Annual salary
$49,316
Georgia · salary schedule · 2025-26
Savannah-Chatham County Public School System salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary scale, 190 days (FY 2026). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a certification level and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $49,316 (T1, step 0) and tops out at $109,029 (T7, step 26), per Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 190 work days, which makes the starting cell about $259.56 per day.
- The grid has 10 certification level columns and 27 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 26.
- Savannah-Chatham County enrolled 35,781 students in 2023-24, the 10th-largest district in Georgia by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary scale, 190 days (FY 2026)
Official sourceDocumentSavannah-Chatham County Public School SystemSchool year2025-26EffectiveWork days190
| Step \ Certification level | T1 | T2 | BT4 | T4 | BT5 | T5 | BT6 | T6 | BT7 | T7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $49,316 | $50,882 | $52,839 | $53,818 | $54,600 | $59,101 | $61,646 | $65,560 | $68,837 | $72,018 |
| 1 | $50,056 | $51,645 | $53,103 | $54,625 | $55,419 | $59,988 | $62,570 | $66,543 | $69,870 | $73,098 |
| 2 | $50,807 | $52,420 | $53,369 | $55,444 | $56,251 | $60,888 | $63,509 | $67,541 | $70,918 | $74,194 |
| 3 | $51,569 | $53,206 | $53,636 | $56,276 | $57,094 | $61,801 | $64,461 | $68,554 | $71,982 | $75,307 |
| 4 | $53,632 | $55,334 | $53,904 | $58,527 | $59,378 | $64,273 | $67,040 | $71,296 | $74,861 | $78,320 |
| 5 | $54,436 | $56,164 | $54,173 | $59,405 | $60,269 | $65,237 | $68,045 | $72,366 | $75,984 | $79,494 |
| 6 | $55,253 | $57,007 | $54,444 | $60,296 | $61,173 | $66,216 | $69,066 | $73,451 | $77,124 | $80,687 |
| 7 | $56,082 | $57,862 | $54,716 | $61,200 | $62,090 | $67,209 | $70,102 | $74,553 | $78,281 | $81,897 |
| 8 | $58,325 | $60,177 | $54,990 | $63,648 | $64,574 | $69,897 | $72,906 | $77,535 | $81,412 | $85,173 |
| 9 | $59,200 | $61,079 | $55,265 | $64,603 | $65,543 | $70,946 | $74,000 | $78,698 | $82,633 | $86,451 |
| 10 | $60,088 | $61,995 | $55,541 | $65,572 | $66,526 | $72,010 | $75,110 | $79,879 | $83,873 | $87,747 |
| 11 | $60,989 | $62,925 | $55,819 | $66,556 | $67,524 | $73,090 | $76,236 | $81,077 | $85,131 | $89,063 |
| 12 | $61,904 | $63,869 | $56,098 | $67,554 | $68,537 | $74,187 | $77,380 | $82,293 | $86,408 | $90,399 |
| 13 | $64,380 | $66,424 | $56,378 | $70,256 | $71,278 | $77,154 | $80,475 | $85,585 | $89,864 | $94,015 |
| 14 | $65,024 | $67,088 | $56,660 | $70,959 | $71,991 | $77,925 | $81,280 | $86,441 | $90,763 | $94,956 |
| 15 | $65,674 | $67,759 | $56,944 | $71,668 | $72,711 | $78,705 | $82,093 | $87,305 | $91,670 | $95,905 |
| 16 | $66,331 | $68,437 | $57,228 | $72,385 | $73,438 | $79,492 | $82,914 | $88,178 | $92,587 | $96,864 |
| 17 | $66,994 | $69,121 | $57,515 | $73,109 | $74,172 | $80,287 | $83,743 | $89,060 | $93,513 | $97,833 |
| 18 | $67,664 | $69,812 | $57,802 | $73,840 | $74,914 | $81,090 | $84,580 | $89,950 | $94,448 | $98,811 |
| 19 | $70,371 | $72,605 | $58,091 | $76,793 | $77,910 | $84,333 | $87,963 | $93,548 | $98,226 | $102,764 |
| 20 | $70,723 | $72,968 | $58,382 | $77,177 | $78,300 | $84,755 | $88,403 | $94,016 | $98,717 | $103,277 |
| 21 | $71,076 | $73,333 | $58,673 | $77,563 | $78,691 | $85,179 | $88,845 | $94,486 | $99,211 | $103,794 |
| 22 | $71,254 | $73,516 | $58,967 | $77,757 | $78,888 | $85,392 | $89,067 | $94,722 | $99,459 | $104,053 |
| 23 | $71,432 | $73,700 | $59,262 | $77,952 | $79,085 | $85,605 | $89,290 | $94,959 | $99,707 | $104,313 |
| 24 | $74,289 | $76,648 | $59,558 | $81,070 | $82,249 | $89,029 | $92,862 | $98,758 | $103,695 | $108,486 |
| 25 | $74,475 | $76,839 | $59,856 | $81,272 | $82,454 | $89,252 | $93,094 | $99,004 | $103,955 | $108,757 |
| 26 | $74,661 | $77,031 | $60,155 | $81,476 | $82,661 | $89,475 | $93,327 | $99,252 | $104,215 | $109,029 |
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Per month (12)
$4,109.67
Per work day
$259.56 / 190 days
Next 5 steps in this certification level
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,056 | +$740 |
| 2 | $50,807 | +$1,491 |
| 3 | $51,569 | +$2,253 |
| 4 | $53,632 | +$4,316 |
| 5 | $54,436 | +$5,120 |
Worked example as rendered: T1, step 0 = $49,316 a year, $4,109.67 a month spread over 12 months, $259.56 per work day on a 190-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Published as an HTML table titled 'Teacher Salary Scale (190 Days) Scale FY 2026', pay policy 190SL.
