Annual salary
$57,500
Iowa · salary schedule · 2026-27
Cedar Rapids Community School District salary schedule, 2026-27
New teacher hire placement salary, lanes G through M (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and teaching years to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Cedar Rapids Community School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $57,500 (G - MA+15, teaching years 0-2) and tops out at $80,000 (M - PHD, teaching years More than 20), per Cedar Rapids Community School District (effective ).
- The grid has 4 lane columns and 6 teaching years rows; the highest cell is reached at teaching years More than 20.
- Cedar Rapids Comm School District enrolled 15,589 students in 2023-24, the 2nd-largest district in Iowa by NCES enrollment.
New teacher hire placement salary, lanes G through M (2026-27)
| Teaching Years \ Lane | G - MA+15 | H - MA+30 | I - MA+45 | M - PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 | $57,500 | $60,500 | $64,500 | $68,500 |
| 3-5 | $60,000 | $63,000 | $67,000 | $71,000 |
| 6-11 | $62,500 | $65,500 | $69,500 | $73,000 |
| 12-15 | $65,000 | $67,500 | $71,500 | $75,500 |
| 16-20 | $67,000 | $70,000 | $74,000 | $78,000 |
| More than 20 | $69,500 | $72,500 | $76,000 | $80,000 |
highest celllowest cell6 teaching years rows x 4 lane columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
Find my cell
Per month (12)
$4,791.67
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Teaching Years | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 | $60,000 | +$2,500 |
| 6-11 | $62,500 | +$5,000 |
| 12-15 | $65,000 | +$7,500 |
| 16-20 | $67,000 | +$9,500 |
| More than 20 | $69,500 | +$12,000 |
Worked example as rendered: G - MA+15, teaching years 0-2 = $57,500 a year, $4,791.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Published on the district's Careers page as the 2026-27 new teacher hire placement salary.
The year bands in this half of the table differ from the BA through MA half (6-11 and 12-15 here, 6-10 and 11-15 there), which is why the district's two tables are kept apart.
- Soft spot: This is a hiring-placement table rather than a full step-by-step schedule; each row covers a band of years, not a single step.
How this schedule moves
On the G - MA+15 column a teacher moves from $57,500 at teaching years 0-2 to $69,500 at teaching years More than 20: 5 teaching years increases worth $2,400 each on average, 21% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,500, between teaching years 0-2 and teaching years 3-5.
The highest-paid column, M - PHD, starts at $68,500 and tops out at $80,000, 15% above the top of the G - MA+15 column.
Among the 12 Iowa district schedules indexed here, Cedar Rapids Community School District's starting pay ranks 1st and its top cell ranks 7th; the state medians are $50,000 to start and $81,820 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 70th percentile and the top cell at the 36th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First teaching years | Top | Teaching Years moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G - MA+15 | $57,500 | $69,500 | 5 | 21% |
| H - MA+30 | $60,500 | $72,500 | 5 | 20% |
| I - MA+45 | $64,500 | $76,000 | 5 | 18% |
| M - PHD | $68,500 | $80,000 | 5 | 17% |
Against Iowa districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Community School District | 15,589 | 2026-27 | $57,500 | – | $80,000 |
| Cedar Rapids Community School District | 15,589 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | $55,000 | $67,500 |
| Iowa City Community School District | 14,776 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | – | $90,198 |
| Sioux City Community School District | 14,661 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | $51,256 | $91,743 |
| Waukee Community School District | 13,600 | 2026-27 | $57,200 | $61,900 | $93,150 |
| Davenport Community School District | 13,523 | 2026-27 | $51,875 | $52,099 | $89,024 |
Starting pay is the first teaching years of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-teaching years cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Cedar Rapids Community School District schedule?
$57,500 at teaching years 0-2 on G - MA+15, per the 2026-27 schedule (Cedar Rapids Community School District).
What is the top of the Cedar Rapids Community School District salary schedule?
$80,000, at teaching years More than 20 on M - PHD (2026-27). 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 Cedar Rapids Community School District salary schedule?
On the G - MA+15 column the top figure, $69,500, is reached at teaching years More than 20, 5 teaching years increases after teaching years 0-2 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Iowa districts with schedules
- Cedar Rapids Community School Districtstarts $50,000
- Iowa City Community School Districtstarts $50,000
- Sioux City Community School Districtstarts $50,000
- Waukee Community School Districtstarts $57,200
- Davenport Community School Districtstarts $36,186
- Pleasant Valley Comm School Districtstarts $45,812
- Newton Comm School Districtstarts $50,000
- Adel DeSoto Minburn Comm School Districtstarts $41,745
- Clarke Comm School Districtstarts $50,250
- Des Moines Public Schoolsstarts $39,640
See every Iowa district on the Iowa page. Compare this district on the comparison pages or the rankings.