2026-27 · District salary guide
Waukegan Community Unit School District 60Teacher 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 Waukegan Community Unit School District 60, published master’s starting pay is $56,836 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $53,011 | $56,836 | $64,305 |
| 2 | $54,390 | $58,314 | $65,977 |
| 3 | $55,804 | $59,830 | $67,692 |
| 4 | $57,255 | $61,386 | $69,452 |
| 5 | $58,743 | $62,982 | $71,258 |
| 6 | $60,271 | $64,619 | $73,111 |
| 7 | $61,838 | $66,299 | $75,012 |
| 8 | $63,445 | $68,023 | $76,962 |
| 9 | $65,095 | $69,792 | $78,963 |
| 10 | $66,788 | $71,606 | $81,016 |
| 11 | $68,524 | $73,468 | $83,122 |
| 12 | $70,306 | $75,378 | $85,283 |
| 13 | $72,134 | $77,338 | $87,501 |
| 14 | $74,009 | $79,349 | $89,776 |
| 15 | $75,933 | $81,412 | $92,110 |
| 16 | $77,908 | $83,529 | $94,505 |
| 17 | $79,933 | $85,700 | $96,962 |
| 18 | $82,011 | $87,929 | $99,483 |
| 19 | $84,144 | $90,215 | $102,070 |
| 20 | $86,331 | $92,560 | $104,723 |
| 21 | $88,576 | $94,967 | $107,446 |
| 22 | $90,879 | $97,436 | $110,240 |
| 23 | $93,242 | $99,969 | $113,106 |
| 24 | Not published | $102,568 | $116,047 |
| 25 | Not published | $105,235 | $119,064 |
| 26 | Not published | $107,971 | $122,160 |
| 27 | Not published | $110,779 | $125,336 |
| 28 | Not published | $113,659 | $128,595 |
| 29 | Not published | $116,614 | $131,938 |
| 30 | Not published | $119,646 | $135,368 |
| 31 | Not published | $122,757 | $138,888 |
| 32 | Not published | $125,948 | $142,499 |
| 33 | Not published | $129,223 | $146,204 |
| 34 | Not published | $132,583 | $150,005 |
| 35 | Not published | $136,030 | $153,906 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $53,011
- Master’s starting pay
- $56,836
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $93,242
- Master’s maximum
- $136,030
- Doctorate maximum
- $153,906
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Waukegan Council / Lake County Federation of Teachers 2026-27 salary schedule. The PDF is a scan with no text layer, so figures were read by eye from the page image and then re-checked against it; amounts are to the cent as printed. BA lane steps 1-23, MA lane steps 1-35, PhD lane steps 1-35 (doctorate). 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: 13,037 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 official salary schedule · Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
- District source and context · Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
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