2025-26 · District salary guide
Kennewick 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 Kennewick School District, published master’s starting pay is $73,059 for 2025-26.
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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 | $60,939 | $73,059 |
| 1 | $61,762 | $73,871 |
| 2 | $62,541 | $74,692 |
| 3 | $63,347 | $75,467 |
| 4 | $64,138 | $76,278 |
| 5 | $64,954 | $77,106 |
| 6 | $65,790 | $77,954 |
| 7 | $67,265 | $79,537 |
| 8 | $69,422 | $82,030 |
| 9 | $69,422 | $84,554 |
| 10 | $69,422 | $87,203 |
| 11 | $69,422 | $89,933 |
| 12 | $69,422 | $92,774 |
| 13 | $69,422 | $95,710 |
| 14 | $69,422 | $98,733 |
| 15 | $69,422 | $101,299 |
| 16 | $69,422 | $106,285 |
| 17 | $69,422 | $106,285 |
| 18 | $69,422 | $108,336 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $60,939
- Master’s starting pay
- $73,059
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $69,422
- Master’s maximum
- $112,732
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
KEA 2025-26 Base (2.5%) schedule; no 2026-27 schedule posted on the district salary schedules page as of 2026-11-03. Lanes BA, BA+15, BA+30, BA+45, BA+90, BA+135, MA, MA+45, MA+90/DOC; experience 0-17 and 18+ (step 18 here). BA lane tops at $69,422 from step 8. master column is the MA lane; master_max is MA+90/DOC at 16+ ($112,732; shared with doctorate, so no separate doctorate figure). Base excludes the printed add-ons: $408 (BA+135/MA+45, 16/17 yrs), $2,676 (BA+135/MA+45, 18+), $5,626 (MA+90/DOC, 16 and 17 yrs) and $7,996 (MA+90/DOC, 18+).
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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: 18,607 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Kennewick School District official salary schedule · Kennewick School District
- District source and context · Kennewick School District
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