2026-27 · District salary guide
Paulding County 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 Paulding County School District, published master’s starting pay is $60,488 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”.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s | Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $53,997 | $60,488 | $73,468 |
| 1 | $55,417 | $62,114 | $75,550 |
| 2 | $56,680 | $63,565 | $77,506 |
| 3 | $58,169 | $65,267 | $79,714 |
| 4 | $59,955 | $67,336 | $82,481 |
| 5 | $61,342 | $68,936 | $84,630 |
| 6 | $63,489 | $71,418 | $87,959 |
| 7 | $65,172 | $73,361 | $90,471 |
| 8 | $66,712 | $75,177 | $92,859 |
| 9 | $68,302 | $77,104 | $95,314 |
| 10 | $70,127 | $79,297 | $98,048 |
| 11 | $71,809 | $81,349 | $100,660 |
| 12 | $73,737 | $83,652 | $103,547 |
| 13 | $75,827 | $86,076 | $106,574 |
| 14 | $76,583 | $86,832 | $107,330 |
| 15 | $77,339 | $87,588 | $108,086 |
| 16 | $78,096 | $88,344 | $108,842 |
| 17 | $78,852 | $89,101 | $109,599 |
| 18 | $79,608 | $89,857 | $110,355 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $53,997
- Master’s starting pay
- $60,488
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $79,608
- Master’s maximum
- $89,857
- Doctorate maximum
- $110,355
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 teacher schedule, 188-day annual. Rows are experience bands: E/1/2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, 19-20, 21-22, 23-24, 25-26, 27-28, 29, 30+. Max = 30+ row. Georgia certificate levels: T-4 = bachelor's, T-5 = master's, T-7 = doctorate (provisional BT lanes and T-6 specialist not used). Figures are the district's local schedule: state base plus local supplement. Enrollment: GaDOE FTE, Spring 2025 (2024-25), via usschoolindex.org ranking. Text-layer PDF, not scanned. Step = row number starting at 0.
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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: 30,986 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Paulding County School District official salary schedule · Paulding County School District
- District source and context · Paulding County School District
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