Annual salary
$53,000
Indiana · salary schedule · 2025-26
South Bend Community School Corp salary schedule, 2025-26
New hire salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and experience/degree to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- South Bend Community School Corp's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $53,000 (Bachelors, experience/degree New Hire/EP) and tops out at $87,570 (Doctorate, experience/degree 40), per Indiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB) (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $53,000 and reaches $78,770 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Masters) the range is $53,250 to $83,870.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 41 experience/degree rows; the highest cell is reached at experience/degree 40.
- South Bend Community School Corp enrolled 14,486 students in 2023-24, the 9th-largest district in Indiana by NCES enrollment.
New hire salary schedule (2025-26)
Transcribed from imageDocumentIndiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB)School year2025-26Effective
| Experience/Degree \ Column | Bachelors | Masters | Masters + 15 | Masters + 30 | Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hire/EP | $53,000 | $53,250 | $53,500 | $55,500 | $58,200 |
| 1 | $53,000 | $53,250 | $53,500 | $55,500 | $58,200 |
| 2 | $53,100 | $53,350 | $53,600 | $55,600 | $58,300 |
| 3 | $53,720 | $53,970 | $54,220 | $56,220 | $58,920 |
| 4 | $54,320 | $54,570 | $54,820 | $56,820 | $59,520 |
| 5 | $54,520 | $54,770 | $55,020 | $57,020 | $59,720 |
| 6 | $55,870 | $56,120 | $56,370 | $58,370 | $61,070 |
| 7 | $56,670 | $56,920 | $57,170 | $59,170 | $61,870 |
| 8 | $56,770 | $57,020 | $57,270 | $59,270 | $61,970 |
| 9 | $56,870 | $57,770 | $58,370 | $59,870 | $62,070 |
| 10 | $58,170 | $59,070 | $59,670 | $61,170 | $63,370 |
| 11 | $60,670 | $61,370 | $61,970 | $62,670 | $65,270 |
| 12 | $60,970 | $63,670 | $63,970 | $64,470 | $67,970 |
| 13 | $61,170 | $63,870 | $64,170 | $64,670 | $68,170 |
| 14 | $61,370 | $64,070 | $64,370 | $64,870 | $68,370 |
| 15 | $61,570 | $64,270 | $64,570 | $65,070 | $68,570 |
| 16 | $61,770 | $64,470 | $64,770 | $65,270 | $68,770 |
| 17 | $62,170 | $64,870 | $65,170 | $65,670 | $69,170 |
| 18 | $63,170 | $65,870 | $66,170 | $66,670 | $70,170 |
| 19 | $64,170 | $66,870 | $67,170 | $67,670 | $71,170 |
| 20 | $66,170 | $68,870 | $69,170 | $69,670 | $73,170 |
| 21 | $66,800 | $69,620 | $69,920 | $70,420 | $73,890 |
| 22 | $67,430 | $70,370 | $70,670 | $71,170 | $74,610 |
| 23 | $68,060 | $71,120 | $71,420 | $71,920 | $75,330 |
| 24 | $68,690 | $71,870 | $72,170 | $72,670 | $76,050 |
| 25 | $69,320 | $72,620 | $72,920 | $73,420 | $76,770 |
| 26 | $69,950 | $73,370 | $73,670 | $74,170 | $77,490 |
| 27 | $70,580 | $74,120 | $74,420 | $74,920 | $78,210 |
| 28 | $71,210 | $74,870 | $75,170 | $75,670 | $78,930 |
| 29 | $71,840 | $75,620 | $75,920 | $76,420 | $79,650 |
| 30 | $72,470 | $76,370 | $76,670 | $77,170 | $80,370 |
| 31 | $73,100 | $77,120 | $77,420 | $77,920 | $81,090 |
| 32 | $73,730 | $77,870 | $78,170 | $78,670 | $81,810 |
| 33 | $74,360 | $78,620 | $78,920 | $79,420 | $82,530 |
| 34 | $74,990 | $79,370 | $79,670 | $80,170 | $83,250 |
| 35 | $75,620 | $80,120 | $80,420 | $80,920 | $83,970 |
| 36 | $76,250 | $80,870 | $81,170 | $81,670 | $84,690 |
| 37 | $76,880 | $81,620 | $81,920 | $82,420 | $85,410 |
| 38 | $77,510 | $82,370 | $82,670 | $83,170 | $86,130 |
| 39 | $78,140 | $83,120 | $83,420 | $83,920 | $86,850 |
| 40 | $78,770 | $83,870 | $84,170 | $84,670 | $87,570 |
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Per month (12)
$4,416.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Experience/Degree | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $53,000 | +$0 |
| 2 | $53,100 | +$100 |
| 3 | $53,720 | +$720 |
| 4 | $54,320 | +$1,320 |
| 5 | $54,520 | +$1,520 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, experience/degree New Hire/EP = $53,000 a year, $4,416.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Indiana 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 VII of the contract, headed "New Hire Salary Schedule for 2025-26 SY" under "Hiring Schedule 2025-2026 School Year". The appendix states it is used for the sole purpose of determining initial salary schedule placement.
