Annual salary
$47,393
North Dakota · salary schedule · 2026-27
Fargo Public Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher Salary Schedule (Appendix B), 2025-2027 contract. 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.
- Fargo Public Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $47,393 (BA, step 3) and tops out at $91,468 (MA+45, step 20), per Fargo Public Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $47,393 and reaches $59,810 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $50,616 to $77,440.
- The grid has 8 lane columns and 18 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 20.
- Fargo 1 enrolled 11,484 students in 2023-24, the 3rd-largest district in North Dakota by NCES enrollment.
Teacher Salary Schedule (Appendix B), 2025-2027 contract
| Step \ Lane | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | BA+45 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | MA+45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | $47,393 | $47,820 | $48,104 | $48,530 | $50,616 | $52,274 | $53,981 | $55,118 |
| 4 | $47,867 | $48,293 | $49,052 | $49,384 | $52,132 | $53,886 | $55,592 | $55,829 |
| 5 | $48,578 | $49,052 | $50,426 | $50,616 | $53,412 | $55,213 | $57,014 | $57,203 |
| 6 | $49,194 | $50,284 | $51,801 | $52,132 | $55,308 | $57,156 | $58,720 | $58,909 |
| 7 | $50,189 | $51,516 | $53,222 | $53,981 | $57,203 | $59,004 | $60,473 | $60,758 |
| 8 | $51,421 | $52,796 | $54,834 | $55,971 | $59,241 | $60,758 | $62,274 | $62,511 |
| 9 | $52,701 | $54,407 | $56,445 | $58,104 | $61,279 | $62,606 | $63,981 | $64,502 |
| 10 | $54,028 | $55,876 | $58,293 | $60,094 | $63,459 | $64,454 | $65,781 | $66,445 |
| 11 | $55,118 | $57,298 | $60,189 | $62,227 | $65,497 | $66,398 | $67,393 | $68,435 |
| 12 | $56,777 | $58,720 | $62,274 | $64,265 | $67,488 | $68,388 | $69,099 | $70,473 |
| 13 | $58,199 | $60,047 | $64,454 | $66,492 | $69,478 | $70,473 | $70,805 | $72,843 |
| 14 | $58,909 | $60,947 | $67,061 | $68,672 | $71,563 | $72,559 | $72,843 | $74,976 |
| 15 | $59,810 | $61,564 | $68,720 | $71,042 | $73,886 | $74,739 | $74,976 | $77,156 |
| 16 | $69,573 | $73,317 | $75,924 | $76,587 | $77,914 | $79,288 | ||
| 17 | $70,284 | $73,980 | $76,682 | $77,582 | $79,810 | $81,658 | ||
| 18 | $75,213 | $77,440 | $78,341 | $80,615 | $85,829 | |||
| 19 | $81,942 | $89,952 | ||||||
| 20 | $91,468 |
highest celllowest cell18 step rows x 8 lane columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Per month (12)
$3,949.42
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | $47,867 | +$474 |
| 5 | $48,578 | +$1,185 |
| 6 | $49,194 | +$1,801 |
| 7 | $50,189 | +$2,796 |
| 8 | $51,421 | +$4,028 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 3 = $47,393 a year, $3,949.42 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix B of the contract between the Board of Education of the City of Fargo and the Fargo Education Association, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
Salaries are the base salary of $47,393 multiplied by the Appendix A step-and-lane multiplier; the contract states the salary schedule remains in effect for the term of the agreement.
The schedule starts at step 3: beginning teachers with no experience are placed on step 3.
For industrial and trades and industry education staff teaching half time or more, the MA, MA+15, MA+30 and MA+45 lanes may be reached as BA+60, BA+75, BA+90 and BA+105.
Lanes end at different steps (BA and BA+15 at step 15, BA+30 at 17, BA+45 and MA and MA+15 at 18, MA+30 at 19); cells past those steps are blank in the appendix.
- Soft spot: Appendices A and B are embedded in the contract PDF as images with no text layer, so every figure was read off the page image; each one was then checked against the Appendix A multiplier times the $47,393 base.
- Soft spot: One schedule covers both years of the 2025-2027 agreement, so the same figures apply to 2025-26 and 2026-27.
- Soft spot: Contract days are not stated in the appendix, so work_days is null.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Fargo Public Schools?
$47,393 on the lane BA at step 3 of the 2026-27 schedule (Fargo Public Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $47,393 (BA).
What is the top of the Fargo Public Schools salary schedule?
$91,468, at step 20 on MA+45 (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other North Dakota districts with schedules
- West Fargo Public Schoolsstarts $43,050
- Bismarck Public Schoolsstarts $53,713
- Minot Public School District #1starts $48,030
- Grand Forks Public Schoolsstarts $51,477
- Williston Basin School District #7starts $48,481
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