Annual salary
$50,150
Florida · salary schedule · 2025-26
Miami-Dade County Public Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
Newly hired / rehired teachers salary schedule (experience chart), 2025-26. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a contract and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Miami-Dade County Public Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $50,150 (10-month base, years of experience 0) and tops out at $127,679 (11.5-month base + RRAS, years of experience 35+), per Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Compensation Administration (effective ).
- The grid has 6 contract columns and 27 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 35+.
- Miami-Dade enrolled 335,500 students in 2023-24, the 1st-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
Newly hired / rehired teachers salary schedule (experience chart), 2025-26
Official sourceDocumentMiami-Dade County Public Schools, Compensation AdministrationSchool year2025-26Effective
| Years of experience \ Contract | 10-month base | 10-month base + RRAS | 11.5-month base | 11.5-month base + RRAS | 12-month base | 12-month base + RRAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $50,150 | $53,159 | $60,180 | $63,791 | $58,250 | $61,745 |
| 1 | $50,421 | $55,090 | $60,505 | $66,108 | $58,564 | $63,987 |
| 2 | $51,697 | $56,484 | $62,036 | $67,781 | $60,047 | $65,607 |
| 3 | $52,197 | $57,030 | $62,636 | $68,436 | $60,627 | $66,241 |
| 4 | $52,485 | $57,345 | $62,982 | $68,814 | $60,962 | $66,607 |
| 5 | $52,567 | $59,317 | $63,080 | $71,180 | $61,057 | $68,897 |
| 6-7 | $52,594 | $59,347 | $63,112 | $71,216 | $61,088 | $68,932 |
| 8 | $52,621 | $59,772 | $63,145 | $71,727 | $61,120 | $69,426 |
| 9 | $52,649 | $60,336 | $63,178 | $72,402 | $61,152 | $70,080 |
| 10-11 | $52,676 | $62,284 | $63,211 | $74,741 | $61,184 | $72,344 |
| 12 | $52,703 | $64,108 | $63,243 | $76,929 | $61,215 | $74,462 |
| 13-15 | $52,714 | $65,413 | $63,256 | $78,494 | $61,228 | $75,978 |
| 16-18 | $52,731 | $65,434 | $63,277 | $78,521 | $61,248 | $76,003 |
| 19 | $52,759 | $68,370 | $63,310 | $82,044 | $61,280 | $79,413 |
| 20 | $52,786 | $68,669 | $63,343 | $82,403 | $61,311 | $79,759 |
| 21 | $52,813 | $69,021 | $63,375 | $82,825 | $61,343 | $80,169 |
| 22 | $52,842 | $69,403 | $63,410 | $83,283 | $61,376 | $80,611 |
| 23-24 | $52,897 | $70,004 | $63,476 | $84,004 | $61,440 | $81,310 |
| 25 | $53,687 | $71,720 | $64,424 | $86,064 | $62,358 | $83,304 |
| 26 | $55,496 | $74,137 | $66,595 | $88,964 | $64,459 | $86,111 |
| 27 | $58,265 | $79,293 | $69,918 | $95,152 | $67,675 | $92,099 |
| 28 | $62,446 | $84,983 | $74,935 | $101,979 | $72,532 | $98,709 |
| 29 | $65,875 | $89,649 | $79,050 | $107,579 | $76,514 | $104,128 |
| 30-31 | $69,003 | $93,906 | $82,803 | $112,687 | $80,147 | $109,072 |
| 32 | $72,764 | $101,186 | $87,316 | $121,422 | $84,516 | $117,528 |
| 33-34 | $79,706 | $106,017 | $95,647 | $127,220 | $92,579 | $123,139 |
| 35+ | $82,092 | $106,399 | $98,510 | $127,679 | $95,350 | $123,583 |
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Per month (12)
$4,179.17
Next 5 steps in this contract
| Years of experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,421 | +$271 |
| 2 | $51,697 | +$1,547 |
| 3 | $52,197 | +$2,047 |
| 4 | $52,485 | +$2,335 |
| 5 | $52,567 | +$2,417 |
Worked example as rendered: 10-month base, years of experience 0 = $50,150 a year, $4,179.17 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Miami-Dade places new hires by verified years of experience; there are no degree lanes. Advanced-degree supplements are flat: master's $3,410, specialist $5,665, doctorate $7,920 (10-month).
RRAS is the Referendum Retirement Accruing Supplement, a percentage of base salary funded by the voter-approved referendum; the '+ RRAS' columns are the district's printed totals.
Continuing teachers are on separate grandfathered / effective / highly effective schedules indexed by RRAS percentage (see the source).
How this schedule moves
On the 10-month base column a teacher moves from $50,150 at years of experience 0 to $82,092 at years of experience 35+: 26 years of experience increases worth $1,229 each on average, 64% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $6,942, between years of experience 32 and years of experience 33-34.
The highest-paid column, 11.5-month base + RRAS, starts at $63,791 and tops out at $127,679, 56% above the top of the 10-month base column.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, Miami-Dade County Public Schools's starting pay ranks 19th and its top cell ranks 1st; 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 48th percentile and the top cell at the 89th percentile.
Column by column
| Contract | First years of experience | Top | Years of experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-month base | $50,150 | $82,092 | 26 | 64% |
| 10-month base + RRAS | $53,159 | $106,399 | 26 | 100% |
| 11.5-month base | $60,180 | $98,510 | 26 | 64% |
| 11.5-month base + RRAS | $63,791 | $127,679 | 26 | 100% |
| 12-month base | $58,250 | $95,350 | 26 | 64% |
| 12-month base + RRAS | $61,745 | $123,583 | 26 | 100% |
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | 335,500 | 2025-26 | $50,150 | – | $127,679 |
| Broward County Public Schools | 251,408 | 2025-26 | $54,745 | – | $89,022 |
| Hillsborough County Public Schools | 224,152 | 2025-26 | $47,500.04 | $50,398.76 | $71,045.73 |
| School District of Palm Beach County | 189,777 | 2025-26 | $54,500 | – | $77,950 |
| Duval County Public Schools | 127,971 | 2025-26 | $48,700 | $50,900 | $80,400 |
| Polk County Public Schools | 111,041 | 2025-26 | $48,450 | $51,612 | $75,762 |
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 salary on the Miami-Dade County Public Schools schedule?
$50,150 at years of experience 0 on 10-month base, per the 2025-26 schedule (Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Compensation Administration).
What is the top of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools salary schedule?
$127,679, at years of experience 35+ on 11.5-month base + RRAS (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 Miami-Dade County Public Schools salary schedule?
On the 10-month base column the top figure, $82,092, is reached at years of experience 35+, 26 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- Broward County Public Schoolsstarts $54,745
- Hillsborough County Public Schoolsstarts $47,500.04
- School District of Palm Beach Countystarts $54,500
- Duval County Public Schoolsstarts $48,700
- Polk County Public Schoolsstarts $48,450
- Pinellas County Schoolsstarts $63,511
- District School Board of Pasco Countystarts $51,000.00
- School District of Osceola Countystarts $49,500
- Seminole County Public Schoolsstarts $50,000
- School District of Manatee Countystarts $49,702
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