole.
Dalton's regional price parity is 89.8 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Georgia
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dalton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunswick | $76,400 | $87,100 | 87.7 | +16.1% |
| Atlanta | $75,490 | $75,400 | 100.1 | +0.6% |
| Dalton This page | $67,380 | $75,000 | 89.8 | — |
| Athens | $65,210 | $69,900 | 93.3 | −6.8% |
| Hinesville | $64,170 | $68,300 | 93.9 | −8.9% |
| Savannah | $62,970 | $66,100 | 95.2 | −11.8% |
| Albany | $62,160 | $70,900 | 87.7 | −5.5% |
| Rome | $61,700 | $68,400 | 90.2 | −8.8% |
Price parity and difference against Dalton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 340 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-2022, Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education. Mapped to our taxonomy as middle-school-teachers-except-special-and-career-technical-education.
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