Annual salary
$50,000
Indiana · salary schedule · 2026-27
Fort Wayne Community Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher compensation schedule, 2025-27 master contract. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and row to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Fort Wayne Community Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $50,000 (2025-27 Bachelors, row B) and tops out at $83,347 (2025-27 Masters, row CC), per Fort Wayne Community Schools and Fort Wayne Education Association, 2025-27 Master Contract, Appendix A (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (2025-27 Bachelors) starts at $50,000 and reaches $75,274 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (2025-27 Masters) the range is $50,295 to $83,347.
- The grid has 2 column columns and 28 row rows; the highest cell is reached at row CC.
- Fort Wayne Community Schools enrolled 28,506 students in 2023-24, the 1st-largest district in Indiana by NCES enrollment.
Teacher compensation schedule, 2025-27 master contract
Official sourceDocumentFort Wayne Community Schools and Fort Wayne Education Association, 2025-27 Master Contract, Appendix ASchool year2026-27Effective
| Row \ Column | 2025-27 Bachelors | 2025-27 Masters |
|---|---|---|
| B | $50,000 | $50,295 |
| C | $50,600 | $50,895 |
| D | $51,200 | $51,495 |
| E | $51,938 | $52,233 |
| F | $53,235 | $53,530 |
| G | $54,531 | $54,826 |
| H | $55,828 | $56,122 |
| I | $57,124 | $57,419 |
| J | $58,421 | $58,715 |
| K | $59,717 | $60,012 |
| L | $61,013 | $61,308 |
| M | $62,310 | $62,605 |
| N | $63,606 | $63,901 |
| O | $64,903 | $65,197 |
| P | $66,199 | $66,494 |
| Q | $67,495 | $67,790 |
| R | $68,792 | $69,087 |
| S | $70,088 | $70,383 |
| T | $71,385 | $71,679 |
| U | $72,681 | $72,976 |
| V | $73,977 | $74,272 |
| W | $75,274 | $75,569 |
| X | $76,865 | |
| Y | $78,162 | |
| Z | $79,458 | |
| AA | $80,754 | |
| BB | $82,050 | |
| CC | $83,347 |
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Per month (12)
$4,166.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Row | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| C | $50,600 | +$600 |
| D | $51,200 | +$1,200 |
| E | $51,938 | +$1,938 |
| F | $53,235 | +$3,235 |
| G | $54,531 | +$4,531 |
Worked example as rendered: 2025-27 Bachelors, row B = $50,000 a year, $4,166.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Indiana law bars a traditional step-and-lane schedule, so movement down these rows is not automatic: under Article X of the master contract a teacher advances one row only after meeting the evaluation factor, and moves from the bachelor's to the master's column on meeting the education factor.
The 2025-27 schedule is one grid covering both the 2025-26 and the 2026-27 school years. The contract states the resulting salary range for all teachers as $50,000.00 to $83,547.00.
Appendix A also reprints the superseded 2024-25 Bachelors and 2024-25 Masters columns (row A $47,093 / $47,382 up to row U $71,242 and row AA $79,157) for transition placement. Those columns are not reproduced here.
Row A is blank on the 2025-27 schedule and is omitted; the contract adds that no teacher will be placed on rows W or CC during the 2025-26 school year.
A teacher holding a literacy endorsement receives an additional $200 per year, which is not part of the grid.
- Soft spot: The contract text gives the top of the range as $83,547.00 while the highest cell printed in Appendix A is $83,347; the grid value is reproduced as printed.
- Soft spot: The contract does not state the number of contracted days, so no per-day figure is available.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Fort Wayne Community Schools?
$50,000 on the column 2025-27 Bachelors at row B of the 2026-27 schedule (Fort Wayne Community Schools and Fort Wayne Education Association, 2025-27 Master Contract, Appendix A). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $50,000 (2025-27 Bachelors).
What is the top of the Fort Wayne Community Schools salary schedule?
$83,347, at row CC on 2025-27 Masters (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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