Galena City School District salary schedule, 2026-27

Certified teacher pay scale (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

Galena City School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $60,375 (B, step 0) and tops out at $106,785 (D, step 19), per Galena City School District.
The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $324.60 per day.
The grid has 8 column columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 19.
Galena City School District enrolled 7,768 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Alaska by NCES enrollment.

Certified teacher pay scale (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentGalena City School DistrictSchool year2026-27Effectivenot printed on the documentWork days186

Step \ Column	B	B+18	B+36	B+54/M	M+18	M+36	M+60/M+M	D
0	$60,375	$62,160	$63,945	$65,730	$67,515	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870
1	$62,160	$63,945	$65,730	$67,515	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655
2	$63,945	$65,730	$67,515	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440
3	$65,730	$67,515	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225
4	$67,515	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010
5	$69,300	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795
6	$71,085	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580
7	$72,870	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365
8	$74,655	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365	$87,150
9	$76,440	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365	$87,150	$88,935
10	$78,225	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365	$87,150	$88,935	$90,720
11	$80,010	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365	$87,150	$88,935	$90,720	$92,505
12	$81,795	$83,580	$85,365	$87,150	$88,935	$90,720	$92,505	$94,290
13		$85,365	$87,150	$88,935	$90,720	$92,505	$94,290	$96,075
14			$88,935	$90,720	$92,505	$94,290	$96,075	$97,860
15				$92,505	$94,290	$96,075	$97,860	$99,645
16					$96,075	$97,860	$99,645	$101,430
17						$99,645	$101,430	$103,215
18							$103,215	$105,000
19								$106,785

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$60,375

Per month (12)

$5,031.25

Per work day

$324.60 / 186 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
1	$62,160	+$1,785
2	$63,945	+$3,570
3	$65,730	+$5,355
4	$67,515	+$7,140
5	$69,300	+$8,925

Worked example as rendered: B, step 0 = $60,375 a year, $5,031.25 a month spread over 12 months, $324.60 per work day on a 186-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Section 2204 of the Galena City School District / Galena Education Association collective bargaining agreement, which runs through June 30, 2028.

The agreement prints one certified teacher pay scale for the whole 2025-2028 term, with no per-year table.

Separate GILA/SHS residential differentials ($4,000 to $5,000 by years of service) and a separate co-teacher scale are paid on top of this grid and are not included here.

Teachers who receive no step movement in a contract year get an in-lieu-of-step increase of 1.5%.

Standard work year is 186 days, or 189 days for a teacher's first year with the district.

Soft spot: The pay scale carries no school-year heading. It is the scale in force under the 2025-2028 agreement, so it is filed here as the 2026-27 schedule and no effective date is asserted.

How this schedule moves

On the B column a teacher moves from $60,375 at step 0 to $81,795 at step 12: 12 step increases worth $1,785 each on average, 35% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,785, between step 0 and step 1.

The highest-paid column, D, starts at $72,870 and tops out at $106,785, 31% above the top of the B column.

Among the 6 Alaska district schedules indexed here, Galena City School District's starting pay ranks 3rd and its top cell ranks 5th; the state medians are $59,707 to start and $108,392 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 79th percentile and the top cell at the 70th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
B	$60,375	$81,795	12	35%
B+18	$62,160	$85,365	13	37%
B+36	$63,945	$88,935	14	39%
B+54/M	$65,730	$92,505	15	41%
M+18	$67,515	$96,075	16	42%
M+36	$69,300	$99,645	17	44%
M+60/M+M	$71,085	$103,215	18	45%
D	$72,870	$106,785	19	47%

Against Alaska districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Galena City School District	7,768	2026-27	$60,375	–	$106,785
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	8,499	2026-27	$59,039	–	$104,860
Juneau School District	4,265	2026-27	$62,695	–	$110,657
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	12,541	2025-26	$54,941.48	–	$109,314.36
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	19,421	2025-26	$56,445	–	$108,467
Anchorage School District	43,363	2026-27	$61,454	–	$108,318

Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting salary on the Galena City School District schedule?

$60,375 at step 0 on B, per the 2026-27 schedule (Galena City School District).

What is the top of the Galena City School District salary schedule?

$106,785, at step 19 on D (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Galena City School District salary schedule?

On the B column the top figure, $81,795, is reached at step 12, 12 step increases after step 0 (2026-27 schedule).

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