Annual salary
$60,895
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Hamilton Township School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher 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 $60,895 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $101,307 (MA+30, step 16), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $60,895 and reaches $91,185 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $64,884 to $97,158.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
- Hamilton Township School District enrolled 2,884 students in 2023-24, the 138th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary guide, 2026-27
Transcribed from imageDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,895 | $62,204 | $63,544 | $64,884 | $66,223 | $67,654 |
| 2 | $61,195 | $62,511 | $63,857 | $65,203 | $66,550 | $67,988 |
| 3 | $61,495 | $62,817 | $64,170 | $65,523 | $66,876 | $68,321 |
| 4 | $61,795 | $63,124 | $64,483 | $65,843 | $67,202 | $68,654 |
| 5 | $62,095 | $63,430 | $64,796 | $66,162 | $67,528 | $68,988 |
| 6 | $62,795 | $64,145 | $65,527 | $66,908 | $68,290 | $69,765 |
| 7 | $63,795 | $65,167 | $66,570 | $67,974 | $69,377 | $70,876 |
| 8 | $64,795 | $66,188 | $67,614 | $69,039 | $70,465 | $71,987 |
| 9 | $66,010 | $67,429 | $68,881 | $70,334 | $71,786 | $73,337 |
| 10 | $67,610 | $69,064 | $70,551 | $72,038 | $73,526 | $75,115 |
| 11 | $69,610 | $71,107 | $72,638 | $74,169 | $75,701 | $77,337 |
| 12 | $73,185 | $74,758 | $76,369 | $77,979 | $79,589 | $81,309 |
| 13 | $77,185 | $78,844 | $80,543 | $82,241 | $83,939 | $85,753 |
| 14 | $81,485 | $83,237 | $85,030 | $86,822 | $88,615 | $90,530 |
| 15 | $85,785 | $87,629 | $89,517 | $91,404 | $93,291 | $95,307 |
| 16 | $91,185 | $93,145 | $95,152 | $97,158 | $99,164 | $101,307 |
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Per month (12)
$5,074.58
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $61,195 | +$300 |
| 3 | $61,495 | +$600 |
| 4 | $61,795 | +$900 |
| 5 | $62,095 | +$1,200 |
| 6 | $62,795 | +$1,900 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $60,895 a year, $5,074.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
New Jersey has no statewide teacher salary schedule and the state Department of Education publishes no collection of them. Pay is bargained district by district, and this guide comes from the salary appendix of the agreement the district filed with the New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission.
Agreement term: 07/01/2025 - 06/30/2029.
Bargained with Hamilton Tp EA.
The agreement is on file at PERC as a scan with no text layer. The guide was read off the scanned page and every figure was then checked against the page as rendered.
The agreement labels this guide 2026-27. A multi-year agreement prints one guide per year of its term; a successor agreement may already be in force locally.
- Soft spot: Step 9 in the MA+30 column reads 73,337 on the page; the text read of it returned 73,337. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
- Soft spot: Step 12 in the MA column reads 77,979 on the page; the text read of it returned 77,979. The figure published is the one printed in the agreement.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $60,895 at step 1 to $91,185 at step 16: 15 step increases worth $2,019 each on average, 50% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,400, between step 15 and step 16.
A master's degree is worth $3,989 more than a bachelor's at the first step (6.6%) and $5,973 more at the top of the column (6.6%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $67,654 and tops out at $101,307, 11% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Hamilton Township School District's starting pay ranks 142nd and its top cell ranks 183rd; 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 81st percentile and the top cell at the 62nd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $60,895 | $91,185 | 15 | 50% |
| BA+15 | $62,204 | $93,145 | 15 | 50% |
| BA+30 | $63,544 | $95,152 | 15 | 50% |
| MA | $64,884 | $97,158 | 15 | 50% |
| MA+15 | $66,223 | $99,164 | 15 | 50% |
| MA+30 | $67,654 | $101,307 | 15 | 50% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Township School District | 2,884 | 2026-27 | $60,895 | $64,884 | $101,307 |
| Delran Township School District | 2,889 | 2024-25 | $59,222 | $61,722 | $90,449 |
| Holmdel Township School District | 2,891 | 2026-27 | $67,400 | $76,200 | $112,025 |
| West Deptford Township School District | 2,864 | 2026-27 | $70,493 | $73,313 | $103,560 |
| Westwood Regional School District | 2,828 | 2025-26 | $56,000 | $62,650 | $105,677 |
| Vernon Township School District | 2,941 | 2025-26 | $57,330 | $63,160 | $107,184 |
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?
$60,895 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $60,895 (BA).
What is the top of the Hamilton Township School District salary schedule?
$101,307, at step 16 on MA+30 (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, $91,185, is reached at step 16, 15 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Hamilton Township School District?
$3,989 more at the first step: $64,884 on MA against $60,895 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Delran Township School Districtstarts $59,222
- Holmdel Township School Districtstarts $67,400
- West Deptford Township School Districtstarts $70,493
- Westwood Regional School Districtstarts $56,000
- Vernon Township School Districtstarts $57,330
- Englewood Public School Districtstarts $62,000
- Mahwah Township Public School Districtstarts $61,606
- West Milford Township Public School Districtstarts $59,710
- Haddonfield School Districtstarts $60,856
- Robbinsville Public Schoolsstarts $62,325
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