2025-26 · District salary guide
Benton 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 Benton School District, published master’s starting pay is $53,600 for 2025-26.
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | $53,600 |
| 2 | $50,390 | $53,990 |
| 3 | $50,780 | $54,380 |
| 4 | $51,170 | $54,770 |
| 5 | $51,560 | $55,160 |
| 6 | $51,950 | $55,550 |
| 7 | $52,340 | $55,940 |
| 8 | $52,730 | $56,330 |
| 9 | $53,555 | $57,155 |
| 10 | $54,380 | $57,980 |
| 11 | $55,205 | $58,805 |
| 12 | $56,030 | $59,630 |
| 13 | $56,855 | $60,455 |
| 14 | $57,680 | $61,280 |
| 15 | $58,505 | $62,105 |
| 16 | $59,330 | $62,930 |
| 17 | $60,155 | $63,755 |
| 18 | $60,980 | $64,580 |
| 19 | $61,805 | $65,405 |
| 20 | $62,630 | $66,230 |
| 21 | $63,455 | $67,055 |
| 22 | $64,280 | $67,880 |
| 23 | $65,105 | $68,705 |
| 24 | $65,930 | $69,530 |
| 25 | $66,755 | $70,355 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $50,000
- Master’s starting pay
- $53,600
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $66,755
- Master’s maximum
- $70,355
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
2025-26 Licensed Salary Schedule, 190 days; newest posted on the district's State Required Information > Salary Schedules page (no 2026-27 schedule posted there as of 2026-11-03). Lanes: BSE, BSE+18, MSE, MSE+18, MSE+30; Master = MSE lane; no doctorate lane (null). Step = contract step as printed (step 1 = 0 years experience; 25 steps). No longevity beyond grid. Enrollment 5,641 is Total Enrollment from the Arkansas Dept of Education 'School District List' (adecm.ade.arkansas.gov/Attachments/School_District_List--three_percent_105736.pdf; year not stated on the document).
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: 5,641 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Benton School District official salary schedule · Benton School District
- District source and context · Benton School District
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