2026-27 · District salary guide
Pittsburgh 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 Pittsburgh Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $53,229 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 | $53,229 | $53,229 |
| 2 | $54,814 | $54,814 |
| 3 | $56,398 | $56,398 |
| 4 | $57,982 | $57,982 |
| 5 | $59,567 | $59,567 |
| 6 | $63,790 | $63,790 |
| 7 | $68,015 | $68,015 |
| 8 | $72,240 | $72,240 |
| 9 | $76,464 | $76,464 |
| 10 | $80,688 | $80,688 |
| 11 | $91,250 | $91,250 |
| 12 | $108,836 | $108,836 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $53,229
- Master’s starting pay
- $53,229
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $108,836
- Master’s maximum
- $108,836
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 (Sept 2026 column) of Attachment I, Article 80 schedule for teachers hired on or after July 1, 2010, from the PFT Local 400 tentative agreement packet for the ratified 2024-2028 contract; the board's signed TA PDF on BoardDocs could not be read as text. This is one schedule with no degree lanes, so bachelor and master values are identical; doctorate null. The legacy Article 79 schedule for pre-2010 hires runs BA $48,381-$103,914 and MA $50,847-$108,836. Enrollment is PDE 2025-26 October 1 public school enrollment.
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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: 19,122 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Pittsburgh Public Schools official salary schedule · Pittsburgh Public Schools
- District source and context · Pittsburgh Public Schools
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