Annual salary
$49,017
Florida · salary schedule · 2025-26
School District of Okaloosa County salary schedule, 2025-26
Instructional performance pay placement chart (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a degree and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- School District of Okaloosa County's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $49,017 (Bachelor's, years of experience 0-13) and tops out at $74,081 (Bachelor's, years of experience 30), per School District of Okaloosa County (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelor's) starts at $49,017 and reaches $74,081 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 1 degree columns and 18 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30.
- Okaloosa enrolled 32,426 students in 2023-24, the 24th-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
- 2 schedules are indexed for this district; the others are further down this page.
Instructional performance pay placement chart (2025-26)
| Years of experience \ Degree | Bachelor's |
|---|---|
| 0-13 | $49,017 |
| 14 | $49,979 |
| 15 | $51,225 |
| 16 | $52,502 |
| 17 | $53,807 |
| 18 | $55,148 |
| 19 | $56,521 |
| 20 | $57,930 |
| 21 | $59,370 |
| 22 | $60,850 |
| 23 | $62,365 |
| 24 | $63,916 |
| 25 | $65,510 |
| 26 | $67,139 |
| 27 | $68,812 |
| 28 | $70,526 |
| 29 | $72,282 |
| 30 | $74,081 |
highest celllowest cell18 years of experience rows x 1 degree columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Per month (12)
$4,084.75
Next 5 steps in this degree
| Years of experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | $49,979 | +$962 |
| 15 | $51,225 | +$2,208 |
| 16 | $52,502 | +$3,485 |
| 17 | $53,807 | +$4,790 |
| 18 | $55,148 | +$6,131 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelor's, years of experience 0-13 = $49,017 a year, $4,084.75 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Used for INITIAL PLACEMENT ONLY: employees hired July 1, 2014 or later are then on pay for performance and move by negotiated percentage, not by step.
The document prints Master's, Specialist and PhD columns as N/A on this chart.
Advanced-degree pay is a supplement, not a column: Master's $2,430, Specialist's $4,861, Doctorate $7,292.
Grandfathered instructional salary schedule (2025-26)
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| 12 | $49,017 | $51,679 | $54,095 | $55,858 |
| 13 | $49,567 | $52,294 | $54,769 | $57,248 |
| 14 | $50,800 | $53,597 | $56,134 | $58,673 |
| 15 | $52,066 | $54,932 | $57,531 | $60,135 |
| 16 | $53,365 | $56,299 | $58,963 | $61,633 |
| 17 | $54,690 | $57,700 | $60,430 | $63,169 |
| 18 | $56,053 | $59,135 | $61,935 | $64,739 |
| 19 | $57,449 | $60,610 | $63,478 | $66,351 |
| 20 | $58,881 | $62,120 | $65,060 | $68,004 |
| 21 | $60,345 | $63,665 | $66,679 | $69,699 |
| 22 | $61,849 | $65,251 | $68,340 | $71,435 |
| 23 | $63,389 | $66,876 | $70,040 | $73,214 |
| 24 | $64,965 | $68,540 | $71,787 | $75,034 |
| 25 | $66,586 | $70,247 | $73,574 | $76,904 |
| 26 | $68,241 | $71,997 | $75,405 | $78,819 |
| 27 | $69,942 | $73,788 | $77,283 | $80,780 |
| 28 | $71,684 | $75,626 | $79,208 | $82,794 |
| 29 | $73,469 | $77,509 | $81,179 | $84,854 |
| 30 | $75,298 | $79,439 | $83,203 | $86,965 |
highest celllowest cell30 step rows x 4 degree columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Annual salary
$49,017
Per month (12)
$4,084.75
Next 5 steps in this degree
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | $49,567 | +$550 |
| 14 | $50,800 | +$1,783 |
| 15 | $52,066 | +$3,049 |
| 16 | $53,365 | +$4,348 |
| 17 | $54,690 | +$5,673 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelor's, step 12 = $49,017 a year, $4,084.75 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Steps 1 through 11 are printed as N/A in the document: no active grandfathered employee sits below step 12.
The document states grandfathered employees receive a negotiated percentage in lieu of a step increase, so this grid records placement rather than annual movement.
Advanced-degree pay is a supplement, not a column: Master's $2,430, Specialist's $4,861, Doctorate $7,292.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelor's column a teacher moves from $49,017 at years of experience 0-13 to $74,081 at years of experience 30: 17 years of experience increases worth $1,474 each on average, 51% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,799, between years of experience 29 and years of experience 30.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, School District of Okaloosa County's starting pay ranks 30th and its top cell ranks 18th; 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 43rd percentile and the top cell at the 29th percentile.
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Okaloosa County | 32,426 | 2025-26 | $49,017 | – | $74,081 |
| Leon County Schools | 31,769 | 2025-26 | $47,500 | – | $67,840 |
| Santa Rosa County District Schools | 29,824 | 2025-26 | $50,986 | – | $70,584 |
| School Board of Alachua County | 28,749 | 2025-26 | $49,370 | $51,444 | $71,065 |
| Bay District Schools | 27,675 | 2026-27 | $50,500 | – | $59,300 |
| School District of Escambia County | 37,203 | 2025-26 | $48,300 | – | $78,100 |
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 Okaloosa County?
$49,017 on the degree Bachelor's at years of experience 0-13 of the 2025-26 schedule (School District of Okaloosa County). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $49,017 (Bachelor's).
What is the top of the School District of Okaloosa County salary schedule?
$74,081, at years of experience 30 on Bachelor's (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 Okaloosa County salary schedule?
On the Bachelor's column the top figure, $74,081, is reached at years of experience 30, 17 years of experience increases after years of experience 0-13 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- Leon County Schoolsstarts $47,500
- Santa Rosa County District Schoolsstarts $50,986
- School Board of Alachua Countystarts $49,370
- Bay District Schoolsstarts $50,500
- School District of Escambia Countystarts $48,300
- Clay County District Schoolsstarts $48,500
- Hernando County School Districtstarts $48,350
- Marion County Public Schoolsstarts $50,000
- Martin County School Districtstarts $51,300
- St. Lucie Public Schoolsstarts $49,160
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