2026-27 · District salary guide
Highline Public SchoolsTeacher 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 Highline Public Schools, published master’s starting pay is $80,779 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $67,378 | $80,779 |
| 1 | $68,286 | $81,678 |
| 2 | $69,149 | $82,582 |
| 3 | $70,040 | $83,440 |
| 4 | $70,914 | $84,338 |
| 5 | $71,815 | $85,251 |
| 6 | $72,741 | $86,187 |
| 7 | $74,372 | $87,939 |
| 8 | $76,756 | $90,698 |
| 9 | Not published | $93,486 |
| 10 | Not published | $96,420 |
| 11 | Not published | $99,439 |
| 12 | Not published | $102,577 |
| 13 | Not published | $105,825 |
| 14 | Not published | $109,168 |
| 15 | Not published | $112,005 |
| 16 | Not published | $114,244 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $67,378
- Master’s starting pay
- $80,779
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $76,756
- Master’s maximum
- $126,997
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
HEA Salary Schedule 2026-27 (base salaries increased 2.6% IPD; board approved 9/16/2026) for teachers, ESAs and CTE teachers. Lanes BA, BA+45, BA+90, MA+0 (the BA+135 column is closed and shares the MA+0 column), MA+45, MA+90 or Ph.D.; experience 0-15 and 16-17 (step 16 here). Base for 18-19 and 20+ years equals step 16; longevity of $2,500/$5,000 is added at 18+ and is excluded. BA lane tops at $76,756 from year 8. master column is MA+0; master_max is MA+90 or Ph.D. at year 16 (shared with doctorate, so no separate doctorate figure; a $3,600 doctorate stipend is noted separately). Base excludes PLE Days and the PLE Stipend (8.5%); printed Total runs $73,833 (BA, year 0) to $129,030 (MA+90 or Ph.D., 16-17).
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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: 18,277 students. Source.
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- Highline Public Schools official salary schedule · Highline Public Schools
- District source and context · Highline Public Schools
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