Annual salary
$48,500
Indiana · salary schedule · 2025-26
Hamilton Southeastern Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
Appendix I, new hire schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and teaching experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Hamilton Southeastern Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $48,500 (Bachelors, teaching experience 0) and tops out at $93,201 (Masters / Bachelors+36, teaching experience 20+), per Hamilton Southeastern Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $48,500 and reaches $78,935 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 2 column columns and 21 teaching experience rows; the highest cell is reached at teaching experience 20+.
- Hamilton Southeastern Schools enrolled 21,299 students in 2023-24, the 4th-largest district in Indiana by NCES enrollment.
Appendix I, new hire schedule (2025-26)
| Teaching Experience \ Column | Bachelors | Masters / Bachelors+36 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $48,500 | $50,925 |
| 1 | $49,900 | $52,325 |
| 2 | $51,113 | $53,929 |
| 3 | $52,355 | $55,584 |
| 4 | $53,629 | $57,291 |
| 5 | $54,935 | $59,051 |
| 6 | $56,273 | $60,867 |
| 7 | $57,645 | $62,740 |
| 8 | $59,051 | $64,673 |
| 9 | $60,493 | $66,666 |
| 10 | $61,970 | $68,722 |
| 11 | $63,484 | $70,842 |
| 12 | $65,036 | $73,030 |
| 13 | $66,627 | $75,286 |
| 14 | $68,258 | $77,613 |
| 15 | $69,929 | $80,014 |
| 16 | $71,642 | $82,490 |
| 17 | $73,399 | $85,045 |
| 18 | $75,198 | $87,680 |
| 19 | $77,043 | $90,397 |
| 20+ | $78,935 | $93,201 |
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Per month (12)
$4,041.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Teaching Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $49,900 | +$1,400 |
| 2 | $51,113 | +$2,613 |
| 3 | $52,355 | +$3,855 |
| 4 | $53,629 | +$5,129 |
| 5 | $54,935 | +$6,435 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, teaching experience 0 = $48,500 a year, $4,041.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix I of the Professional Agreement between the Board of School Trustees of Hamilton Southeastern Schools and the Hamilton Southeastern Education Association, effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
The appendix states that salaries apply only to the school year negotiated in the agreement and that bargaining unit members do not automatically receive a raise each year.
- Soft spot: The agreement is a scan with no text layer; the grid was read off the page image and every cell checked against the rendered page a second time.
- Soft spot: The appendix is headed "July 1, 2025-December 31, 2025" even though the agreement itself runs through June 30, 2026. That discrepancy is the document's, not the parse's.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelors column a teacher moves from $48,500 at teaching experience 0 to $78,935 at teaching experience 20+: 20 teaching experience increases worth $1,522 each on average, 63% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,892, between teaching experience 19 and teaching experience 20+.
Among the 58 Indiana district schedules indexed here, Hamilton Southeastern Schools's starting pay ranks 21st and its top cell ranks 4th; 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 42nd percentile and the top cell at the 51st percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First teaching experience | Top | Teaching Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | $48,500 | $78,935 | 20 | 63% |
| Masters / Bachelors+36 | $50,925 | $93,201 | 20 | 83% |
Against Indiana districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Southeastern Schools | 21,299 | 2025-26 | $48,500 | – | $93,201 |
| Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation | 21,444 | 2025-26 | $46,500 | $48,000 | $90,000 |
| 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 |
| Fort Wayne Community Schools | 28,506 | 2026-27 | $50,000 | $50,295 | $83,347 |
Starting pay is the first teaching experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-teaching experience cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Hamilton Southeastern Schools?
$48,500 on the column Bachelors at teaching experience 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Hamilton Southeastern Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $48,500 (Bachelors).
What is the top of the Hamilton Southeastern Schools salary schedule?
$93,201, at teaching experience 20+ on Masters / Bachelors+36 (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 Hamilton Southeastern Schools salary schedule?
On the Bachelors column the top figure, $78,935, is reached at teaching experience 20+, 20 teaching experience increases after teaching experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Indiana districts with schedules
- Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporationstarts $46,500
- Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Townshipstarts $52,685
- Carmel Clay Schoolsstarts $45,939
- South Bend Community School Corpstarts $53,000
- Fort Wayne Community Schoolsstarts $50,000
- 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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