Annual salary
$7,000
North Carolina · salary schedule · 2025-26
Chatham County Schools salary schedule, 2025-26
2025-2026 Salary Supplement - Certified Employees. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a license and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Chatham County Schools pays a local salary supplement of $7,000 to $11,000 for 2025-26, on top of the North Carolina state salary schedule, per Chatham County Schools (effective ).
- This is the supplement only. A teacher's total pay is the state schedule plus this amount, so the figures below are not a full salary.
- Chatham County Schools enrolled 9,023 students in 2023-24, the 39th-largest district in North Carolina by NCES enrollment.
2025-2026 Salary Supplement - Certified Employees
| Years of Experience \ License | A | M |
|---|---|---|
| 00-05 | $7,000 | $8,000 |
| 06-10 | $7,600 | $8,600 |
| 11-15 | $8,200 | $9,200 |
| 16-20 | $8,800 | $9,800 |
| 21-25 | $9,400 | $10,400 |
| 26+ | $10,000 | $11,000 |
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Per month (12)
$583.33
Next 5 steps in this license
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 06-10 | $7,600 | +$600 |
| 11-15 | $8,200 | +$1,200 |
| 16-20 | $8,800 | +$1,800 |
| 21-25 | $9,400 | +$2,400 |
| 26+ | $10,000 | +$3,000 |
Worked example as rendered: A, years of experience 00-05 = $7,000 a year, $583.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
These are LOCAL SUPPLEMENT amounts paid on top of the NC state salary schedule, not total salary.
The document's own column heading for these values is "Base Amount"; lanes A and M are the NC license classes (A = bachelor's, M = master's).
The schedule pays an additional percentage of salary on top of the base amount, which cannot be expressed in a dollar grid. License A: 0.00% (00-05), 1.25% (06-10), 2.00% (11-15), 2.50% (16-20), 2.75% (21-25), 3.00% (26+). License M: 0.50%, 1.75%, 2.75%, 3.25%, 3.50%, 3.75% for the same bands.
Supplement payouts are made twice annually: 50% in November and the remaining 50% in June.
Footnote in the document: "Administrator supplements will be paid off the teacher salary scale and percentage based upon years."
The same document carries a separate classified-employee supplement table ($1,600 at 00-05 rising to $2,100 at 26+), which is not recorded here.
2025-26 is the newest supplement schedule Chatham County Schools publishes as of 2026-09-08; no 2026-27 version is posted.
- Soft spot: Every value is a local supplement, not a total salary, so all cells fall far below the usual $28,000-$70,000 teacher-salary sanity band. This is expected for a supplement-only schedule.
- Soft spot: The document's "Additional % of salary" column is omitted from rows because the grid holds dollars only; see notes.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Chatham County Schools schedule?
$7,000 at years of experience 00-05 on A, per the 2025-26 schedule (Chatham County Schools).
What is the top of the Chatham County Schools salary schedule?
$11,000, at years of experience 26+ on M (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other North Carolina districts with schedules
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- Polk County Schoolsstarts $2,160
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