2025-26 · District salary guide
Polk 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 Polk County Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $51,612 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
- $48,450
- Master’s starting pay
- $51,612
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $76,652
- Master’s maximum
- $79,814
- Doctorate maximum
- $83,428
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
Teacher CBA salaries excerpt (2023-2026 agreement, board-approved February 24, 2026), Appendix B 2025-26 Annual Contract Pay for Performance schedule, 196 days: bachelor's base from $48,450 (level AAD) to $76,652 (level ADC). Advanced degree supplements: Master's $3,162, Specialist $4,517, Doctorate $6,776 (master/doctorate fields = base + supplement). Pay levels are letter codes with a separate years-of-experience placement matrix, so steps are empty. A separate Grandfathered schedule applies to teachers on continuing/professional service contracts. 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: 115,847 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Polk County Public Schools official salary schedule · Polk County Public Schools
- District source and context · Polk County Public Schools
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