Marana Unified School DistrictTeacher salary schedule

Your pay ladder.

How pay works here: Pay is a hiring schedule with three experience tiers per degree (0-3, 4-5, 6+ years) plus $300-$600 growth increments per six graduate credits; there is no year-by-year grid or posted maximum.

Open the official schedule for the full details.

Salary at a glance

Bachelor’s starting pay

$52,365

Master’s starting pay

$55,127

Bachelor’s maximum

Not published

Master’s maximum

Not published

Doctorate maximum

Not published

District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.

Schedule notes

Certified Hiring Schedule 2026-27 on the district Salary Schedules page (HTML table, 214-day contract). Base contract includes base, override and Classroom Site Fund: BA 0-3 $52,365.26; BA 4-5 $53,270.29; BA 6+ $54,194.25; MA 0-3 $55,126.54; MA 4-5 $56,088.47; MA 6+ $57,176.70. Master lane is MA. No doctorate lane. Separate stipends listed: retention $1,000 (on board approval), performance-based pay $4,200 (amount changes yearly), Indian Gaming $500. Highest tiers are open-ended ('6+'), so max fields are null. Enrollment is the figure from allk12.com's Arizona largest-districts ranking (NCES-based; school year not stated on the page), used because the ADE October 1 LEA file could not be fetched.

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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: 12,845 students. Source.

Sources and last checked

• Marana Unified School District official salary schedule · Marana Unified School District
• District source and context · Marana Unified School District

Last verified 2026-11-03