Annual salary
$51,000
Kansas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500) salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a class and level to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500)'s 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $51,000 (BA, level 1) and tops out at $92,048 (PHD, level 32), per Unified School District 500, Kansas City, Kansas and NEA-Kansas City, Kansas (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $51,000 and reaches $61,614 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $58,541 to $79,694.
- The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $274.19 per day.
- The grid has 10 class columns and 32 level rows; the highest cell is reached at level 32.
- Kansas City enrolled 21,132 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Kansas by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
Official sourceDocumentUnified School District 500, Kansas City, Kansas and NEA-Kansas City, KansasSchool year2025-26EffectiveWork days186
| Level \ Class | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | MA+45 | MA+60 | EDS | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $51,000 | $52,695 | $53,907 | $58,541 | $60,174 | $61,559 | $63,098 | $64,990 | $66,290 | $67,616 |
| 2 | $51,510 | $53,222 | $54,446 | $59,127 | $60,776 | $62,174 | $63,729 | $65,640 | $66,953 | $68,292 |
| 3 | $52,025 | $53,754 | $54,990 | $59,718 | $61,384 | $62,796 | $64,366 | $66,297 | $67,622 | $68,975 |
| 4 | $52,545 | $54,291 | $55,540 | $60,315 | $61,997 | $63,424 | $65,010 | $66,960 | $68,299 | $69,665 |
| 5 | $53,071 | $54,834 | $56,095 | $60,918 | $62,617 | $64,058 | $65,660 | $67,629 | $68,982 | $70,362 |
| 6 | $53,602 | $55,383 | $56,656 | $61,527 | $63,244 | $64,699 | $66,317 | $68,306 | $69,671 | $71,065 |
| 7 | $54,138 | $55,936 | $57,223 | $62,143 | $63,876 | $65,346 | $66,980 | $68,989 | $70,386 | $71,776 |
| 8 | $54,679 | $56,496 | $57,795 | $62,764 | $64,515 | $65,999 | $67,650 | $69,679 | $71,072 | $72,494 |
| 9 | $55,226 | $57,061 | $58,373 | $63,392 | $65,160 | $66,659 | $68,326 | $70,375 | $71,783 | $73,219 |
| 10 | $55,778 | $57,631 | $58,957 | $64,026 | $65,811 | $67,326 | $69,009 | $71,079 | $72,500 | $73,951 |
| 11 | $56,336 | $58,208 | $59,546 | $64,666 | $66,470 | $67,999 | $69,699 | $71,790 | $73,225 | $74,690 |
| 12 | $56,899 | $58,790 | $60,142 | $65,313 | $67,134 | $68,679 | $70,396 | $72,508 | $73,958 | $75,437 |
| 13 | $57,468 | $59,378 | $60,743 | $65,966 | $67,806 | $69,366 | $71,100 | $73,233 | $74,697 | $76,192 |
| 14 | $58,043 | $59,971 | $61,351 | $66,625 | $68,484 | $70,059 | $71,811 | $73,965 | $75,444 | $76,953 |
| 15 | $58,623 | $60,571 | $61,964 | $67,292 | $69,169 | $70,760 | $72,529 | $74,705 | $76,199 | $77,723 |
| 16 | $59,209 | $61,177 | $62,584 | $67,965 | $69,860 | $71,468 | $73,255 | $75,452 | $76,961 | $78,500 |
| 17 | $59,802 | $61,789 | $63,210 | $68,644 | $70,559 | $72,182 | $73,987 | $76,206 | $77,730 | $79,285 |
| 18 | $60,400 | $62,407 | $63,842 | $69,331 | $71,264 | $72,904 | $74,727 | $76,968 | $78,508 | $80,078 |
| 19 | $61,004 | $63,031 | $64,480 | $70,024 | $71,977 | $73,633 | $75,474 | $77,738 | $79,293 | $80,879 |
| 20 | $61,614 | $63,661 | $65,125 | $70,724 | $72,697 | $74,369 | $76,227 | $78,516 | $80,086 | $81,688 |
| 21 | $64,298 | $65,776 | $71,431 | $73,424 | $75,113 | $76,992 | $79,301 | $80,886 | $82,504 | |
| 22 | $64,940 | $66,434 | $72,146 | $74,158 | $75,864 | $77,761 | $80,094 | $81,695 | $83,330 | |
| 23 | $67,098 | $72,867 | $74,900 | $76,623 | $78,593 | $80,895 | $82,512 | $84,163 | ||
| 24 | $67,769 | $73,596 | $75,649 | $77,389 | $79,324 | $81,704 | $83,337 | $85,004 | ||
| 25 | $74,332 | $76,405 | $78,163 | $80,118 | $82,521 | $84,171 | $85,855 | |||
| 26 | $75,075 | $77,169 | $78,945 | $80,919 | $83,346 | $85,012 | $86,713 | |||
| 27 | $75,826 | $77,941 | $79,734 | $81,728 | $84,179 | $85,862 | $87,580 | |||
| 28 | $76,584 | $78,720 | $80,531 | $82,545 | $85,021 | $86,721 | $88,456 | |||
| 29 | $77,350 | $79,507 | $81,337 | $83,371 | $85,871 | $87,588 | $89,341 | |||
| 30 | $78,123 | $80,303 | $82,150 | $84,204 | $86,730 | $88,464 | $90,224 | |||
| 31 | $78,905 | $81,106 | $82,972 | $85,047 | $87,597 | $89,349 | $91,136 | |||
| 32 | $79,694 | $81,917 | $83,801 | $85,897 | $88,473 | $90,242 | $92,048 |
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Per month (12)
$4,250.00
Per work day
$274.19 / 186 days
Next 5 steps in this class
| Level | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $51,510 | +$510 |
| 3 | $52,025 | +$1,025 |
| 4 | $52,545 | +$1,545 |
| 5 | $53,071 | +$2,071 |
| 6 | $53,602 | +$2,602 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, level 1 = $51,000 a year, $4,250.00 a month spread over 12 months, $274.19 per work day on a 186-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
The district publishes the ratified 2025-26 negotiated agreement as a web page; the grid is the "2025-2026 Teacher Salary Schedule" table in Article XI.
Level is a placement number, not years of experience. The agreement carries a separate table converting credited years to a Level (Level 1 = 0 years, Level 10 = 9-10 years, Level 13 = 13-14 years, Level 19 = 21+ years).
The classes are numbered 1 through 10 above the degree labels used here.
The primary contract is 186 duty days; 189 duty days are required during a teacher's first full year of service.
The published table also carries an LPN column for licensed practical nurses. It is not a teacher lane and is omitted here.
The district publishes figures to the cent; they are rounded to the nearest dollar here.
- Soft spot: Three cells in the district's own HTML use a period or a second comma where a decimal point belongs: Level 17 LPN ($49.962.49, omitted lane), Level 22 MA+30 ($75.864.20) and Level 31 MA+30 ($82,971,56). The two teacher-lane cells are read as $75,864.20 and $82,971.56.
- Soft spot: Rounding to whole dollars loses the published cents.
- Soft spot: Harvested 2026-09-03: this 2025-26 schedule is the most recent one the district publishes; no 2026-27 grid was posted.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500)?
$51,000 on the class BA at level 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Unified School District 500, Kansas City, Kansas and NEA-Kansas City, Kansas). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $51,000 (BA).
What is the top of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (usd 500) salary schedule?
$92,048, at level 32 on PHD (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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