Annual salary
$55,137
Florida · salary schedule · 2025-26
School Board of Sumter County salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher placement salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a salary range and years of completed experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- School Board of Sumter County's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $55,137 (Range minimum, years of completed experience 0) and tops out at $90,371 (Range maximum, years of completed experience 20+), per School Board of Sumter County (effective ).
- The grid has 2 salary range columns and 22 years of completed experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of completed experience 20+.
- Sumter enrolled 9,598 students in 2023-24, the 41st-largest district in Florida by NCES enrollment.
Teacher placement salary schedule (2025-26)
| Years of completed experience \ Salary range | Range minimum | Range maximum |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $55,137 | |
| 1 | $55,137 | |
| 2 | $55,137 | $57,770 |
| 3 | $55,137 | $59,864 |
| 4 | $55,137 | $59,324 |
| 5 | $55,137 | $60,749 |
| 6 | $55,137 | $60,749 |
| 7 | $55,137 | $60,749 |
| 8 | $55,137 | $60,749 |
| 9 | $55,137 | $61,046 |
| 10 | $56,887 | $64,256 |
| 11 | $56,887 | $64,515 |
| 12 | $56,887 | $66,266 |
| 13 | $57,257 | $66,607 |
| 14 | $57,257 | $66,607 |
| 15 | $57,257 | $67,499 |
| 16 | $58,155 | $67,125 |
| 17 | $59,000 | $68,374 |
| 18 | $59,866 | $68,374 |
| 19 | $60,585 | $67,344 |
| 20 | $62,680 | $71,360 |
| 20+ | $63,525 | $90,371 |
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Per month (12)
$4,594.75
Next 5 steps in this salary range
| Years of completed experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,137 | +$0 |
| 2 | $55,137 | +$0 |
| 3 | $55,137 | +$0 |
| 4 | $55,137 | +$0 |
| 5 | $55,137 | +$0 |
Worked example as rendered: Range minimum, years of completed experience 0 = $55,137 a year, $4,594.75 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Salary Schedule B(1) of the SCEA collective bargaining agreement entered into 1 July 2025. Sumter publishes a range at each experience level rather than a single figure.
The contract states the ranges include retention supplements and signing bonuses and that they vary because of differences in performance-based payouts from year to year.
Contract length changes down the schedule: 203 days per year at 0 to 3 years of experience and 198 days per year from 4 years on.
Advanced degree supplements, based on a 196 day schedule and only in the area of certification: Masters $2,667, Specialist $3,667, Doctorate $3,667.
A new teacher is paid at the lowest Sumter salary for their experience level until prior wage and evaluation evidence is verified, and stays there for the year if verification does not arrive within 90 days.
- Soft spot: The document prints no upper figure at 0 and 1 years of experience, so those maxima are recorded as blank rather than guessed.
How this schedule moves
On the Range minimum column a teacher moves from $55,137 at years of completed experience 0 to $63,525 at years of completed experience 20+: 21 years of completed experience increases worth $399 each on average, 15% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,095, between years of completed experience 19 and years of completed experience 20.
13 of the 21 years of completed experience moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years of completed experiences.
Among the 60 Florida district schedules indexed here, School Board of Sumter County's starting pay ranks 7th and its top cell ranks 6th; 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 64th percentile and the top cell at the 48th percentile.
Column by column
| Salary range | First years of completed experience | Top | Years of completed experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range minimum | $55,137 | $63,525 | 21 | 15% |
| Range maximum | $57,770 | $90,371 | 19 | 56% |
Against Florida districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School Board of Sumter County | 9,598 | 2025-26 | $55,137 | – | $90,371 |
| Columbia County School Board | 9,785 | 2024-25 | $46,745 | – | $60,995 |
| Putnam County School District | 10,178 | 2025-26 | $51,470 | $54,187 | $69,541 |
| Monroe County School District | 8,908 | 2025-26 | $62,700 | – | $104,700 |
| Walton County School District | 11,779 | 2025-26 | $59,000 | – | $83,806 |
| Highlands County School Board | 12,175 | 2025-26 | $45,750 | – | $69,474 |
Starting pay is the first years of completed experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of completed 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 Board of Sumter County schedule?
$55,137 at years of completed experience 0 on Range minimum, per the 2025-26 schedule (School Board of Sumter County).
What is the top of the School Board of Sumter County salary schedule?
$90,371, at years of completed experience 20+ on Range maximum (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 Board of Sumter County salary schedule?
On the Range minimum column the top figure, $63,525, is reached at years of completed experience 20+, 21 years of completed experience increases after years of completed experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Florida districts with schedules
- Columbia County School Boardstarts $46,745
- Putnam County School Districtstarts $51,470
- Monroe County School Districtstarts $62,700
- Walton County School Districtstarts $59,000
- Highlands County School Boardstarts $45,750
- School Board of Nassau Countystarts $51,657
- Jackson County School Boardstarts $45,000
- Suwannee County School Boardstarts $47,500
- Hendry County School Districtstarts $50,900
- Flagler Schoolsstarts $49,451
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