2025-26 · District salary guide
Springfield School District 186Teacher 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 Springfield School District 186, published master’s starting pay is $57,826 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 | $50,205 | $57,826 |
| 2 | $51,848 | $59,819 |
| 3 | $53,837 | $61,813 |
| 4 | $55,831 | $63,807 |
| 5 | $57,826 | $65,803 |
| 6 | $59,819 | $67,797 |
| 7 | $61,813 | $69,785 |
| 8 | $63,807 | $71,784 |
| 9 | $67,671 | $73,770 |
| 10 | Not published | $75,862 |
| 11 | Not published | $80,022 |
| 12 | Not published | Not published |
| 13 | Not published | Not published |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $50,205
- Master’s starting pay
- $57,826
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $67,671
- Master’s maximum
- $80,022
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
Springfield Education Association 2025-26 teacher salary schedule, steps 1-13. Bachelor column = BA lane, master column = MA lane (first MA column; higher MA+ lanes not shown, no doctorate lane used). Figures as printed; the schedule does not state whether the board's TRS pickup is included, so no TRS adjustment was made. Later-year (2026-27) schedule not found. Enrollment is ISBE Oct 1, 2025 public enrollment (FY27 IDEA Part B Flow Through report, isbe.net/Documents/FY27-IDEA-Flowthrough.pdf).
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: 12,770 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Springfield School District 186 official salary schedule · Springfield School District 186
- District source and context · Springfield School District 186
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