Annual salary
$63,731
Maryland · salary schedule · 2026-27
Baltimore City Public Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
BTU Career Pathway Salary Schedule, Base Teacher (2026-27). 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 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $63,731 (Standard (BTU.204), interval 1) and tops out at $124,402 (Advanced Professional (BTU.206), interval 9), per Baltimore Teachers Union (FY27-28 BTU Scales, Final) (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 (2026-27)
Official sourceDocumentBaltimore Teachers Union (FY27-28 BTU Scales, Final)School year2026-27Effective
| Interval \ Pathway | Standard (BTU.204) | Professional (BTU.205) | Advanced Professional (BTU.206) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $63,731 | $74,490 | $102,111 |
| 2 | $65,643 | $77,249 | $104,897 |
| 3 | $67,613 | $80,009 | $107,684 |
| 4 | $69,642 | $82,768 | $110,470 |
| 5 | $71,730 | $85,527 | $113,257 |
| 6 | $88,287 | $116,043 | |
| 7 | $91,046 | $118,830 | |
| 8 | $93,806 | $121,616 | |
| 9 | $96,565 | $124,402 | |
| 10 | $99,324 |
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Per month (12)
$5,310.92
Next 5 steps in this pathway
| Interval | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $65,643 | +$1,912 |
| 3 | $67,613 | +$3,882 |
| 4 | $69,642 | +$5,911 |
| 5 | $71,730 | +$7,999 |
Worked example as rendered: Standard (BTU.204), interval 1 = $63,731 a year, $5,310.92 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 $2,550 to base salary in FY2027.
The same workbook publishes parallel FY2026, FY2027 and FY2028 grids for Support Teacher, Calendar Year Associate, Counselors, IEP Team Associates and Clinicians, Clinician Leadership Role, Department Heads and other roles; the FY2027 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.
The Board of School Commissioners and the BTU approved the two-year FY2027-FY2028 agreement (district announcement October 22, 2026; board vote October 21, 2026): a 2% across-the-board raise in FY2027, retroactive to July 1, 2026, and 2.3% in FY2028.
- Soft spot: The grid comes from the union-posted workbook "FY27 28 BTU Scales_Final-260911"; the BTU negotiations page still captions the link "proposed pay scales" from before ratification, and the district payroll page still links only "BTU Salary Scales 25-26" as of November 12, 2026.
- Soft spot: The workbook carries values to the cent; they are rounded to whole dollars here.
- Soft spot: Contract days are not stated on the schedule.
How this schedule moves
On the Standard (BTU.204) column a teacher moves from $63,731 at interval 1 to $71,730 at interval 5: 4 interval increases worth $2,000 each on average, 13% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,088, between interval 4 and interval 5.
The highest-paid column, Advanced Professional (BTU.206), starts at $102,111 and tops out at $124,402, 73% above the top of the Standard (BTU.204) column.
Among the 24 Maryland district schedules indexed here, Baltimore City Public Schools's starting pay ranks 2nd and its top cell ranks 3rd; the state medians are $60,125 to start and $103,582 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 88th percentile and the top cell at the 87th percentile.
Column by column
| Pathway | First interval | Top | Interval moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (BTU.204) | $63,731 | $71,730 | 4 | 13% |
| Professional (BTU.205) | $74,490 | $99,324 | 9 | 33% |
| Advanced Professional (BTU.206) | $102,111 | $124,402 | 8 | 22% |
Against Maryland districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore City Public Schools | 75,811 | 2026-27 | $63,731 | – | $124,402 |
| Anne Arundel County Public Schools | 84,346 | 2026-27 | $63,091 | $66,925 | $123,428 |
| Howard County Public School System | 57,633 | 2026-27 | $62,730 | $67,836 | $121,691 |
| Frederick County Public Schools | 47,681 | 2026-27 | $60,250 | – | $116,219 |
| Baltimore County Public Schools | 110,275 | 2026-27 | $62,252 | $67,508 | $121,924 |
| Harford County Public Schools | 38,105 | 2026-27 | $60,000 | $62,764 | $114,352 |
Starting pay is the first interval of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-interval cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Baltimore City Public Schools schedule?
$63,731 at interval 1 on Standard (BTU.204), per the 2026-27 schedule (Baltimore Teachers Union (FY27-28 BTU Scales, Final)).
What is the top of the Baltimore City Public Schools salary schedule?
$124,402, at interval 9 on Advanced Professional (BTU.206) (2026-27). 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 Baltimore City Public Schools salary schedule?
On the Standard (BTU.204) column the top figure, $71,730, is reached at interval 5, 4 interval increases after interval 1 (2026-27 schedule).
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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