Annual salary
$62,482
Maryland · salary schedule · 2025-26
Baltimore City Public Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
BTU Career Pathway Salary Schedule, Base Teacher (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a pathway and interval to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Baltimore City Public Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $62,482 (Standard (BTU.204), interval 1) and tops out at $121,963 (Advanced Professional (BTU.206), interval 9), per Baltimore City Public Schools (effective ).
- The grid has 3 pathway columns and 10 interval rows; the highest cell is reached at interval 9.
- Baltimore City Public Schools enrolled 75,811 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Maryland by NCES enrollment.
BTU Career Pathway Salary Schedule, Base Teacher (2025-26)
| Interval \ Pathway | Standard (BTU.204) | Professional (BTU.205) | Advanced Professional (BTU.206) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $62,482 | $73,029 | $100,109 |
| 2 | $64,356 | $75,735 | $102,840 |
| 3 | $66,287 | $78,440 | $105,572 |
| 4 | $68,277 | $81,145 | $108,305 |
| 5 | $70,324 | $83,850 | $111,036 |
| 6 | $86,556 | $113,768 | |
| 7 | $89,261 | $116,499 | |
| 8 | $91,967 | $119,232 | |
| 9 | $94,671 | $121,963 | |
| 10 | $97,377 |
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Per month (12)
$5,206.83
Next 5 steps in this pathway
| Interval | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $64,356 | +$1,874 |
| 3 | $66,287 | +$3,805 |
| 4 | $68,277 | +$5,795 |
| 5 | $70,324 | +$7,842 |
Worked example as rendered: Standard (BTU.204), interval 1 = $62,482 a year, $5,206.83 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Baltimore City pays on career pathways, not degree lanes: teachers move from Standard to Professional to Advanced Professional by earning achievement units, and a master's degree instead adds a flat $2,500 to base salary.
The same document publishes parallel grids for Support Teacher, Calendar Year Associate, Counselors, IEP Team Associates and Clinicians, Department Head I-IV, Career Ladder Leadership Role and Teacher-Athletic Director; the Base Teacher grid is reproduced here.
National Board certification adds $10,000, and each Maintenance of Certification adds $8,000, $7,000 and $6,000 respectively.
- Soft spot: This is the FY2026 (2025-26) schedule; the district payroll page still labels it "BTU Salary Scales 25-26" and no FY2027 scale was published there as of September 2026.
- Soft spot: Contract days are not stated on the schedule.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Baltimore City Public Schools schedule?
$62,482 at interval 1 on Standard (BTU.204), per the 2025-26 schedule (Baltimore City Public Schools).
What is the top of the Baltimore City Public Schools salary schedule?
$121,963, at interval 9 on Advanced Professional (BTU.206) (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other Maryland districts with schedules
- Anne Arundel County Public Schoolsstarts $63,091
- Howard County Public School Systemstarts $62,730
- Frederick County Public Schoolsstarts $60,250
- Baltimore County Public Schoolsstarts $62,252
- Harford County Public Schoolsstarts $60,000
- Charles County Public Schoolsstarts $60,697
- Carroll County Public Schoolsstarts $61,200
- Washington County Public Schoolsstarts $61,074
- Prince George's County Public Schoolsstarts $62,291
- St. Mary's County Public Schoolsstarts $61,710
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