2026-27 · District salary guide
Lancaster 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 Lancaster County School District, published master’s starting pay is $56,001 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 | $51,115 | $56,001 | $64,267 |
| 1 | $51,376 | $56,357 | $64,878 |
| 2 | $51,638 | $56,531 | $65,269 |
| 3 | $51,899 | $56,696 | $65,637 |
| 4 | $52,160 | $56,893 | $66,041 |
| 5 | $53,205 | $57,385 | $66,386 |
| 6 | $53,728 | $58,168 | $67,878 |
| 7 | $54,250 | $59,288 | $69,373 |
| 8 | $54,773 | $60,408 | $70,867 |
| 9 | $55,295 | $61,529 | $72,361 |
| 10 | $56,340 | $62,651 | $73,856 |
| 11 | $57,121 | $63,770 | $75,348 |
| 12 | $58,168 | $64,891 | $76,843 |
| 13 | $59,177 | $66,011 | $78,337 |
| 14 | $60,222 | $67,131 | $79,831 |
| 15 | $61,230 | $68,253 | $81,326 |
| 16 | $62,276 | $69,373 | $82,820 |
| 17 | $63,285 | $70,493 | $84,313 |
| 18 | $63,830 | $71,111 | $85,070 |
| 19 | $64,382 | $71,736 | $85,833 |
| 20 | $64,940 | $72,367 | $86,605 |
| 21 | $65,501 | $73,003 | $87,385 |
| 22 | $66,070 | $73,647 | $88,172 |
| 23 | $66,644 | $74,297 | $88,967 |
| 24 | $67,266 | $74,996 | $89,797 |
| 25 | $67,894 | $75,702 | $90,635 |
| 26 | $68,527 | $76,414 | $91,481 |
| 27 | $69,168 | $77,134 | $92,336 |
| 28 | $69,814 | $77,861 | $93,199 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $51,115
- Master’s starting pay
- $56,001
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $69,814
- Master’s maximum
- $77,861
- Doctorate maximum
- $93,199
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
FY 2026-2027 Approved 190-Day Certified Salary Schedule (dated 21-Apr-26; the file name still says FY26), steps 0-28. Bachelor = Class 3 Bachelors; master = Class 1 Masters; doctorate = Class 8 Doctorate. Bachelors+18 and Masters+30 not shown. The PDF text layer is garbled in places, so the grid was read by column position and the Masters+30 step 23 cell (78,261) was read by eye from the rendered page; Bachelors+18 is closed to new hires per the schedule footnote. Enrollment: NCES CCD 2023-24 (Lancaster 01) via Urban Institute Education Data Portal.
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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: 15,298 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Lancaster County School District official salary schedule · Lancaster County School District
- District source and context · Lancaster County School District
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