2026-27 · District salary guide
Kent School DistrictTeacher 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 Kent School District, published master’s starting pay is $83,995 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 | $70,541 | $83,995 |
| 1 | $71,451 | $84,900 |
| 2 | $72,317 | $85,807 |
| 3 | $73,215 | $86,668 |
| 4 | $74,088 | $87,572 |
| 5 | $74,997 | $88,486 |
| 6 | $75,924 | $89,426 |
| 7 | $77,563 | $91,187 |
| 8 | $79,955 | $93,956 |
| 9 | Not published | $96,757 |
| 10 | Not published | $100,567 |
| 11 | Not published | $103,597 |
| 12 | Not published | $106,751 |
| 13 | Not published | $110,010 |
| 14 | Not published | $113,368 |
| 15 | Not published | $116,217 |
| 16 | Not published | $118,465 |
| 20 | Not published | $124,652 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $70,541
- Master’s starting pay
- $83,995
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $79,955
- Master’s maximum
- $137,889
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
KEA Exhibit G-1, 2026-27 Base Salary Schedule (includes 3.60% increase effective 9/1/2026). Lanes BA, BA+15, BA+30, BA+45, BA+90, MA, MA+45, MA+90; experience years 0-15, then 16-19 (step 16 here) and 20+ (step 20 here). BA lane ends at year 8. master_max is MA+90 at 20+. No doctorate lane printed. Base excludes the PEE and PLE supplemental schedules; the district's Exhibit G-5 Total Salary Schedule runs $75,276 (BA, year 0) to $146,936 (MA+90, 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: 25,383 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Kent School District official salary schedule · Kent School District
- District source and context · Kent School District
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