2026-27 · District salary guide
Douglas School District 51-1Teacher 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 Douglas School District 51-1, published master’s starting pay is $59,000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $54,000 | $59,000 |
| 1 | $54,750 | $59,750 |
| 2 | $55,500 | $60,500 |
| 3 | $56,250 | $61,250 |
| 4 | $57,000 | $62,000 |
| 5 | $57,750 | $62,750 |
| 6 | $58,500 | $63,500 |
| 7 | $59,250 | $64,250 |
| 8 | $60,000 | $65,000 |
| 9 | $60,750 | $65,750 |
| 10 | $61,500 | $66,500 |
| 11 | $62,250 | $67,250 |
| 12 | $63,000 | $68,000 |
| 13 | $63,750 | $68,750 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $54,000
- Master’s starting pay
- $59,000
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $63,750
- Master’s maximum
- $68,750
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Negotiated Agreement for 2026-27, Appendix A approved certified salary schedule, experience steps 0-13 (new base $54,000). Other lanes: Masters+30 $64,000-$73,750; Ed Spec degree or Masters+45 $69,000-$78,750, with $79,500 at step 14. No doctorate lane is published. Added because several top-10 districts post no schedule. Enrollment is the PK-12 total from the SD Department of Education 2025-26 Fall Enrollment Census.
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: 2,899 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Douglas School District 51-1 official salary schedule · Douglas School District 51-1
- District source and context · Douglas School District 51-1
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