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.
How this schedule moves
On the 2025-27 Bachelors column a teacher moves from $50,000 at row B to $75,274 at row W: 21 row increases worth $1,204 each on average, 51% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,297, between row E and row F.
A master's degree is worth $295 more than a bachelor's at the first row (0.6%) and $8,073 more at the top of the column (10.7%).
Among the 58 Indiana district schedules indexed here, Fort Wayne Community Schools's starting pay ranks 16th and its top cell ranks 20th; the state medians are $47,000 to start and $78,150 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 47th percentile and the top cell at the 40th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First row | Top | Row moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-27 Bachelors | $50,000 | $75,274 | 21 | 51% |
| 2025-27 Masters | $50,295 | $83,347 | 27 | 66% |
Against Indiana districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Community Schools | 28,506 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | $50,295 | $83,347 |
| Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation | 21,444 | 2025-26 | $46,500 | $48,000 | $90,000 |
| Hamilton Southeastern Schools | 21,299 | 2025-26 | $48,500 | – | $93,201 |
| Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township | 16,502 | 2025-26 | $52,685 | $53,739 | $91,775 |
| Carmel Clay Schools | 16,116 | 2025-26 | $45,939 | – | $100,696 |
| South Bend Community School Corp | 14,486 | 2025-26 | $53,000 | $53,250 | $87,570 |
Starting pay is the first row of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-row cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
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.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Fort Wayne Community Schools salary schedule?
On the 2025-27 Bachelors column the top figure, $75,274, is reached at row W, 21 row increases after row B (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Fort Wayne Community Schools?
$295 more at the first row: $50,295 on 2025-27 Masters against $50,000 on 2025-27 Bachelors (2026-27 schedule).
Other Indiana districts with schedules
- Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporationstarts $46,500
- Hamilton Southeastern Schoolsstarts $48,500
- Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Townshipstarts $52,685
- Carmel Clay Schoolsstarts $45,939
- South Bend Community School Corpstarts $53,000
- Tippecanoe School Corpstarts $48,000
- MSD Warren Townshipstarts $50,800
- New Albany-Floyd Co Con Schstarts $51,850
- Franklin Township Com Sch Corpstarts $48,000
- Elkhart Community Schoolsstarts $47,000
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