2026-27 · District salary guide
Spokane 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 Spokane Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $65,440 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 | $57,558 | $65,440 |
| 1 | $59,399 | $67,532 |
| 2 | $61,301 | $69,696 |
| 3 | $63,262 | $71,926 |
| 4 | $65,287 | $74,227 |
| 5 | $67,376 | $76,602 |
| 6 | $69,532 | $79,053 |
| 7 | $71,758 | $81,583 |
| 8 | $74,054 | $84,196 |
| 9 | Not published | $86,889 |
| 10 | Not published | $89,670 |
| 11 | Not published | $92,540 |
| 12 | Not published | $95,498 |
| 13 | Not published | $98,556 |
| 14 | Not published | $101,711 |
| 15 | Not published | $104,964 |
| 16 | Not published | $108,322 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $57,558
- Master’s starting pay
- $65,440
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $74,054
- Master’s maximum
- $114,694
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Certificated Teacher's Salary Schedule (TE), 2026-27, effective September 1, 2026. Lanes BA, BA+15, BA+30, BA+45, BA+90, MA, MA+45, MA+90; years 0-16. BA lane ends at year 8. master_max is MA+90 at year 16. A $920 doctorate stipend applies, so no doctorate total is listed. Base excludes 70 hours of TRI enrichment, a $1,000 masters stipend and a $500 attract/retain incentive ($600 from year 14); comp total at BA year 0 is $61,256.
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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: 29,724 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Spokane Public Schools official salary schedule · Spokane Public Schools
- District source and context · Spokane Public Schools
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