Annual salary
$48,751
Maine · salary schedule · 2026-27
Sanford School Department salary schedule, 2026-27
Schedule A2: Salary Schedule 2026-2027. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Sanford School Department's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $48,751 (BA, years of experience 0) and tops out at $93,464 (PhD, years of experience 25), per Sanford School Committee / Sanford Federation of Teachers (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $48,751 and reaches $85,023 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $52,333 to $88,982.
- The grid has 7 column columns and 26 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 25.
- Sanford Public Schools enrolled 3,265 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Maine by NCES enrollment.
Schedule A2: Salary Schedule 2026-2027
Transcribed from imageDocumentSanford School Committee / Sanford Federation of TeachersSchool year2026-27Effective
| Years of experience \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | PhD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $48,751 | $49,648 | $50,542 | $52,333 | $53,677 | $55,022 | $56,816 |
| 1 | $49,233 | $50,130 | $51,026 | $52,817 | $54,160 | $55,506 | $57,297 |
| 2 | $49,716 | $50,613 | $51,510 | $53,300 | $54,645 | $55,988 | $57,782 |
| 3 | $50,198 | $51,095 | $51,993 | $53,783 | $55,129 | $56,473 | $58,264 |
| 4 | $52,317 | $53,213 | $54,108 | $55,898 | $57,249 | $58,588 | $60,385 |
| 5 | $54,434 | $55,531 | $56,226 | $58,019 | $59,361 | $60,706 | $62,498 |
| 6 | $56,550 | $57,446 | $58,341 | $60,136 | $61,482 | $62,825 | $64,615 |
| 7 | $58,667 | $59,565 | $60,461 | $62,253 | $63,596 | $64,942 | $66,733 |
| 8 | $60,784 | $61,679 | $62,579 | $64,369 | $65,716 | $67,055 | $68,852 |
| 9 | $62,902 | $63,799 | $64,694 | $66,486 | $67,830 | $69,172 | $70,967 |
| 10 | $65,021 | $65,916 | $66,813 | $68,604 | $69,947 | $71,293 | $73,084 |
| 11 | $66,051 | $66,949 | $67,845 | $69,637 | $70,980 | $72,327 | $74,117 |
| 12 | $67,833 | $68,783 | $69,678 | $71,472 | $72,813 | $74,160 | $75,951 |
| 13 | $69,617 | $70,617 | $71,513 | $73,305 | $74,647 | $75,993 | $77,784 |
| 14 | $71,400 | $72,448 | $73,344 | $75,137 | $76,481 | $77,827 | $79,617 |
| 15 | $73,181 | $74,280 | $75,178 | $76,971 | $78,312 | $79,661 | $81,451 |
| 16 | $74,964 | $76,116 | $77,014 | $78,804 | $80,147 | $81,493 | $83,282 |
| 17 | $76,747 | $77,947 | $78,846 | $80,638 | $81,981 | $83,326 | $85,117 |
| 18 | $80,345 | $81,614 | $82,510 | $84,305 | $85,646 | $86,992 | $88,785 |
| 19 | $82,421 | $83,691 | $84,587 | $86,380 | $87,721 | $89,068 | $90,862 |
| 20 | $82,854 | $84,125 | $85,020 | $86,814 | $88,155 | $89,502 | $91,296 |
| 21 | $83,288 | $84,558 | $85,454 | $87,248 | $88,589 | $89,936 | $91,729 |
| 22 | $83,722 | $84,992 | $85,888 | $87,681 | $89,022 | $90,369 | $92,163 |
| 23 | $84,155 | $85,426 | $86,321 | $88,115 | $89,456 | $90,803 | $92,597 |
| 24 | $84,589 | $85,859 | $86,755 | $88,549 | $89,890 | $91,237 | $93,030 |
| 25 | $85,023 | $86,293 | $87,189 | $88,982 | $90,323 | $91,670 | $93,464 |
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Per month (12)
$4,062.58
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $49,233 | +$482 |
| 2 | $49,716 | +$965 |
| 3 | $50,198 | +$1,447 |
| 4 | $52,317 | +$3,566 |
| 5 | $54,434 | +$5,683 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, years of experience 0 = $48,751 a year, $4,062.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
From Schedule A2 of the 2024-2027 contract between the Sanford School Committee and the Sanford Federation of Teachers; the contract states the table is a 4.25% increase over the 2025-26 table and also prints the 2024-25 and 2025-26 schedules.
A speech language pathologist holding an advanced Certificate of Clinical Competence receives an additional $3,500 stipend added to the step shown.
- Soft spot: The contract is a scanned document with no embedded text layer, so the grid was read off the page image.
- Soft spot: The contract does not state teacher contract days on the salary schedule.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Sanford School Department?
$48,751 on the column BA at years of experience 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Sanford School Committee / Sanford Federation of Teachers). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $48,751 (BA).
What is the top of the Sanford School Department salary schedule?
$93,464, at years of experience 25 on PhD (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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