The district states that state and local rates are no longer posted separately; every figure is the total salary.
T-4 is a bachelor's degree, T-5 a master's, T-6 a specialist, T-7 a doctorate; BT- lanes are the provisional (B) equivalents. T1 and T2 are lower certificate levels.
Positions with additives use the district's daily rate scale, which is not reproduced here.
- Soft spot: The page gives no explicit effective date; FY 2026 is taken as the 2025-26 school year starting July 1, 2025.
- Soft spot: The BT4 column rises by only a few hundred dollars per step, unlike every other column; reproduced as published.
How this schedule moves
On the T1 column a teacher moves from $49,316 at step 0 to $74,661 at step 26: 26 step increases worth $975 each on average, 51% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,857, between step 23 and step 24.
The highest-paid column, T7, starts at $72,018 and tops out at $109,029, 46% above the top of the T1 column.
Among the 26 Georgia district schedules indexed here, Savannah-Chatham County Public School System's starting pay ranks 19th and its top cell ranks 14th; the state medians are $51,391 to start and $109,486 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 44th percentile and the top cell at the 73rd percentile.
Column by column
| Certification level | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | $49,316 | $74,661 | 26 | 51% |
| T2 | $50,882 | $77,031 | 26 | 51% |
| BT4 | $52,839 | $60,155 | 26 | 14% |
| T4 | $53,818 | $81,476 | 26 | 51% |
| BT5 | $54,600 | $82,661 | 26 | 51% |
| T5 | $59,101 | $89,475 | 26 | 51% |
| BT6 | $61,646 | $93,327 | 26 | 51% |
| T6 | $65,560 | $99,252 | 26 | 51% |
| BT7 | $68,837 | $104,215 | 26 | 51% |
| T7 | $72,018 | $109,029 | 26 | 51% |
Against Georgia districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah-Chatham County Public School System | 35,781 | 2025-26 | $49,316 | – | $109,029 |
| Paulding County School District | 31,831 | 2026-27 | $53,997 | $60,488 | $110,355 |
| Houston County Schools | 30,826 | 2026-27 | $49,980 | $55,364 | $110,225 |
| Cherokee County School District | 42,016 | 2026-27 | $59,438 | $64,732 | $113,221 |
| Richmond County School System | 29,384 | 2026-27 | $45,878 | – | $94,320 |
| Columbia County School District | 28,854 | 2026-27 | $51,570 | – | $105,269 |
Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System schedule?
$49,316 at step 0 on T1, per the 2025-26 schedule (Savannah-Chatham County Public School System).
What is the top of the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System salary schedule?
$109,029, at step 26 on T7 (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 Savannah-Chatham County Public School System salary schedule?
On the T1 column the top figure, $74,661, is reached at step 26, 26 step increases after step 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Georgia districts with schedules
- Paulding County School Districtstarts $51,762
- Houston County Schoolsstarts $49,980
- Cherokee County School Districtstarts $52,008
- Richmond County School Systemstarts $45,878
- Columbia County School Districtstarts $51,570
- Hall County School Systemstarts $49,597
- Douglas County School Systemstarts $57,247
- Coweta County School Systemstarts $49,245
- Atlanta Public Schoolsstarts $62,434
- Bibb County School Districtstarts $48,740.61
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