How much money do Muscogee school employees earn? Search new database for their salaries
The Muscogee County School District in Columbus employs 105 people receiving an annual salary of more than $100,000. That’s an increase of nine in six-figure earners compared to last year.
This information comes from a searchable database of MCSD salaries compiled by the Ledger-Enquirer. The database comprises the annual salaries as of Nov. 5, 2024. School district salaries are public information and can be obtained through a request under the Georgia Open Records Act.
The database has salaries of 4,856 employees (4,742 last year), including part-time workers. Among those employees, 4,447 (4,336 last year) are listed as receiving annual salaries. The others are paid daily or hourly.
The average of those annual MCSD salaries is $49,368.92 ($47,542.51 last year). According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau:
- The average (per capita) salary in Columbus (Muscogee County) is $32,811 ($30,980 last year).
- The average salary in Georgia is $39,525 ($37,836 last year).
- The average salary in the United States is $43,289 ($41,261).
To compensate for outliers, a better way to compare the MCSD employee salaries to how much the typical Columbus resident earns is to use the median salary.
The median annual salary for MCSD employees is $48,205 ($45,705 last year). The U.S. Census Bureau reports median household income, not the median individual salary. The latest census data shows:
- The median household income in Columbus (Muscogee County) is $56,622 ($54,561 last year).
- The median household income in Georgia is $74,664 ($71,355 last year).
- The median household income in the United States is $78,538 ($75,149 last year).
Here are MCSD’s 10-highest paid employees:
- 1. David Lewis, superintendent, $288,400. Note: The salary information the Ledger-Enquirer received in a spreadsheet from MCSD in November has the superintendent’s salary at $243,600, but the board unanimously approved during its October meeting an 18% raise for him.
- 2. Travis Anderson, chief operations and facilities officer, $152,664
- 3. Janice Bloodworth, chief financial officer, $152,664
- 4. Tonya Carter, chief human resources officer, $152,664
- 5. Ron Pleasant, chief information officer, $152,664
- 6. Angela Vickers-Ward, chief student services officer, $152,664
- 7. Tim Smith, chief academic officer, $149,000
- 8. Alan Harkness, Chattahoochee Valley Libraries director, $148,665.60
- 9. Terry Baker, west region chief, $148,576.80
- 10. Matt Bell, central region chief, $148,576.80.
The complete database of MCSD employee salaries is attached below. Enter a name, job title or keyword into the search box in the upper left corner to find a particular employee or category of employees.
This story was originally published January 3, 2025 at 7:00 AM.
