2026-27 · District salary guide
Houston ISDTeacher 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 Houston ISD, published bachelor’s starting pay is $70,000 for 2026-27.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Use the official schedule to find the pay for your exact experience step and degree lane. The starting and top figures below come from that schedule.
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $70,000
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $92,000
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 Pay-for-Performance (PFP) one-pager; pay is set by effectiveness level, not years or degree, so no step grid and master/doctorate fields are null. Levels: Unsatisfactory $64,000; Progressing I $70,000; Progressing II $74,000; Proficient I $80,000; Proficient II $86,000; Exemplary I $92,000 (Exemplary II not used in 2025-26 or 2026-27). New hires with under 3 years start at Progressing I ($70,000); 3+ years at Progressing II ($74,000). NES campuses add $3,000 (NES 1) or $9,000 (NES 2), so top is $101,000 at NES 2. Raises capped at $6,000/year with hold-harmless through 2029-30. Enrollment not sourced from TEA in this pass (null).
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.
Sources and last checked
- Houston ISD official salary schedule · Houston ISD
- District source and context · Houston ISD
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