Annual salary
$54,500
Florida · salary schedule · 2025-26
School District of Palm Beach County salary schedule, 2025-26
New hire salary placement schedule (bachelor's degree), effective July 1, 2025. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a component and completed years of eligible experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- School District of Palm Beach County's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $54,500 (Base salary placement, completed years of eligible experience 0) and tops out at $77,950 (Total initial new-hire salary, completed years of eligible experience 25), per School District of Palm Beach County (effective ).
- The grid has 3 component columns and 15 completed years of eligible experience rows; the highest cell is reached at completed years of eligible experience 25.
- Palm Beach enrolled 189,777 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
New hire salary placement schedule (bachelor's degree), effective July 1, 2025
| Completed years of eligible experience \ Component | Base salary placement | Referendum supplement (FY2026) | Total initial new-hire salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $54,500 | $0 | $54,500 |
| 1-4 | $54,600 | $1,000 | $55,600 |
| 5-9 | $54,750 | $5,000 | $59,750 |
| 10-14 | $54,900 | $10,000 | $64,900 |
| 15 | $55,220 | $10,000 | $65,220 |
| 16 | $55,740 | $10,000 | $65,740 |
| 17 | $56,270 | $10,000 | $66,270 |
| 18 | $57,400 | $10,000 | $67,400 |
| 19 | $58,650 | $10,000 | $68,650 |
| 20 | $60,100 | $10,000 | $70,100 |
| 21 | $61,600 | $10,000 | $71,600 |
| 22 | $63,150 | $10,000 | $73,150 |
| 23 | $64,700 | $10,000 | $74,700 |
| 24 | $66,300 | $10,000 | $76,300 |
| 25 | $67,950 | $10,000 | $77,950 |
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Per month (12)
$4,541.67
Next 5 steps in this component
| Completed years of eligible experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | $54,600 | +$100 |
| 5-9 | $54,750 | +$250 |
| 10-14 | $54,900 | +$400 |
| 15 | $55,220 | +$720 |
| 16 | $55,740 | +$1,240 |
Worked example as rendered: Base salary placement, completed years of eligible experience 0 = $54,500 a year, $4,541.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Palm Beach's performance salary schedule publishes a bachelor's range ($54,500 minimum to $112,675 maximum) plus this placement chart; advanced degrees add flat supplements (master's $3,000, double master's or specialist $4,500, doctorate $6,000).
The referendum supplement is a voter-approved add-on for FY2026 and is shown as printed; a 0 means the row prints $0.
How this schedule moves
On the Base salary placement column a teacher moves from $54,500 at completed years of eligible experience 0 to $67,950 at completed years of eligible experience 25: 14 completed years of eligible experience increases worth $961 each on average, 25% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,650, between completed years of eligible experience 24 and completed years of eligible experience 25.
The highest-paid column, Total initial new-hire salary, starts at $54,500 and tops out at $77,950, 15% above the top of the Base salary placement column.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, School District of Palm Beach County's starting pay ranks 9th and its top cell ranks 13th; 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 61st percentile and the top cell at the 34th percentile.
Column by column
| Component | First completed years of eligible experience | Top | Completed years of eligible experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base salary placement | $54,500 | $67,950 | 14 | 25% |
| Referendum supplement (FY2026) | $0 | $10,000 | 15 | – |
| Total initial new-hire salary | $54,500 | $77,950 | 14 | 43% |
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School District of Palm Beach County | 189,777 | 2025-26 | $54,500 | – | $77,950 |
| Hillsborough County Public Schools | 224,152 | 2025-26 | $47,500.04 | $50,398.76 | $71,045.73 |
| Broward County Public Schools | 251,408 | 2025-26 | $54,745 | – | $89,022 |
| 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 |
| Pinellas County Schools | 91,021 | 2025-26 | $63,511 | $65,762 | $91,484 |
Starting pay is the first completed years of eligible experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-completed years of eligible 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 School District of Palm Beach County schedule?
$54,500 at completed years of eligible experience 0 on Base salary placement, per the 2025-26 schedule (School District of Palm Beach County).
What is the top of the School District of Palm Beach County salary schedule?
$77,950, at completed years of eligible experience 25 on Total initial new-hire 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 Palm Beach County salary schedule?
On the Base salary placement column the top figure, $67,950, is reached at completed years of eligible experience 25, 14 completed years of eligible experience increases after completed years of eligible experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- Hillsborough County Public Schoolsstarts $47,500.04
- Broward County Public Schoolsstarts $54,745
- 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
- St. Johns County School Districtstarts $48,642
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