Bardstown Independent salary schedule, 2025-26

Certified salary schedule (KDE Certified Salary Report, 2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a rank and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

Bardstown Independent's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $42,108 (Rank IV, years of experience 0) and tops out at $89,783 (Rank I, Step II, years of experience 40), per Kentucky Department of Education, Certified Salary Report (FY 2025-26) (effective July 1, 2025).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (Rank III) starts at $47,308 and reaches $70,087 at the top of that column.
On the master's column (Rank II) the range is $52,628 to $78,653.
The grid has 7 rank columns and 41 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 40.
Bardstown Independent enrolled 2,778 students in 2023-24, the 65th-largest district in Kentucky by NCES enrollment.

Certified salary schedule (KDE Certified Salary Report, 2025-26)

Official sourceDocumentKentucky Department of Education, Certified Salary Report (FY 2025-26)School year2025-26EffectiveJuly 1, 2025

Years of experience \ Rank	Rank I	Rank I, Step II	Rank II	Rank II, Step II	Rank III	Rank III, Step II	Rank IV
0	$58,066	$59,785	$52,628	$53,420	$47,308	$47,932	$42,108
1	$58,599	$60,445	$53,263	$54,054	$47,944	$48,559	$42,108
2	$59,243	$61,088	$53,894	$54,685	$48,572	$49,187	$42,108
3	$59,898	$61,731	$54,521	$55,318	$49,190	$49,814	$42,108
4	$62,785	$64,634	$57,408	$58,228	$51,931	$52,546	$42,108
5	$63,439	$65,285	$58,066	$58,882	$52,569	$53,185	$42,108
6	$64,096	$65,935	$58,714	$59,531	$53,167	$53,786	$42,108
7	$64,748	$66,591	$59,363	$60,185	$53,756	$54,369	$42,108
8	$65,398	$67,238	$60,014	$60,838	$54,357	$54,972	$42,108
9	$66,048	$67,894	$60,676	$61,488	$54,940	$55,566	$42,108
10	$70,370	$72,206	$64,962	$65,780	$59,220	$59,856	$42,108
11	$71,003	$72,838	$65,564	$66,240	$59,792	$60,313	$42,108
12	$71,641	$73,472	$65,884	$66,853	$60,369	$60,892	$42,108
13	$72,272	$74,109	$66,802	$67,470	$60,972	$61,488	$42,108
14	$72,900	$74,744	$67,416	$68,089	$61,519	$62,041	$42,108
15	$75,515	$77,420	$69,990	$70,662	$64,043	$64,557	$42,108
16	$76,296	$78,459	$70,503	$71,179	$64,298	$64,820	$42,108
17	$77,180	$79,648	$71,127	$71,854	$64,607	$65,130	$42,108
18	$78,166	$80,997	$71,854	$72,530	$64,974	$65,495	$42,108
19	$79,257	$82,559	$72,684	$73,205	$65,389	$65,910	$42,108
20	$80,448	$84,320	$73,623	$73,883	$65,849	$66,371	$42,108
21	$81,020	$84,925	$74,140	$74,404	$66,318	$66,838	$42,108
22	$81,572	$85,453	$74,628	$74,901	$66,584	$67,157	$42,108
23	$82,038	$85,906	$75,064	$75,314	$66,845	$67,468	$42,108
24	$82,467	$86,328	$75,452	$75,693	$67,111	$67,732	$42,108
25	$82,948	$86,854	$75,876	$76,130	$67,391	$68,017	$42,108
26	$83,258	$87,176	$76,158	$76,410	$67,637	$68,267	$42,108
27	$83,883	$87,801	$76,776	$77,026	$68,247	$68,875	$42,108
28	$84,510	$88,456	$77,398	$77,647	$68,855	$69,494	$42,108
29	$85,142	$89,117	$78,022	$78,275	$69,469	$70,119	$42,108
30	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
31	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
32	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
33	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
34	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
35	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
36	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
37	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
38	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
39	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108
40	$85,779	$89,783	$78,653	$78,906	$70,087	$70,746	$42,108

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Rank

Years of experience

Annual salary

$47,308

Per month (12)

$3,942.33

Next 5 steps in this rank

Years of experience	Salary	vs. selected
1	$47,944	+$636
2	$48,572	+$1,264
3	$49,190	+$1,882
4	$51,931	+$4,623
5	$52,569	+$5,261

Worked example as rendered: Rank III, years of experience 0 = $47,308 a year, $3,942.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Kentucky ranks: Rank I is generally a master's degree plus 30 approved hours (or a specialist/doctorate), Rank II a master's degree or planned fifth-year program, Rank III a bachelor's degree; Ranks IV and V are lower-credential classifications. KDE's report lists up to three district-defined 'steps' inside a rank; only steps the district reported are shown.

Values are the district's single-salary schedule as filed with the Kentucky Department of Education for fiscal year 2025-26 (report generated February 19, 2026).

Soft spot: Effective date is the fiscal-year start (July 1, 2025); the KDE report does not print a board-adoption date.
Soft spot: This grid comes from a Certified Salary Report generated by the Kentucky Department of Education on 19 February 2026. KDE has since reorganised its site and the report is no longer published at a stable address, so the source link points to its School Finance section rather than to the file.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Bardstown Independent?

$47,308 on the rank Rank III at years of experience 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Kentucky Department of Education, Certified Salary Report (FY 2025-26)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $42,108 (Rank IV).

What is the top of the Bardstown Independent salary schedule?

$89,783, at years of experience 40 on Rank I, Step II (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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