2026-27 · District salary guide
Naperville Community Unit School District 203Teacher 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 Naperville Community Unit School District 203, published master’s starting pay is $65,011 for 2026-27.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Find the row for your credited step, then read across to your education lane. Missing values are marked “Not published”.
Doctorate pay is not published in this schedule, so that column is left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $57,813 | $65,011 |
| 1 | $58,807 | $67,242 |
| 2 | $59,797 | $69,475 |
| 3 | $60,791 | $71,707 |
| 4 | $61,777 | $73,944 |
| 5 | $62,774 | $76,376 |
| 6 | $64,425 | $78,694 |
| 7 | Not published | $81,008 |
| 8 | Not published | $83,319 |
| 9 | Not published | $85,638 |
| 10 | Not published | $87,950 |
| 11 | Not published | $90,432 |
| 12 | Not published | $92,910 |
| 13 | Not published | $95,392 |
| 14 | Not published | $97,870 |
| 15 | Not published | $100,353 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $57,813
- Master’s starting pay
- $65,011
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $64,425
- Master’s maximum
- $100,353
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
NUEA contract 2025-2029 (signed, with MOU), Appendix A, 2026-2027 Teachers' Salary Schedule (PDF page 44). The district posts standalone NUEA schedules for 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2027-28 only; the 2026-27 table is a scanned image inside the contract and was transcribed by eye (MA+0 rows cross-checked against the posted 2027-28 schedule, a steady ~2.0% increase). One figure per cell; TRS treatment not stated. Steps start at 0. BA+0 lane ends at step 6 ($64,425); MA+0 lane ends at step 15 ($100,353). Higher lanes (MA+12 to MA+54, tied to Career 203 points) run longer, with longevity steps L1-L6; there is no separate doctorate lane, so doctorate_max is null. Enrollment is ISBE Oct 1, 2025 public enrollment (FY27 IDEA Part B Flow Through report).
Confirm your placement
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: 15,975 students. Source.
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- Naperville Community Unit School District 203 official salary schedule · Naperville Community Unit School District 203
- District source and context · Naperville Community Unit School District 203
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