Annual salary
$47,330
Michigan · salary schedule · 2025-26
Southgate Community School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). 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.
- Southgate Community School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $47,330 (BA, step 00) and tops out at $102,214 (MA, step 13), per Southgate Community School District (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $47,330 and reaches $83,777 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $52,425 to $102,214.
- The grid has 2 lane columns and 14 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 13.
- Southgate Community School District enrolled 3,443 students in 2023-24, the 96th-largest district in Michigan by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Lane | BA | MA |
|---|---|---|
| 00 | $47,330 | $52,425 |
| 01 | $49,150 | $54,469 |
| 02 | $52,365 | $57,995 |
| 03 | $55,488 | $61,521 |
| 04 | $58,651 | $65,044 |
| 05 | $61,411 | $68,569 |
| 06 | $64,978 | $72,093 |
| 07 | $68,140 | $75,618 |
| 08 | $71,303 | $79,140 |
| 09 | $74,465 | $82,667 |
| 10 | $77,627 | $86,191 |
| 11 | $81,712 | $89,191 |
| 12 | $83,777 | $93,998 |
| 13 | $102,214 |
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Per month (12)
$3,944.17
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | $49,150 | +$1,820 |
| 02 | $52,365 | +$5,035 |
| 03 | $55,488 | +$8,158 |
| 04 | $58,651 | +$11,321 |
| 05 | $61,411 | +$14,081 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 00 = $47,330 a year, $3,944.17 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A, Base Salary Schedule, of the agreement between Southgate Community Schools and the United Teachers of Southgate, February 1 2023 - January 31 2026.
Southgate bargains on a February-to-January contract year, so Appendix A prints three blocks: Feb 1 2023 - Jan 31 2024, Feb 1 2024 - Jan 31 2025 and Feb 1 2025 - Jan 31 2026. The newest block, Feb 1 2025 - Jan 31 2026, is reproduced here.
The document labels the rows BA-00 to BA-12 and MA-00 to MA-13; the step labels here are the numeric part. The BA lane ends at step 12, so BA is null at step 13.
Longevity is paid on top of the grid ($1,000 after 20 years in the district, $1,500 after 25) and a $1,500 pool is split among Highly Effective members; both are excluded.
Appendix B extra-activities pay is excluded.
- Soft spot: The agreement is a signed scan with no text layer; this block was transcribed from the page rendered at 200 dpi (PDF page 54, document page 53).
- Soft spot: The agreement expired January 31 2026 and the district's transparency listing still shows it as the current teacher contract, so no rate is published for the rest of 2025-26 or for 2026-27.
- Soft spot: The document does not state a teacher contract-day count, so work_days is null.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $47,330 at step 00 to $83,777 at step 12: 12 step increases worth $3,037 each on average, 77% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,085, between step 10 and step 11.
A master's degree is worth $5,095 more than a bachelor's at the first step (10.8%) and $18,437 more at the top of the column (22.0%).
Among the 97 Michigan district schedules indexed here, Southgate Community School District's starting pay ranks 54th and its top cell ranks 44th; 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 38th percentile and the top cell at the 63rd percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $47,330 | $83,777 | 12 | 77% |
| MA | $52,425 | $102,214 | 13 | 95% |
Against Michigan districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Southgate Community School District?
$47,330 on the lane BA at step 00 of the 2025-26 schedule (Southgate Community School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $47,330 (BA).
What is the top of the Southgate Community School District salary schedule?
$102,214, at step 13 on MA (2025-26). 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 Southgate Community School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $83,777, is reached at step 12, 12 step increases after step 00 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Southgate Community School District?
$5,095 more at the first step: $52,425 on MA against $47,330 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other Michigan districts with schedules
- Lowell Area Schoolsstarts $49,494
- Lincoln Consolidated School Districtstarts $45,825
- Swartz Creek Community School Districtstarts $45,000
- Mattawan Consolidated Schoolstarts $46,000
- Reeths-Puffer Schoolsstarts $50,818
- Gull Lake Community Schoolsstarts $44,757
- Greenville Public Schoolsstarts $46,483
- Mason Public Schoolsstarts $45,268
- Gibraltar School Districtstarts $51,053
- Alpena Board of Educationstarts $45,222
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