Annual salary
$53,060
North Carolina · salary schedule · 2026-27
Asheville City Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
2026-2027 Certified Pay Scales. 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.
- Asheville City Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $53,060 (Bachelor's Teacher, years of experience 0) and tops out at $88,290 (PhD with NBPTS Certification, years of experience 25), per Asheville City Schools (Payroll, School Finance) (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelor's Teacher) starts at $53,060 and reaches $69,920 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Masters Teacher) the range is $58,370 to $76,910.
- The grid has 8 column columns and 26 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 25.
- Asheville City Schools enrolled 3,977 students in 2023-24, the 72nd-largest district in North Carolina by NCES enrollment.
2026-2027 Certified Pay Scales
Transcribed from imageDocumentAsheville City Schools (Payroll, School Finance)School year2026-27Effective
| Years of Experience \ Column | Bachelor's Teacher | Bachelor's w/ NBPTS Certification | Masters Teacher | Master's w/NBPTS Certification | Advanced (Sixth Year) | Adv. with NBPTS Certification | Doctorate | PhD with NBPTS Certification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $53,060 | $58,370 | $59,760 | $61,170 | ||||
| 1 | $53,340 | $58,680 | $60,070 | $61,480 | ||||
| 2 | $53,620 | $58,980 | $60,370 | $61,780 | ||||
| 3 | $53,890 | $60,360 | $59,290 | $65,760 | $60,680 | $67,150 | $62,080 | $68,550 |
| 4 | $54,170 | $60,670 | $59,590 | $66,090 | $60,980 | $67,480 | $62,380 | $68,880 |
| 5 | $55,220 | $61,840 | $60,740 | $67,370 | $62,140 | $68,770 | $63,560 | $70,190 |
| 6 | $55,780 | $62,470 | $61,350 | $68,050 | $62,760 | $69,450 | $64,170 | $70,870 |
| 7 | $56,330 | $63,090 | $61,970 | $68,730 | $63,370 | $70,130 | $64,790 | $71,550 |
| 8 | $56,890 | $63,720 | $62,580 | $69,410 | $63,990 | $70,810 | $65,400 | $72,230 |
| 9 | $57,450 | $64,340 | $63,190 | $70,090 | $64,600 | $71,490 | $66,020 | $72,910 |
| 10 | $59,810 | $66,990 | $65,790 | $72,970 | $67,200 | $74,380 | $68,630 | $75,810 |
| 11 | $60,380 | $67,630 | $66,430 | $73,680 | $67,850 | $75,090 | $69,270 | $76,520 |
| 12 | $60,960 | $68,270 | $67,060 | $74,370 | $68,480 | $75,790 | $69,900 | $77,220 |
| 13 | $61,530 | $68,910 | $67,690 | $75,070 | $69,110 | $76,490 | $70,540 | $77,920 |
| 14 | $62,690 | $70,210 | $68,960 | $76,480 | $70,380 | $77,900 | $71,810 | $79,330 |
| 15 | $64,520 | $72,260 | $70,970 | $78,710 | $72,400 | $80,140 | $73,840 | $81,590 |
| 16 | $64,520 | $72,260 | $70,970 | $78,710 | $72,400 | $80,140 | $73,840 | $81,590 |
| 17 | $64,520 | $72,260 | $70,970 | $78,710 | $72,400 | $80,140 | $73,840 | $81,590 |
| 18 | $64,520 | $72,260 | $70,970 | $78,710 | $72,400 | $80,140 | $73,840 | $81,590 |
| 19 | $64,520 | $72,260 | $70,970 | $78,710 | $72,400 | $80,140 | $73,840 | $81,590 |
| 20 | $67,330 | $75,410 | $74,060 | $82,140 | $75,560 | $83,640 | $77,060 | $85,140 |
| 21 | $67,330 | $75,410 | $74,060 | $82,140 | $75,560 | $83,640 | $77,060 | $85,140 |
| 22 | $67,330 | $75,410 | $74,060 | $82,140 | $75,560 | $83,640 | $77,060 | $85,140 |
| 23 | $67,330 | $75,410 | $74,060 | $82,140 | $75,560 | $83,640 | $77,060 | $85,140 |
| 24 | $67,330 | $75,410 | $74,060 | $82,140 | $75,560 | $83,640 | $77,060 | $85,140 |
| 25 | $69,920 | $78,300 | $76,910 | $85,300 | $78,400 | $86,790 | $79,900 | $88,290 |
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Per month (12)
$4,421.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $53,340 | +$280 |
| 2 | $53,620 | +$560 |
| 3 | $53,890 | +$830 |
| 4 | $54,170 | +$1,110 |
| 5 | $55,220 | +$2,160 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelor's Teacher, years of experience 0 = $53,060 a year, $4,421.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Values are the TOTAL 10-month annual pay: the document's own 'Monthly Salary' plus its own 'Local Supplement' column, multiplied by 10. The PDF prints those two columns side by side but does not print a summed total column, so the total is the sum of the document's own figures (page 1 confirms the district's own convention that 'Annual Salary (10 Months)' = monthly x 10).
The state base column in this PDF matches the NC FY2026-27 state certified teacher salary schedule exactly (independently confirmed against the same FY2026-27 state schedule reprinted in the Alexander County Schools 2026-27 employee handbook).
Local supplement rates for 2026-27 (from 'ACS Longevity, Local Supplement, & Leave Rates', effective 07-01-26): 0-4 years 10.55%, 5-9 years 11.55%, 10-14 years 12.55%, 15-19 years 13.55%, 20+ years 18.50%. Every supplement figure in the pay scale equals the monthly salary times the band rate.
EC classroom teachers and related-service providers get +2 percentage points on the supplement rate; that separate 'EC Local Supplement +2%' column is not represented in these lanes.
NBPTS lanes start at step 3 because National Board certification requires three years of experience; the PDF shows N/A for steps 0-2. NBPTS adds 12% of the 'A' (Bachelor's) scale salary.
The same PDF also carries School Psychologist/SLP/Audiologist, School Guidance Counselor and Assistant Principal schedules; those are excluded here.
ACS board froze local supplement amounts after 2026-27: the rates document says salary schedules will subsequently be published with fixed dollar supplements.
- Soft spot: The source PDF is a 300 dpi scan (RICOH copier output, rotated); all figures were read by OCR twice (tesseract --psm 4 and --psm 6) and then cross-validated against the internal arithmetic of the document (annual = monthly x 10; Master's = Bachelor's x 1.10; Advanced = Master's + $126; Doctorate = Master's + $253; NBPTS = +12% of the Bachelor's scale; supplement = monthly x band rate). Every cell reconciled.
- Soft spot: No printed total column exists in the source; totals here are the arithmetic sum of the document's own base and supplement columns.
- Soft spot: Steps 15-19 and 20-24 share the same base salary; the pay difference between those blocks comes only from the higher supplement rate.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Asheville City Schools?
$53,060 on the column Bachelor's Teacher at years of experience 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Asheville City Schools (Payroll, School Finance)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $53,060 (Bachelor's Teacher).
What is the top of the Asheville City Schools salary schedule?
$88,290, at years of experience 25 on PhD with NBPTS Certification (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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