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Citrus County School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teachers new to Citrus County placement pay schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and years experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Citrus County School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $51,500 (Salary, years experience 0) and tops out at $53,300 (Salary, years experience 30), per Citrus County School District (effective ).
- The grid has 1 lane columns and 31 years experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years experience 30.
- Citrus enrolled 15,889 students in 2023-24, the 33rd-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
Teachers new to Citrus County placement pay schedule (2025-26)
| Years experience \ Lane | Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $51,500 |
| 1 | $51,560 |
| 2 | $51,620 |
| 3 | $51,680 |
| 4 | $51,740 |
| 5 | $51,800 |
| 6 | $51,860 |
| 7 | $51,920 |
| 8 | $51,980 |
| 9 | $52,040 |
| 10 | $52,100 |
| 11 | $52,160 |
| 12 | $52,220 |
| 13 | $52,280 |
| 14 | $52,340 |
| 15 | $52,400 |
| 16 | $52,460 |
| 17 | $52,520 |
| 18 | $52,580 |
| 19 | $52,640 |
| 20 | $52,700 |
| 21 | $52,760 |
| 22 | $52,820 |
| 23 | $52,880 |
| 24 | $52,940 |
| 25 | $53,000 |
| 26 | $53,060 |
| 27 | $53,120 |
| 28 | $53,180 |
| 29 | $53,240 |
| 30 | $53,300 |
| Years experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $51,560 | +$60 |
| 2 | $51,620 | +$120 |
| 3 | $51,680 | +$180 |
| 4 | $51,740 | +$240 |
| 5 | $51,800 | +$300 |
Worked example as rendered: Salary, years experience 0 = $51,500 a year, $4,291.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A of the 2025-2028 CCEA instructional contract, effective July 1, 2025. It is the placement schedule for teachers new to Citrus County.
Advanced degree supplements are added to salary: Master $2,000, Specialist $3,000, Doctorate $4,000. Employees hired on or after July 1, 2011 are awarded them in accordance with Florida Statute 1012.22.
Experience credit: up to five years for documented military service, verified teaching experience to year 30, and acceptable occupational experience in a specific vocational area to year 30.
- Soft spot: The contract PDF is a scan with no text layer. The figures were read from the page image; the schedule is an exact arithmetic ladder of $51,500 plus $60 a year, which matches the printed value at every row checked including the last, $53,300 at 30 years.
How this schedule moves
On the Salary column a teacher moves from $51,500 at years experience 0 to $53,300 at years experience 30: 30 years experience increases worth $60 each on average, 3% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $60, between years experience 0 and years experience 1.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, Citrus County School District's starting pay ranks 11th and its top cell ranks 55th; the state medians are $49,002 to start and $67,332 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 52nd percentile and the top cell at the 3rd percentile.
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus County School District | 15,889 | 2025-26 | $51,500 | – | $53,300 |
| Charlotte County Public Schools | 16,864 | 2026-27 | $58,154.00 | – | $62,882.00 |
| School District of Indian River County | 16,950 | 2026-27 | $48,583 | – | $56,000 |
| Martin County School District | 18,270 | 2026-27 | $51,300 | – | $60,400 |
| Flagler Schools | 13,503 | 2025-26 | $49,451 | – | $106,148 |
| Hendry County School District | 13,406 | 2025-26 | $50,900 | – | $72,455 |
Starting pay is the first years experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years experience cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Citrus County School District schedule?
$51,500 at years experience 0 on Salary, per the 2025-26 schedule (Citrus County School District).
What is the top of the Citrus County School District salary schedule?
$53,300, at years experience 30 on Salary (2025-26). 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 Citrus County School District salary schedule?
On the Salary column the top figure, $53,300, is reached at years experience 30, 30 years experience increases after years experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- Charlotte County Public Schoolsstarts $58,154.00
- School District of Indian River Countystarts $48,583
- Martin County School Districtstarts $51,300
- Flagler Schoolsstarts $49,451
- Hendry County School Districtstarts $50,900
- School Board of Nassau Countystarts $51,657
- Highlands County School Boardstarts $45,750
- Walton County School Districtstarts $59,000
- Putnam County School Districtstarts $51,470
- Columbia County School Boardstarts $46,745
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