2026-27 · District salary guide
Columbia Falls School District No. 6Teacher salary schedule
Find your pay ↓Lowest published bachelor’s starting pay → highest published maximum across degree lanes in the districts below. Years and eligibility vary.
At Columbia Falls School District No. 6, published bachelor’s starting pay is $46,274 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 | $46,274 | Not published | Not published |
| 1 | $47,245 | Not published | Not published |
| 2 | $48,215 | Not published | Not published |
| 3 | $49,186 | Not published | Not published |
| 4 | $50,156 | Not published | Not published |
| 5 | $51,127 | Not published | Not published |
| 6 | $52,097 | Not published | Not published |
| 7 | $53,067 | Not published | Not published |
| 8 | $54,038 | Not published | Not published |
| 9 | $55,008 | Not published | Not published |
| 10 | $55,979 | Not published | Not published |
| 11 | $56,946 | Not published | Not published |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $46,274
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $56,946
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
2026-27 schedule from section 18.8 of the Columbia Falls Education Association agreement (base $38,748, 2.15% settlement). Enrollment is the OPI FY2026 fall (October 2025) student count, elementary (1,476) and high school (654) combined. There is no MA or doctorate lane, so those are null. Instead the agreement pays a master's stipend of 7.10% ($2,751.10), plus career and National Board stipends. Other lanes run from BA+15 to BA+75, which tops at $77,941. If a cell falls below the state Quality Educator minimum, the agreement pays that minimum instead.
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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: 2,130 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Columbia Falls School District No. 6 official salary schedule · Columbia Falls School District No. 6
- District source and context · Columbia Falls School District No. 6
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