Palm Springs Unified salary schedule, 2026-27

PSTA certificated salary schedule, Schedule ID 100, 184 days (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.

Palm Springs Unified's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $68,282 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $138,516 (45 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 82 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA, step 16), per Palm Springs Unified School District (effective July 1, 2026).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $68,282 and reaches $91,786 at the top of that column.
The schedule is built on 184 work days, which makes the starting cell about $371.10 per day.
The grid has 6 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
Palm Springs Unified enrolled 20,416 students in 2023-24, the 57th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.

PSTA certificated salary schedule, Schedule ID 100, 184 days (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentPalm Springs Unified School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveJuly 1, 2026Work days184

Step \ Column	BA	BA + 26 UNITS	BA + 40 UNITS	BA + 54 UNITS OR MA	30 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 68 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA	45 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 82 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA
1	$68,282	$69,307	$70,693	$72,459	$74,634	$76,872
2	$70,330	$71,733	$73,874	$76,083	$78,365	$80,332
3	$72,441	$74,243	$77,198	$79,887	$82,284	$83,947
4	$74,614	$76,842	$80,672	$83,882	$86,398	$88,983
5	$76,852	$79,531	$84,302	$88,076	$91,151	$93,433
6	$79,159	$82,314	$86,831	$90,718	$95,707	$98,104
7	$81,533	$85,195	$89,437	$93,439	$98,579	$102,225
8	$83,979	$88,177	$92,120	$96,242	$101,535	$105,803
9	$86,498	$91,264	$94,883	$99,130	$104,582	$109,506
10	$89,093	$92,633	$97,729	$102,105	$107,720	$112,792
11	$90,430	$94,022	$100,661	$105,167	$110,951	$116,175
12	$91,786	$95,432	$103,681	$108,323	$114,280	$119,661
13			$105,756	$110,488	$117,708	$123,250
14			$107,870	$112,698	$120,652	$133,726
15				$114,952	$123,666	$136,067
16				$117,251	$126,758	$138,516

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$68,282

Per month (12)

$5,690.17

Per work day

$371.10 / 184 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$70,330	+$2,048
3	$72,441	+$4,159
4	$74,614	+$6,332
5	$76,852	+$8,570
6	$79,159	+$10,877

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $68,282 a year, $5,690.17 a month spread over 12 months, $371.10 per work day on a 184-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Schedule ID 100 (184 days), effective 07/01/2026, board approved 04/28/2026.

Lane labels are the district's column headings (Columns 1-6).

$1,500 additional award for an Ed.D. or Ph.D. is not included.

Teachers new to the district may be credited up to 12 years of prior service (start no higher than Step 13).

Separate 194-day schedule (ID 192) for librarians and counselors is not included.

Soft spot: Column 6 rises 123,250 -> 133,726 between Steps 13 and 14, a larger jump than elsewhere; verified as printed. The document's yellow-shaded ERIP placement area is not visible in the text layer.

How this schedule moves

On the BA column a teacher moves from $68,282 at step 1 to $91,786 at step 12: 11 step increases worth $2,137 each on average, 34% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $2,595, between step 9 and step 10.

The highest-paid column, 45 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 82 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA, starts at $76,872 and tops out at $138,516, 51% above the top of the BA column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Palm Springs Unified's starting pay ranks 133rd and its top cell ranks 108th; the state medians are $59,726 to start and $120,047 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 95th percentile and the top cell at the 95th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
BA	$68,282	$91,786	11	34%
BA + 26 UNITS	$69,307	$95,432	11	38%
BA + 40 UNITS	$70,693	$107,870	13	53%
BA + 54 UNITS OR MA	$72,459	$117,251	15	62%
30 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 68 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA	$74,634	$126,758	15	70%
45 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 82 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA	$76,872	$138,516	15	80%

Against California districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Palm Springs Unified	20,416	2026-27	$68,282	–	$138,516
Fairfield-Suisun Unified	20,413	2024-25	$64,302	–	$114,523
East Side Union High	20,471	2026-27	$73,813	–	$149,569
William S. Hart Union High	20,685	2026-27	$59,569	–	$105,541
Madera Unified	20,142	2024-25	$52,709	–	$107,743
Lake Elsinore Unified	20,769	2024-25	$64,085	–	$139,342

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 teacher salary in Palm Springs Unified?

$68,282 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Palm Springs Unified School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $68,282 (BA).

What is the top of the Palm Springs Unified salary schedule?

$138,516, at step 16 on 45 UNITS ABOVE MA OR 82 UNITS ABOVE BA INCLUDING MA (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 Palm Springs Unified salary schedule?

On the BA column the top figure, $91,786, is reached at step 12, 11 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).

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