2026-27 · District salary guide
Federal Way 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 Federal Way Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $75,492 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 | $66,153 | $75,492 |
| 1 | $67,476 | $77,000 |
| 2 | $68,825 | $78,540 |
| 3 | $70,203 | $80,110 |
| 4 | $71,606 | $81,714 |
| 5 | $73,038 | $83,351 |
| 6 | $74,497 | $85,015 |
| 7 | $75,989 | $86,715 |
| 8 | $77,508 | $88,448 |
| 9 | $79,057 | $90,221 |
| 10 | $82,221 | $93,829 |
| 11 | Not published | $97,580 |
| 12 | Not published | $101,484 |
| 13 | Not published | $105,543 |
| 14 | Not published | $109,766 |
| 15 | Not published | $114,153 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $66,153
- Master’s starting pay
- $75,492
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $82,221
- Master’s maximum
- $124,661
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
FWEA Certificated Salary Schedule 2026-27, 186-day calendar. Figures are base salary; lanes BA, BA+45, BA+90, MA, MA+45, MA+90 or PhD; years 0-14 and 15-19 (step 15 here). BA lane ends at year 10. master_max is the MA+90 or PhD lane; PhD holders share that lane, so no separate doctorate figure. A 10.67% responsibility payment is added on top (total $73,212 at BA year 0), and longevity stipends of $2,150 (years 20-24) and $4,300 (25+) apply from BA+90 up; top total is $142,262.
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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: 22,264 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Federal Way Public Schools official salary schedule · Federal Way Public Schools
- District source and context · Federal Way Public Schools
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