2025-26 · District salary guide
Miami-Dade County Public SchoolsTeacher salary schedule
Find your pay ↓Published bachelor’s starting pay → highest published maximum across this district’s degree lanes. Placement depends on credited experience and education.
At Miami-Dade County Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $53,560 for 2025-26.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Use the official schedule to find the pay for your exact experience step and degree lane. The starting and top figures below come from that schedule.
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $50,150
- Master’s starting pay
- $53,560
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $82,822
- Master’s maximum
- $86,232
- Doctorate maximum
- $90,742
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
2025-26 schedules effective 08/04/2025 (no 2026-27 schedule posted as of 2026-10-28). New-hire 10-month base runs $50,150 at 0 years to $82,092 at 35+ years; max shown ($82,822) is the top of the continuing Highly Effective performance schedule (Effective top $80,275; Grandfathered top $80,787). Advanced degree supplements: Master's +$3,410, Specialist +$5,665, Doctorate +$7,920 (master/doctorate fields = base + supplement). A voter-approved RRAS referendum supplement (6%-39.06% of base) is paid on top and excluded here. Placement/performance charts, not a step grid, so steps are empty. Enrollment is FLDOE Membership in Florida Public Schools, Survey 2, 2025-26 (district total, includes district-sponsored charter students).
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Experience credit and education requirements are set by the district. Check the official schedule for contract length, supplements and rules for moving between lanes. These base amounts are not take-home pay.
Reported district enrollment: 321,509 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools official salary schedule · Miami-Dade County Public Schools
- District source and context · Miami-Dade County Public Schools
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