Annual salary
$67,958
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Hamilton Township School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teachers salary guide (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Hamilton Township School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $67,958 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $99,181 (PHD, step 19), per Hamilton Township School District (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $67,958 and reaches $91,846 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $71,308 to $95,496.
- The grid has 8 column columns and 13 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 19.
- Hamilton Township Public School District enrolled 12,377 students in 2023-24, the 10th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teachers salary guide (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | MA+45 | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $67,958 | $68,658 | $69,358 | $71,308 | $72,358 | $73,058 | $73,758 | $74,458 |
| 2-3 | $69,276 | $69,976 | $70,676 | $72,626 | $73,676 | $74,376 | $75,076 | $75,776 |
| 4 | $70,776 | $71,476 | $72,176 | $74,126 | $75,176 | $75,876 | $76,576 | $77,276 |
| 5-7 | $72,876 | $73,576 | $74,276 | $76,226 | $77,276 | $77,976 | $78,676 | $79,376 |
| 8-9 | $74,976 | $75,676 | $76,376 | $78,326 | $79,376 | $80,076 | $80,776 | $81,476 |
| 10-11 | $77,076 | $77,776 | $78,476 | $80,426 | $81,476 | $82,176 | $82,876 | $83,576 |
| 12-13 | $79,276 | $79,976 | $80,676 | $82,776 | $84,026 | $84,726 | $85,276 | $85,976 |
| 14 | $81,476 | $82,176 | $82,876 | $84,976 | $86,376 | $87,076 | $87,776 | $88,476 |
| 15 | $83,346 | $84,046 | $84,746 | $86,996 | $88,496 | $89,221 | $89,951 | $90,346 |
| 16 | $85,146 | $85,846 | $86,546 | $88,796 | $90,296 | $91,021 | $91,751 | $92,481 |
| 17 | $87,246 | $87,946 | $88,646 | $90,896 | $92,396 | $93,121 | $93,851 | $94,581 |
| 18 | $89,546 | $90,246 | $90,946 | $93,196 | $94,696 | $95,421 | $96,151 | $96,881 |
| 19 | $91,846 | $92,546 | $93,246 | $95,496 | $96,996 | $97,721 | $98,451 | $99,181 |
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Per month (12)
$5,663.17
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $69,276 | +$1,318 |
| 4 | $70,776 | +$2,818 |
| 5-7 | $72,876 | +$4,918 |
| 8-9 | $74,976 | +$7,018 |
| 10-11 | $77,076 | +$9,118 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $67,958 a year, $5,663.17 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
This is the Mercer County Hamilton Township district (htsdnj.org), not the Atlantic County township of the same name. The file is titled 'Hamilton Township School District Teacher's Guide 2024-2029' and sits in the HTEA folder of the district's Employee Contracts Google Drive, which the site links from its Human Resources menu.
Year 3 of the 2024 memorandum of agreement for a successor agreement with the Hamilton Township Education Association; the file prints all five years and this is 2026-27.
The guide covers Hamilton teachers and social workers plus school psychologists and LDTCs hired after 16 October 2024; those hired earlier stay on a separate guide printed elsewhere in the same folder.
Steps 2-3, 5-7, 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 are the district's own frozen-pair labels.
Checked arithmetically: BA+15 is exactly 700 above BA and BA+30 exactly 1,400 above BA on all thirteen rows, and the 2025-26 guide in the same file prints step 15 as 83,347 / 84,047 / 84,747 against 83,346 / 84,046 / 84,746 here, which confirms the digits independently.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $67,958 at step 1 to $91,846 at step 19: 12 step increases worth $1,991 each on average, 35% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,300, between step 17 and step 18.
A master's degree is worth $3,350 more than a bachelor's at the first step (4.9%) and $3,650 more at the top of the column (4.0%).
The highest-paid column, PHD, starts at $74,458 and tops out at $99,181, 8% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Hamilton Township School District's starting pay ranks 23rd and its top cell ranks 209th; the state medians are $60,500 to start and $102,854 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 95th percentile and the top cell at the 59th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $67,958 | $91,846 | 12 | 35% |
| BA+15 | $68,658 | $92,546 | 12 | 35% |
| BA+30 | $69,358 | $93,246 | 12 | 34% |
| MA | $71,308 | $95,496 | 12 | 34% |
| MA+15 | $72,358 | $96,996 | 12 | 34% |
| MA+30 | $73,058 | $97,721 | 12 | 34% |
| MA+45 | $73,758 | $98,451 | 12 | 33% |
| PHD | $74,458 | $99,181 | 12 | 33% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township School District | 12,377 | 2026-27 | $67,958 | $71,308 | $99,181 |
| Passaic City School District | 12,366 | 2024-25 | $59,405 | $67,405 | $115,955 |
| Union City School District | 12,797 | 2026-27 | $67,500 | $70,100 | $129,600 |
| Clifton Board of Education | 11,010 | 2026-27 | $65,835 | $70,835 | $107,450 |
| Cherry Hill School District | 10,772 | 2026-27 | $60,653 | $64,774 | $115,891 |
| Woodbridge Township Board of Education | 14,044 | 2026-27 | $64,031 | – | $115,519 |
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 Hamilton Township School District?
$67,958 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Hamilton Township School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $67,958 (BA).
What is the top of the Hamilton Township School District salary schedule?
$99,181, at step 19 on PHD (2026-27). 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 Hamilton Township School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $91,846, is reached at step 19, 12 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Hamilton Township School District?
$3,350 more at the first step: $71,308 on MA against $67,958 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Passaic City School Districtstarts $59,405
- Union City School Districtstarts $67,500
- Clifton Board of Educationstarts $65,835
- Cherry Hill School Districtstarts $60,653
- Woodbridge Township Board of Educationstarts $64,031
- Bayonne School Districtstarts $67,000
- Plainfield Public School Districtstarts $60,426
- Toms River Regional School Districtstarts $57,030
- New Brunswick School Districtstarts $60,626
- Trenton Public School Districtstarts $70,075
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