Annual salary
$51,626
Kansas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Wichita Public Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a track and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Wichita Public Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $51,626 (BA Degree, step 2) and tops out at $81,081 (Earned Doctorate, step 15), per Wichita Public Schools (USD 259) (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA Degree) starts at $51,626 and reaches $60,310 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA Degree) the range is $54,845 to $72,869.
- The schedule is built on 190 work days, which makes the starting cell about $271.72 per day.
- The grid has 12 track columns and 14 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 15.
- Wichita enrolled 46,516 students in 2023-24, the 1st-largest district in Kansas by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Track | BA Degree | BA+10 Gr. Hours | BA+20 Gr. Hours | BA+30 Gr. Hours | MA Degree | MA+10 Gr. Hours | MA+20 Gr. Hours | MA+30 Gr. Hours | Ed. Sp. or MA+40 Gr. Hours | Ed. Sp.+10 or MA+50 Gr. Hours | Ed. Sp.+20 or MA+60 Gr. Hours | Earned Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | $51,626 | $52,332 | $53,037 | $53,742 | $54,845 | $55,550 | $56,255 | $56,960 | $57,665 | $58,370 | $59,075 | $59,780 |
| 3 | $52,867 | $53,572 | $54,277 | $54,982 | $56,483 | $57,188 | $57,893 | $58,598 | $59,303 | $60,008 | $60,713 | $61,418 |
| 4 | $54,107 | $54,813 | $55,518 | $56,223 | $58,122 | $58,827 | $59,532 | $60,237 | $60,942 | $61,647 | $62,352 | $63,057 |
| 5 | $55,348 | $56,053 | $56,758 | $57,463 | $59,760 | $60,465 | $61,170 | $61,875 | $62,580 | $63,285 | $63,990 | $64,696 |
| 6 | $56,589 | $57,294 | $57,999 | $58,704 | $61,399 | $62,104 | $62,809 | $63,514 | $64,219 | $64,924 | $65,629 | $66,334 |
| 7 | $57,829 | $58,534 | $59,239 | $59,944 | $63,037 | $63,742 | $64,447 | $65,152 | $65,857 | $66,563 | $67,268 | $67,973 |
| 8 | $59,070 | $59,775 | $60,480 | $61,185 | $64,676 | $65,381 | $66,086 | $66,791 | $67,496 | $68,201 | $68,906 | $69,611 |
| 9 | $60,310 | $61,015 | $61,720 | $62,425 | $66,314 | $67,019 | $67,724 | $68,430 | $69,135 | $69,840 | $70,545 | $71,250 |
| 10 | $62,256 | $62,961 | $63,666 | $67,953 | $68,658 | $69,363 | $70,068 | $70,773 | $71,478 | $72,183 | $72,888 | |
| 11 | $64,201 | $64,906 | $69,592 | $70,297 | $71,002 | $71,707 | $72,412 | $73,117 | $73,822 | $74,527 | ||
| 12 | $66,147 | $71,230 | $71,935 | $72,640 | $73,345 | $74,050 | $74,755 | $75,460 | $76,165 | |||
| 13 | $72,869 | $73,574 | $74,279 | $74,984 | $75,689 | $76,394 | $77,099 | $77,804 | ||||
| 14 | $75,917 | $76,622 | $77,327 | $78,032 | $78,737 | $79,442 | ||||||
| 15 | $78,966 | $79,671 | $80,376 | $81,081 |
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Per month (12)
$4,302.17
Per work day
$271.72 / 190 days
Next 5 steps in this track
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | $52,867 | +$1,241 |
| 4 | $54,107 | +$2,481 |
| 5 | $55,348 | +$3,722 |
| 6 | $56,589 | +$4,963 |
| 7 | $57,829 | +$6,203 |
Worked example as rendered: BA Degree, step 2 = $51,626 a year, $4,302.17 a month spread over 12 months, $271.72 per work day on a 190-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
The document is headed "2025-2026 Teacher Salary Schedule 3%".
The schedule starts at Step 2; there is no Step 1. Each step also carries an "Initial Placement" year (0 through 13+) that maps to Steps 2 through 15.
Column headers on the document read "BA Degree Track", "BA+10 Gr. Hours Track" and so on; the word "Track" is dropped from the lane labels here.
Blank cells are lanes a teacher cannot hold at that step; they are left null, not filled in.
Contract days come from the ratified UTW teacher agreement (Article: base contract days for the 2025-2026 contract year shall be 190 days), not from the schedule sheet itself.
- Soft spot: The MA column header prints as "MA+ Degree Track" on the sheet; read as the MA degree lane.
- Soft spot: The salary schedule page inside the teacher agreement PDF is a scanned image, so it could not be cross-checked line by line against the standalone PDF.
- 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 Wichita Public Schools?
$51,626 on the track BA Degree at step 2 of the 2025-26 schedule (Wichita Public Schools (USD 259)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $51,626 (BA Degree).
What is the top of the Wichita Public Schools salary schedule?
$81,081, at step 15 on Earned Doctorate (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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- Topeka Public Schools, USD 501starts $50,500
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