2026-27 · District salary guide
Knox County 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 Knox County Schools, published master’s starting pay is $54,031 for 2026-27.
Knoxville, Tennessee · Last verified
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 | $50,090 | $54,031 |
| 1 | $50,942 | $54,883 |
| 2 | $51,795 | $55,736 |
| 3 | $52,647 | $56,588 |
| 4 | $53,500 | $57,441 |
| 5 | $56,987 | $60,928 |
| 6 | $57,840 | $61,781 |
| 7 | $58,692 | $62,633 |
| 8 | $59,545 | $63,486 |
| 9 | $60,397 | $64,338 |
| 10 | $63,885 | $67,826 |
| 11 | $64,737 | $68,678 |
| 12 | $65,590 | $69,531 |
| 13 | $66,442 | $70,383 |
| 14 | $67,295 | $71,236 |
| 15 | $70,782 | $74,723 |
| 16 | $71,635 | $75,576 |
| 17 | $72,487 | $76,428 |
| 18 | $73,340 | $77,281 |
| 19 | $74,115 | $78,056 |
| 20 | $77,602 | $81,543 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $50,090
- Master’s starting pay
- $54,031
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $77,602
- Master’s maximum
- $81,543
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
KCS 2026-27 certified scale effective August 1, 2026, 200-day table (the district posts several day-count tables and does not say which one classroom teachers use; 200 days is assumed). CERT1 is the bachelor lane and CERT2 covers master's and above, so there is no separate doctorate lane. Steps 0-20.
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: 58,327 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Knox County Schools official salary schedule · Knox County Schools
- District source and context · Knox County Schools
Last verified