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.
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.
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