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Lincoln Consolidated School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Lincoln Consolidated School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $45,825 (BA 2020, step 1) and tops out at $90,111 (MA+ 2020, step 20), per Lincoln Consolidated Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA 2020) starts at $45,825 and reaches $71,043 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA 2015) the range is $51,720 to $83,858.
- The grid has 3 lane columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 20.
- Lincoln Consolidated School District enrolled 3,483 students in 2023-24, the 94th-largest district in Michigan by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
| Step \ Lane | BA 2020 | MA 2015 | MA+ 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $45,825 | $51,720 | $55,000 |
| 2 | $47,619 | $53,821 | $57,409 |
| 3 | $49,413 | $55,923 | $59,819 |
| 4 | $51,207 | $58,024 | $62,227 |
| 5 | $53,001 | $60,126 | $64,637 |
| 6 | $54,795 | $62,227 | $67,045 |
| 7 | $56,538 | $64,329 | $69,506 |
| 8 | $58,332 | $66,430 | $71,915 |
| 9 | $59,511 | $67,968 | $73,556 |
| 10 | $60,639 | $69,506 | $75,247 |
| 11 | $61,817 | $70,993 | $76,939 |
| 12 | $62,945 | $72,530 | $78,630 |
| 13 | $64,124 | $74,068 | $80,322 |
| 14 | $65,113 | $75,467 | $81,720 |
| 15 | $66,101 | $76,865 | $83,119 |
| 16 | $67,090 | $78,264 | $84,518 |
| 17 | $68,079 | $79,663 | $85,916 |
| 18 | $69,067 | $81,061 | $87,315 |
| 19 | $70,056 | $82,460 | $88,714 |
| 20 | $71,043 | $83,858 | $90,111 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $47,619 | +$1,794 |
| 3 | $49,413 | +$3,588 |
| 4 | $51,207 | +$5,382 |
| 5 | $53,001 | +$7,176 |
| 6 | $54,795 | +$8,970 |
Worked example as rendered: BA 2020, step 1 = $45,825 a year, $3,818.75 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Schedule A of the master agreement between the Lincoln Consolidated Schools Board of Education and the Lincoln Education Association / Washtenaw County Education Association, MEA/NEA, in effect January 1 2025 through December 31 2027.
The agreement prints Schedule A for 2025-2026, 2026-2027 and 2027-2028; the 2026-2027 grid is reproduced here.
Lane headings are printed verbatim as 'BA 2020', 'MA 2015' and 'MA+ 2020' on the 2026-2027 page; the 2025-2026 page heads the same three lanes 'BA', 'MA' and 'MA +'.
Schedule B extra-duty pay, which runs off B.A. step 2 of Schedule B, is excluded.
Amounts are printed to two decimals, all .00, and are recorded as whole dollars.
This is the Michigan Lincoln Consolidated (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County), verified from the agreement's own title page.
- Soft spot: The agreement does not state a teacher contract-day count, so work_days is null.
- Soft spot: The district's own site links this contract only through its Munetrix transparency portal; the direct document URL is the Munetrix Doc_download link.
How this schedule moves
On the BA 2020 column a teacher moves from $45,825 at step 1 to $71,043 at step 20: 19 step increases worth $1,327 each on average, 55% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,794, between step 1 and step 2.
A master's degree is worth $5,895 more than a bachelor's at the first step (12.9%) and $12,815 more at the top of the column (18.0%).
The highest-paid column, MA+ 2020, starts at $55,000 and tops out at $90,111, 27% above the top of the BA 2020 column.
Among the 97 Michigan district schedules indexed here, Lincoln Consolidated School District's starting pay ranks 72nd and its top cell ranks 88th; the state medians are $47,542 to start and $101,334 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 33rd percentile and the top cell at the 47th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA 2020 | $45,825 | $71,043 | 19 | 55% |
| MA 2015 | $51,720 | $83,858 | 19 | 62% |
| MA+ 2020 | $55,000 | $90,111 | 19 | 64% |
Against Michigan districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Consolidated School District | 3,483 | 2026-27 | $45,825 | $51,720 | $90,111 |
| Swartz Creek Community School District | 3,485 | 2025-26 | $45,000 | – | $83,376 |
| Southgate Community School District | 3,443 | 2025-26 | $47,330 | $52,425 | $102,214 |
| Lowell Area Schools | 3,436 | 2026-27 | $49,494 | $54,248 | $103,859 |
| Mattawan Consolidated School | 3,553 | 2026-27 | $46,000 | $47,840 | $97,166 |
| Reeths-Puffer Schools | 3,554 | 2026-27 | $50,818 | $54,375 | $100,181 |
Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Lincoln Consolidated School District?
$45,825 on the lane BA 2020 at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Lincoln Consolidated Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $45,825 (BA 2020).
What is the top of the Lincoln Consolidated School District salary schedule?
$90,111, at step 20 on MA+ 2020 (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 Lincoln Consolidated School District salary schedule?
On the BA 2020 column the top figure, $71,043, is reached at step 20, 19 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Lincoln Consolidated School District?
$5,895 more at the first step: $51,720 on MA 2015 against $45,825 on BA 2020 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Michigan districts with schedules
- Swartz Creek Community School Districtstarts $45,000
- Southgate Community School Districtstarts $47,330
- Lowell Area Schoolsstarts $49,494
- Mattawan Consolidated Schoolstarts $46,000
- Reeths-Puffer Schoolsstarts $50,818
- Greenville Public Schoolsstarts $46,483
- Gibraltar School Districtstarts $51,053
- Alpena Board of Educationstarts $45,222
- Gull Lake Community Schoolsstarts $44,757
- Mason Public Schoolsstarts $45,268
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