2026-27 · District salary guide
Kearney 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 Kearney Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $54,487 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $46,175 | $54,487 |
| 2 | $48,022 | $56,334 |
| 3 | $49,869 | $58,181 |
| 4 | $51,716 | $60,028 |
| 5 | $53,563 | $61,875 |
| 6 | $55,410 | $63,722 |
| 7 | $57,257 | $65,569 |
| 8 | $59,104 | $67,416 |
| 9 | Not published | $69,263 |
| 10 | Not published | $71,110 |
| 11 | Not published | $72,957 |
| 12 | Not published | $74,804 |
| 13 | Not published | $76,651 |
| 14 | Not published | $78,498 |
| 15 | Not published | Not published |
| 16 | Not published | Not published |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $46,175
- Master’s starting pay
- $54,487
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $59,104
- Master’s maximum
- $78,498
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
From Kearney's 2026-27 certified staff salary schedule (base $46,175, 4% per step, 4.5% per 9 hours). The bachelor's lane ends at step 8 and the master's lane at step 14. There is no doctorate lane; the top MA+45 lane reaches $92,580.88 at step 16. Longevity of 1% of base ($461.75) is paid after the last step in the BA+36, MA and MA+45 lanes.
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: 6,058 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Kearney Public Schools official salary schedule · Kearney Public Schools
- District source and context · Kearney Public Schools
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