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Blue Springs School District salary schedule, 2026-27
2026-2027 Blue Springs School District Certified Salary Schedule. 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.
- Blue Springs School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $44,500 (A B.S. Degree, step 1) and tops out at $94,500 (L Doctorate, step 25), per Blue Springs R-IV School District (effective ).
- The grid has 12 lane columns and 25 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 25.
- Blue Springs R-IV enrolled 14,744 students in 2023-24, the 12th-largest district in Missouri by NCES enrollment.
2026-2027 Blue Springs School District Certified Salary Schedule
| Step \ Lane | A B.S. Degree | B B.S. + 8 Grad. Hrs. | C B.S. + 16 Grad. Hrs. | D B.S. + 24 Grad. Hrs. | E M.S. Degree | F M.S. + 8 Grad. Hrs. | G M.S. + 16 Grad. Hrs. | H M.S. + 24 Grad. Hrs. | I M.S. + 32 Grad. Hrs. | J M.S. + 40 Grad. Hrs. | K Specialist | L Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $44,500 | $45,500 | $46,500 | $47,500 | $49,000 | $50,000 | $51,000 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $58,000 |
| 2 | $45,000 | $46,000 | $47,000 | $48,000 | $50,000 | $51,000 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $54,000 | $56,000 | $57,000 | $59,000 |
| 3 | $45,500 | $46,500 | $47,500 | $48,500 | $51,000 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $54,000 | $55,000 | $57,000 | $58,000 | $60,000 |
| 4 | $46,000 | $47,000 | $48,000 | $49,000 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $54,000 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $58,000 | $59,000 | $61,000 |
| 5 | $46,500 | $47,500 | $48,500 | $49,500 | $53,000 | $54,000 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $57,000 | $59,000 | $60,000 | $62,000 |
| 6 | $47,000 | $48,000 | $49,000 | $50,000 | $54,000 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $57,000 | $58,000 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $63,000 |
| 7 | $47,500 | $48,500 | $49,500 | $50,500 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $57,000 | $58,000 | $59,000 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $64,000 |
| 8 | $48,000 | $49,000 | $50,000 | $51,000 | $56,000 | $57,000 | $58,000 | $59,000 | $60,000 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $65,000 |
| 9 | $48,500 | $49,500 | $50,500 | $51,500 | $57,000 | $58,000 | $59,000 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $66,000 |
| 10 | $49,000 | $50,000 | $51,000 | $52,000 | $58,000 | $59,000 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $67,000 |
| 11 | $49,000 | $50,000 | $51,500 | $52,500 | $59,000 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $69,000 |
| 12 | $52,000 | $53,000 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $67,500 | $68,500 | $70,500 | ||
| 13 | $52,500 | $53,500 | $61,000 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $69,000 | $70,000 | $72,000 | ||
| 14 | $52,500 | $53,500 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $70,500 | $71,500 | $73,500 | ||
| 15 | $63,000 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $72,000 | $73,000 | $75,000 | ||||
| 16 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $68,000 | $74,000 | $75,000 | $77,000 | ||||
| 17 | $65,000 | $66,000 | $67,500 | $68,500 | $69,500 | $76,000 | $77,000 | $79,000 | ||||
| 18 | $66,000 | $67,000 | $69,000 | $70,000 | $71,000 | $78,500 | $79,500 | $81,500 | ||||
| 19 | $70,000 | $71,000 | $72,500 | $81,500 | $82,500 | $84,500 | ||||||
| 20 | $71,000 | $72,000 | $74,000 | $86,500 | $87,500 | $89,500 | ||||||
| 21 | $75,000 | $87,500 | $88,500 | $90,500 | ||||||||
| 22 | $76,000 | $88,500 | $89,500 | $91,500 | ||||||||
| 23 | $90,500 | $92,500 | ||||||||||
| 24 | $91,500 | $93,500 | ||||||||||
| 25 | $92,500 | $94,500 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $45,000 | +$500 |
| 3 | $45,500 | +$1,000 |
| 4 | $46,000 | +$1,500 |
| 5 | $46,500 | +$2,000 |
| 6 | $47,000 | +$2,500 |
Worked example as rendered: A B.S. Degree, step 1 = $44,500 a year, $3,708.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
A specialist degree recognized on column K must be at least 32 hours beyond the master's degree and earned after the first master's is complete.
Employees who complete 28 or more years of service with the district are paid an additional $1,000.
Increment increases require annual approval of the Board of Education.
Off-schedule pay: a $1,250 new-teacher induction stipend for 50 hours of approved training in a teacher's first two years, and $1,500-$5,000 through the Missouri Career Ladder program.
The district prints this grid from step 25 down to step 1; the steps are shown here in ascending order.
- Soft spot: The lower columns stop early: A and B end at step 11, C and D at step 14, E and F at step 18, G and H at step 20, I at step 22 and J at step 22. Only the specialist and doctorate columns reach step 25.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Blue Springs School District schedule?
$44,500 at step 1 on A B.S. Degree, per the 2026-27 schedule (Blue Springs R-IV School District).
What is the top of the Blue Springs School District salary schedule?
$94,500, at step 25 on L Doctorate (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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