This is the placement schedule the contract publishes for teachers new to the corporation. Returning teachers are paid their prior-year salary plus the bargained increase, which the same contract sets out separately.
The "New Hire/EP" row is the placement for a teacher hired on an emergency permit.
Gateway also reports this corporation's minimum full-time teacher salary as $53,000.
Filed with Gateway on 11/12/2025.
- Soft spot: The salary appendix of this filing has no machine-readable text, so the grid was read off the page image and then checked digit by digit against an independent optical read of the same page. Every cell was additionally checked against the 2026-27 schedule printed on the following page, which is exactly $2,000 higher throughout.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelors column a teacher moves from $53,000 at experience/degree New Hire/EP to $78,770 at experience/degree 40: 40 experience/degree increases worth $644 each on average, 49% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,500, between experience/degree 10 and experience/degree 11.
1 of the 40 experience/degree moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive experience/degrees.
A master's degree is worth $250 more than a bachelor's at the first experience/degree (0.5%) and $5,100 more at the top of the column (6.5%).
The highest-paid column, Doctorate, starts at $58,200 and tops out at $87,570, 11% above the top of the Bachelors column.
Among the 58 Indiana district schedules indexed here, South Bend Community School Corp's starting pay ranks 4th and its top cell ranks 13th; 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 57th percentile and the top cell at the 44th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First experience/degree | Top | Experience/Degree moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | $53,000 | $78,770 | 40 | 49% |
| Masters | $53,250 | $83,870 | 40 | 58% |
| Masters + 15 | $53,500 | $84,170 | 40 | 57% |
| Masters + 30 | $55,500 | $84,670 | 40 | 53% |
| Doctorate | $58,200 | $87,570 | 40 | 50% |
Against Indiana districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend Community School Corp | 14,486 | 2025-26 | $53,000 | $53,250 | $87,570 |
| Tippecanoe School Corp | 13,526 | 2025-26 | $48,000 | $50,000 | $80,000 |
| Carmel Clay Schools | 16,116 | 2025-26 | $45,939 | – | $100,696 |
| Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township | 16,502 | 2025-26 | $52,685 | $53,739 | $91,775 |
| MSD Warren Township | 11,440 | 2025-26 | $50,800 | $51,800 | $72,184 |
| New Albany-Floyd Co Con Sch | 11,380 | 2025-26 | $51,850 | – | $87,150 |
Starting pay is the first experience/degree of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-experience/degree cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in South Bend Community School Corp?
$53,000 on the column Bachelors at experience/degree New Hire/EP of the 2025-26 schedule (Indiana Gateway, Collective Bargaining Contract Uploads (IEERB)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $53,000 (Bachelors).
What is the top of the South Bend Community School Corp salary schedule?
$87,570, at experience/degree 40 on Doctorate (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 South Bend Community School Corp salary schedule?
On the Bachelors column the top figure, $78,770, is reached at experience/degree 40, 40 experience/degree increases after experience/degree New Hire/EP (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in South Bend Community School Corp?
$250 more at the first experience/degree: $53,250 on Masters against $53,000 on Bachelors (2025-26 schedule).
Other Indiana districts with schedules
- Tippecanoe School Corpstarts $48,000
- Carmel Clay Schoolsstarts $45,939
- Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Townshipstarts $52,685
- 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
- MSD Washington Townshipstarts $52,000.00
- MSD Pike Townshipstarts $53,500
- Noblesville Schoolsstarts $48,000
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