2026-27 · District salary guide
Kalispell 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 Kalispell Public Schools, published bachelor’s starting pay is $48,763 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”.
Master’s and Doctorate pay are not published in this schedule, so those columns are left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s |
|---|---|
| 1 | $48,763 |
| 2 | $49,494 |
| 3 | $50,237 |
| 4 | $50,991 |
| 5 | $51,757 |
| 6 | $52,534 |
| 7 | $53,323 |
| 8 | $54,125 |
| 9 | $54,939 |
| 10 | $55,765 |
| 11 | $56,604 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $48,763
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $56,604
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 schedule from Addendum A of the 2026-2028 Kalispell Education Association agreement (amounts include the $1,050 added to each cell), linked from the district's union page. One schedule covers Kalispell Elementary and Flathead High School. Enrollment is the OPI FY2026 fall (October 2025) student count, Kalispell Elementary (3,028) and Flathead High School (3,425) combined. There is no MA or doctorate lane, so those are null. Instead the agreement pays stipends: master's 6% ($2,926), doctorate 10% ($4,876) and National Board 5% ($2,438). Other lanes run from BA+15 to BA+75 (quarter credits), which tops at $83,785. New hires are placed at step 12 at most.
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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: 6,453 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Kalispell Public Schools official salary schedule · Kalispell Public Schools
- District source and context · Kalispell Public Schools
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