2026-27 · District salary guide
Lawrence 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.
Find Lawrence Public Schools’s official 2026-27 salary schedule below.
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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
- Not published
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- Not published
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Lawrence pays teachers on a career ladder, not degree lanes, so the bachelor/master fields are null. The signed 2025-2028 LTU agreement sets FY27 pay from $61,788 (Novice, step 0) to $94,614 (Career Level VI, step 8) in the base lane, and $63,288 to $96,114 for teachers with a professional license; higher Advanced and Expert rates also exist. Enrollment is DESE Enrollment by Grade, 2025-26 (district total).
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: 12,955 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Lawrence Public Schools official salary schedule · Lawrence Public Schools
- District source and context · Lawrence Public Schools
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