2026-27 · District salary guide
Liberal Public Schools (USD 480)Teacher 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 Liberal Public Schools (USD 480), published master’s starting pay is $55,619 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”.
Doctorate pay is not published in this schedule, so that column is left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $51,888 | $55,619 |
| 2 | $53,051 | $56,782 |
| 3 | $53,729 | $57,460 |
| 4 | $54,601 | $58,332 |
| 5 | $55,376 | $59,155 |
| 6 | $56,249 | $60,028 |
| 7 | $57,121 | $60,900 |
| 8 | Not published | $61,723 |
| 9 | Not published | $62,741 |
| 10 | Not published | $63,758 |
| 11 | Not published | $64,775 |
| 12 | Not published | $65,841 |
| 13 | Not published | $66,859 |
| 14 | Not published | $68,022 |
| 15 | Not published | $69,233 |
| 16 | Not published | $70,444 |
| 17 | Not published | $71,607 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $51,888
- Master’s starting pay
- $55,619
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $57,121
- Master’s maximum
- $71,607
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 Salary Schedule (Article II Section A, PDF page 10 of the negotiated agreement). The schedule is a scanned image, read by eye. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24 (4,676). Rows are Levels A-Y (0 to 29+ years); steps 1-17 here are Levels A-Q. Bachelor = BA lane (Levels A-G, ends at 11 years); master = MA lane (plain MA, Levels A-Q, ends at 21 years). BA+15/+30/+45 and MA+15/+30/+45 lanes exist (top MA+45 $86,093) and are not shown. No doctorate lane, so null.
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: 4,676 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Liberal Public Schools (USD 480) official salary schedule · Liberal Public Schools (USD 480)
- District source and context · Liberal Public Schools (USD 480)
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