Annual salary
$43,311
Michigan · salary schedule · 2026-27
Portage Public Schools 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.
- Portage Public Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $43,311 (BA, step 1.00) and tops out at $107,598 (MA+, step 30.00), per Portage Public Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $43,311 and reaches $88,605 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $45,909 to $101,507.
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $231.61 per day.
- The grid has 3 lane columns and 30 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.00.
- Portage Public Schools enrolled 8,514 students in 2023-24, the 21st-largest district in Michigan by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
| STEP \ Lane | BA | MA | MA+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.00 | $43,311 | $45,909 | $48,662 |
| 2.00 | $45,475 | $48,205 | $51,096 |
| 3.00 | $47,749 | $50,615 | $53,652 |
| 4.00 | $50,136 | $53,144 | $56,333 |
| 5.00 | $52,644 | $55,803 | $59,149 |
| 6.00 | $55,276 | $58,592 | $62,108 |
| 7.00 | $58,040 | $61,521 | $65,213 |
| 8.00 | $60,942 | $64,599 | $68,473 |
| 9.00 | $63,989 | $67,828 | $71,897 |
| 10.00 | $67,188 | $71,219 | $75,492 |
| 11.00 | $70,547 | $74,781 | $79,267 |
| 12.00 | $74,076 | $78,519 | $83,230 |
| 13.00 | $74,815 | $82,446 | $87,391 |
| 14.00 | $75,564 | $86,567 | $91,762 |
| 15.00 | $76,320 | $87,433 | $92,679 |
| 16.00 | $77,082 | $88,308 | $93,606 |
| 17.00 | $77,854 | $89,191 | $94,542 |
| 18.00 | $78,631 | $90,083 | $95,487 |
| 19.00 | $79,419 | $90,983 | $96,442 |
| 20.00 | $80,213 | $91,894 | $97,407 |
| 21.00 | $81,015 | $92,813 | $98,381 |
| 22.00 | $81,824 | $93,740 | $99,364 |
| 23.00 | $82,643 | $94,678 | $100,357 |
| 24.00 | $83,469 | $95,625 | $101,362 |
| 25.00 | $84,304 | $96,581 | $102,376 |
| 26.00 | $85,148 | $97,546 | $103,399 |
| 27.00 | $85,999 | $98,522 | $104,433 |
| 28.00 | $86,859 | $99,507 | $105,477 |
| 29.00 | $87,727 | $100,502 | $106,532 |
| 30.00 | $88,605 | $101,507 | $107,598 |
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Per month (12)
$3,609.25
Per work day
$231.61 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this lane
| STEP | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2.00 | $45,475 | +$2,164 |
| 3.00 | $47,749 | +$4,438 |
| 4.00 | $50,136 | +$6,825 |
| 5.00 | $52,644 | +$9,333 |
| 6.00 | $55,276 | +$11,965 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1.00 = $43,311 a year, $3,609.25 a month spread over 12 months, $231.61 per work day on a 187-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Schedule A - 2026-2027 in the agreement between Portage Public Schools and the Portage Education Association, in effect until June 30, 2027. The contract also prints 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 grids.
The grid is headed 'No Teacher starts below Step 3'.
Article 25: 'The calendar will have 180 student days and 187 Teacher work days.'
Every 2026-2027 cell equals the printed 2025-2026 cell times 1.04, which was used to check the parse.
- Soft spot: The PDF's text layer is OCR output and contains stray punctuation (for example step 24 prints as '24,00' and some values carry a trailing period). Digits and thousands separators were checked cell by cell against the 1.04 year-over-year ratio.
- Soft spot: The 2026-2027 instructional calendar printed in the same document states 178 student days and 186 staff days, which does not match the 180/187 in Article 25.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $43,311 at step 1.00 to $88,605 at step 30.00: 29 step increases worth $1,562 each on average, 105% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,529, between step 11.00 and step 12.00.
A master's degree is worth $2,598 more than a bachelor's at the first step (6.0%) and $12,902 more at the top of the column (14.6%).
The highest-paid column, MA+, starts at $48,662 and tops out at $107,598, 21% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 97 Michigan district schedules indexed here, Portage Public Schools's starting pay ranks 90th and its top cell ranks 19th; 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 25th percentile and the top cell at the 71st percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | STEP moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $43,311 | $88,605 | 29 | 105% |
| MA | $45,909 | $101,507 | 29 | 121% |
| MA+ | $48,662 | $107,598 | 29 | 121% |
Against Michigan districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portage Public Schools | 8,514 | 2026-27 | $43,311 | $45,909 | $107,598 |
| South Lyon Community Schools | 8,412 | 2026-27 | $45,008 | $49,575 | $101,320 |
| Traverse City Area Public Schools | 8,655 | 2026-27 | $46,909 | $52,447 | $88,031 |
| Forest Hills Public Schools | 9,065 | 2026-27 | $53,752 | $58,618 | $109,712 |
| Farmington Public School District | 9,154 | 2026-27 | $51,053 | $57,597 | $103,664 |
| Huron Valley Schools | 7,849 | 2026-27 | $42,455 | – | $94,676 |
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 Portage Public Schools?
$43,311 on the lane BA at step 1.00 of the 2026-27 schedule (Portage Public Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $43,311 (BA).
What is the top of the Portage Public Schools salary schedule?
$107,598, at step 30.00 on MA+ (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 Portage Public Schools salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $88,605, is reached at step 30.00, 29 step increases after step 1.00 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Portage Public Schools?
$2,598 more at the first step: $45,909 on MA against $43,311 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other Michigan districts with schedules
- South Lyon Community Schoolsstarts $45,008
- Traverse City Area Public Schoolsstarts $40,187
- Forest Hills Public Schoolsstarts $53,752
- Farmington Public School Districtstarts $51,053
- Huron Valley Schoolsstarts $42,455
- L'Anse Creuse Public Schoolsstarts $45,999
- Rockford Public Schoolsstarts $52,268
- Kentwood Public Schoolsstarts $52,250
- Grand Blanc Community Schoolsstarts $45,255
- Wayne-Westland Community Schoolsstarts $55,532
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