2026-27 · District salary guide
Fargo 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 Fargo Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $50,616 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $47,393 | $50,616 |
| 4 | $47,867 | $52,132 |
| 5 | $48,578 | $53,412 |
| 6 | $49,194 | $55,308 |
| 7 | $50,189 | $57,203 |
| 8 | $51,421 | $59,241 |
| 9 | $52,701 | $61,279 |
| 10 | $54,028 | $63,459 |
| 11 | $55,118 | $65,497 |
| 12 | $56,777 | $67,488 |
| 13 | $58,199 | $69,478 |
| 14 | $58,909 | $71,563 |
| 15 | $59,810 | $73,886 |
| 16 | Not published | $75,924 |
| 17 | Not published | $76,682 |
| 18 | Not published | $77,440 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $47,393
- Master’s starting pay
- $50,616
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $59,810
- Master’s maximum
- $77,440
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2025-2027 Teacher Contract, Appendix B salary schedule (base $47,393 times the Appendix A index), in effect for both years. New teachers start at step 3, so the grid begins at step 3; BA tops out at step 15, MA at step 18, and MA+45 reaches $91,468 at step 20. No doctorate lane. The appendix is a scanned image and was read visually.
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: 11,281 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Fargo Public Schools official salary schedule · Fargo Public Schools
- District source and context · Fargo Public Schools
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