Annual salary
$49,702
Florida · salary schedule · 2025-26
School District of Manatee County salary schedule, 2025-26
2025-2026 Performance Hiring Salary Schedule (teachers). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a contract length and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- School District of Manatee County's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $49,702 (10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule, years of experience 1) and tops out at $66,545 (11-Month Teacher, total annual salary, years of experience 21), per School District of Manatee County (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule) starts at $49,702 and reaches $51,728 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 4 contract length columns and 21 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 21.
- Manatee enrolled 52,895 students in 2023-24, the 15th-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
2025-2026 Performance Hiring Salary Schedule (teachers)
| Years of Experience \ Contract length | 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule | 10-Month Teacher, total annual salary | 11-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule | 11-Month Teacher, total annual salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $49,702 | $59,239 | $54,774 | $64,311 |
| 2 | $49,801 | $59,338 | $54,884 | $64,421 |
| 3 | $49,901 | $59,438 | $54,994 | $64,531 |
| 4 | $50,001 | $59,538 | $55,104 | $64,641 |
| 5 | $50,101 | $59,638 | $55,214 | $64,751 |
| 6 | $50,201 | $59,738 | $55,324 | $64,861 |
| 7 | $50,301 | $59,838 | $55,435 | $64,972 |
| 8 | $50,402 | $59,939 | $55,546 | $65,083 |
| 9 | $50,503 | $60,040 | $55,657 | $65,194 |
| 10 | $50,604 | $60,141 | $55,768 | $65,305 |
| 11 | $50,705 | $60,242 | $55,880 | $65,417 |
| 12 | $50,806 | $60,343 | $55,992 | $65,529 |
| 13 | $50,908 | $60,445 | $56,104 | $65,641 |
| 14 | $51,010 | $60,547 | $56,216 | $65,753 |
| 15 | $51,112 | $60,649 | $56,328 | $65,865 |
| 16 | $51,214 | $60,751 | $56,441 | $65,978 |
| 17 | $51,316 | $60,853 | $56,554 | $66,091 |
| 18 | $51,419 | $60,956 | $56,667 | $66,204 |
| 19 | $51,522 | $61,059 | $56,780 | $66,317 |
| 20 | $51,625 | $61,162 | $56,894 | $66,431 |
| 21 | $51,728 | $61,265 | $57,008 | $66,545 |
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Per month (12)
$4,141.83
Next 5 steps in this contract length
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $49,801 | +$99 |
| 3 | $49,901 | +$199 |
| 4 | $50,001 | +$299 |
| 5 | $50,101 | +$399 |
| 6 | $50,201 | +$499 |
Worked example as rendered: 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule, years of experience 1 = $49,702 a year, $4,141.83 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
The Performance Hiring Schedule is effective for newly hired teachers beginning 7/1/2025.
The hiring-schedule columns exclude the $9,537 referendum salary supplement; the total annual salary columns include it.
Amounts include the 15-minute time adjustment initiated in 2018-2019.
Degree supplements are paid on top: 10-month Masters $2,156 / Specialist $3,704 / Doctorate $6,396; 11-month Masters $2,376 / Specialist $4,040 / Doctorate $7,407.
- Soft spot: Manatee publishes no separate grandfathered teacher step grid in its salary-schedule folder; only this hiring schedule and a grandfathered schedule for school administrators.
How this schedule moves
On the 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule column a teacher moves from $49,702 at years of experience 1 to $51,728 at years of experience 21: 20 years of experience increases worth $101 each on average, 4% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $103, between years of experience 17 and years of experience 18.
The highest-paid column, 11-Month Teacher, total annual salary, starts at $64,311 and tops out at $66,545, 29% above the top of the 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule column.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, School District of Manatee County's starting pay ranks 23rd and its top cell ranks 33rd; 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 45th percentile and the top cell at the 17th percentile.
Column by column
| Contract length | First years of experience | Top | Years of Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule | $49,702 | $51,728 | 20 | 4% |
| 10-Month Teacher, total annual salary | $59,239 | $61,265 | 20 | 3% |
| 11-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule | $54,774 | $57,008 | 20 | 4% |
| 11-Month Teacher, total annual salary | $64,311 | $66,545 | 20 | 3% |
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Manatee County | 52,895 | 2025-26 | $49,702 | – | $66,545 |
| St. Johns County School District | 51,434 | 2024-25 | $48,642 | – | $53,540 |
| Lake County Schools | 48,285 | 2025-26 | $49,500 | – | $59,800 |
| Collier County Public Schools | 48,282 | 2025-26 | $69,920 | $74,960 | $101,960 |
| St. Lucie Public Schools | 46,987 | 2025-26 | $49,160 | – | $76,046 |
| Marion County Public Schools | 45,547 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | – | $67,856 |
Starting pay is the first years of experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of experience cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in School District of Manatee County?
$49,702 on the contract length 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule at years of experience 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (School District of Manatee County). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $49,702 (10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule).
What is the top of the School District of Manatee County salary schedule?
$66,545, at years of experience 21 on 11-Month Teacher, total annual 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 School District of Manatee County salary schedule?
On the 10-Month Teacher, Bachelor Degree hiring schedule column the top figure, $51,728, is reached at years of experience 21, 20 years of experience increases after years of experience 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- St. Johns County School Districtstarts $48,642
- Lake County Schoolsstarts $49,500
- Collier County Public Schoolsstarts $69,920
- St. Lucie Public Schoolsstarts $49,160
- Marion County Public Schoolsstarts $50,000
- Seminole County Public Schoolsstarts $50,000
- Clay County District Schoolsstarts $48,500
- School District of Escambia Countystarts $48,300
- School District of Okaloosa Countystarts $49,017
- Leon County Schoolsstarts $47,500
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