Annual salary
$52,000
Indiana · salary schedule · 2025-26
Merrillville Community School Corp salary schedule, 2025-26
Salary placement schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years/experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Merrillville Community School Corp's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $52,000 (2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's, years/experience 0) and tops out at $85,000 (2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's, years/experience 32+), per Indiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB) (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's) starts at $52,000 and reaches $84,000 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's) the range is $53,000 to $85,000.
- The grid has 2 column columns and 33 years/experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years/experience 32+.
- Merrillville Community School Corp enrolled 5,867 students in 2023-24, the 45th-largest district in Indiana by NCES enrollment.
Salary placement schedule (2025-26)
Official sourceDocumentIndiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB)School year2025-26Effective
| Years/Experience \ Column | 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's | 2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $52,000 | $53,000 |
| 1 | $52,500 | $53,500 |
| 2 | $53,250 | $54,250 |
| 3 | $54,000 | $55,000 |
| 4 | $55,000 | $56,000 |
| 5 | $56,250 | $57,250 |
| 6 | $58,000 | $59,000 |
| 7 | $59,000 | $60,000 |
| 8 | $60,000 | $61,000 |
| 9 | $61,000 | $62,000 |
| 10 | $62,000 | $63,000 |
| 11 | $63,000 | $64,000 |
| 12 | $64,000 | $65,000 |
| 13 | $65,000 | $66,000 |
| 14 | $66,000 | $67,000 |
| 15 | $67,000 | $68,000 |
| 16 | $68,000 | $69,000 |
| 17 | $69,000 | $70,000 |
| 18 | $70,000 | $71,000 |
| 19 | $71,000 | $72,000 |
| 20 | $72,000 | $73,000 |
| 21 | $73,000 | $74,000 |
| 22 | $73,000 | $74,000 |
| 23 | $75,000 | $76,000 |
| 24 | $76,000 | $77,000 |
| 25 | $77,000 | $78,000 |
| 26 | $78,000 | $79,000 |
| 27 | $79,000 | $80,000 |
| 28 | $80,000 | $81,000 |
| 29 | $81,000 | $82,000 |
| 30 | $82,000 | $83,000 |
| 31 | $83,000 | $84,000 |
| 32+ | $84,000 | $85,000 |
highest celllowest cell33 years/experience rows x 2 column columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Per month (12)
$4,333.33
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years/Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $52,500 | +$500 |
| 2 | $53,250 | +$1,250 |
| 3 | $54,000 | +$2,000 |
| 4 | $55,000 | +$3,000 |
| 5 | $56,250 | +$4,250 |
Worked example as rendered: 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's, years/experience 0 = $52,000 a year, $4,333.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Indiana has no statewide teacher salary schedule. Pay is bargained corporation by corporation, and this grid comes from the salary appendix of the teacher contract this corporation filed with the state under IC 20-29.
Indiana's 2011 bargaining law bars paying on degree and experience alone, so many corporations letter their rows instead of numbering them by years of service and name their columns after endorsements rather than credit hours.
Appendix C of the contract, headed "2025-26 Salary Placement Schedule".
The appendix states the 2025-26 salary range as $52,000-$85,000.
Gateway also reports this corporation's minimum full-time teacher salary as $52,000.
Filed with Gateway on 11/13/2025.
- Soft spot: Step 22 is printed at the same $73,000 as step 21, so the grid is flat across that one step; transcribed as printed.
How this schedule moves
On the 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's column a teacher moves from $52,000 at years/experience 0 to $84,000 at years/experience 32+: 32 years/experience increases worth $1,000 each on average, 62% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,000, between years/experience 22 and years/experience 23.
1 of the 32 years/experience moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years/experiences.
A master's degree is worth $1,000 more than a bachelor's at the first years/experience (1.9%) and $1,000 more at the top of the column (1.2%).
Among the 58 Indiana district schedules indexed here, Merrillville Community School Corp's starting pay ranks 9th and its top cell ranks 16th; 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 54th percentile and the top cell at the 42nd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First years/experience | Top | Years/Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's | $52,000 | $84,000 | 32 | 62% |
| 2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's | $53,000 | $85,000 | 32 | 60% |
Against Indiana districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrillville Community School Corp | 5,867 | 2025-26 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $85,000 |
| Duneland School Corporation | 5,786 | 2025-26 | $56,500 | $58,500 | $73,250 |
| Anderson Community School Corp | 6,038 | 2025-26 | $50,000 | – | $75,000 |
| Kokomo School Corporation | 5,393 | 2025-26 | $47,000 | – | $75,250 |
| Portage Township Schools | 6,588 | 2025-26 | $52,550 | – | $84,650 |
| MSD Decatur Township | 6,655 | 2025-26 | $52,000 | – | $59,500 |
Starting pay is the first years/experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years/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 Merrillville Community School Corp?
$52,000 on the column 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's at years/experience 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Indiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $52,000 (2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's).
What is the top of the Merrillville Community School Corp salary schedule?
$85,000, at years/experience 32+ on 2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's (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 Merrillville Community School Corp salary schedule?
On the 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's column the top figure, $84,000, is reached at years/experience 32+, 32 years/experience increases after years/experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Merrillville Community School Corp?
$1,000 more at the first years/experience: $53,000 on 2025-26 Base Pay w/Master's against $52,000 on 2025-26 Base Pay w/Bachelor's (2025-26 schedule).
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- Duneland School Corporationstarts $56,500
- Anderson Community School Corpstarts $50,000
- Kokomo School Corporationstarts $47,000
- Portage Township Schoolsstarts $52,550
- MSD Decatur Townshipstarts $52,000
- Franklin Community School Corpstarts $50,000
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