Annual salary
$60,855
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
Kearny School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Salary guide (2025-26). 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.
- Kearny School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $60,855 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $113,605 (Ph.D, step 17), per Kearny Education Association (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $60,855 and reaches $97,505 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $66,955 to $103,605.
- The grid has 7 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 17.
- Kearny enrolled 5,435 students in 2023-24, the 62nd-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Salary guide (2025-26)
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+16 | BA+32 | MA | BA+64 | MA+32 | Ph.D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,855 | $62,655 | $64,755 | $66,955 | $69,455 | $74,955 | $76,955 |
| 2-3 | $62,055 | $63,855 | $65,955 | $68,155 | $70,655 | $76,155 | $78,155 |
| 4-5 | $63,255 | $65,055 | $67,155 | $69,355 | $71,855 | $77,355 | $79,355 |
| 6 | $64,455 | $66,255 | $68,355 | $70,555 | $73,055 | $78,555 | $80,555 |
| 7 | $66,005 | $67,805 | $69,905 | $72,105 | $74,605 | $80,105 | $82,105 |
| 8-9 | $67,855 | $69,655 | $71,755 | $73,955 | $76,455 | $81,955 | $83,955 |
| 10 | $70,855 | $72,655 | $74,755 | $76,955 | $79,455 | $84,955 | $86,955 |
| 11-12 | $73,955 | $75,755 | $77,855 | $80,055 | $82,555 | $88,055 | $90,055 |
| 13 | $77,155 | $78,955 | $81,055 | $83,255 | $85,755 | $91,255 | $93,255 |
| 14 | $80,455 | $82,255 | $84,355 | $86,555 | $89,055 | $94,555 | $96,555 |
| 15 | $83,855 | $85,655 | $87,755 | $89,955 | $92,455 | $97,955 | $99,955 |
| 16 | $87,255 | $89,055 | $91,155 | $93,355 | $95,855 | $101,355 | $103,355 |
| 16A | $90,655 | $92,455 | $94,555 | $96,755 | $99,255 | $104,755 | $106,755 |
| 16B | $94,055 | $95,855 | $97,955 | $100,155 | $102,655 | $108,155 | $110,155 |
| 17 | $97,505 | $99,305 | $101,405 | $103,605 | $106,105 | $111,605 | $113,605 |
| OG | $96,605 | $110,705 |
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Per month (12)
$5,071.25
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $62,055 | +$1,200 |
| 4-5 | $63,255 | +$2,400 |
| 6 | $64,455 | +$3,600 |
| 7 | $66,005 | +$5,150 |
| 8-9 | $67,855 | +$7,000 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $60,855 a year, $5,071.25 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Schedule C of the 2023-2026 agreement between the Kearny Board of Education and the Kearny Education Association; Schedules A, B and C carry 2023/2024, 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 and this is Schedule C. The district's own site publishes no agreement, so this comes from the association.
The lane order is the district's own and is not monotonic by credits: BA, BA+16, BA+32, MA, BA+64, MA+32, Ph.D, printed in that order because that is the order of increasing pay.
Steps 2-3, 4-5, 8-9 and 11-12 are the district's own frozen-pair labels, 16A and 16B are printed steps between 16 and 17, and OG is the district's off-guide row, which the guide prints only in the BA and MA+32 columns; the other five cells on that row are blank and are recorded as null.
Checked arithmetically: every full row sits at the same fixed offsets from its BA cell, 1,800 for BA+16, 3,900 for BA+32, 6,100 for MA, 8,600 for BA+64, 14,100 for MA+32 and 16,100 for Ph.D, and the same offsets hold on the 2023/2024 guide in Schedule A.
A full-time twelve-month school psychologist is paid an additional 10 percent of the base salary shown here.
- Soft spot: The agreement expires 30 June 2026 and no successor is posted, so 2025-26 is the most recent Kearny guide published.
- Soft spot: The guide is not monotonic on its last row: the OG off-guide figure of 96,605 sits below step 17's 97,505. That is how the district prints it, because OG is a closed legacy row rather than a step above 17.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $60,855 at step 1 to $97,505 at step 17: 14 step increases worth $2,618 each on average, 60% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,450, between step 16B and step 17.
1 of the 15 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.
A master's degree is worth $6,100 more than a bachelor's at the first step (10.0%) and $6,100 more at the top of the column (6.3%).
The highest-paid column, Ph.D, starts at $76,955 and tops out at $113,605, 17% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Kearny School District's starting pay ranks 147th and its top cell ranks 52nd; 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 78th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $60,855 | $97,505 | 14 | 60% |
| BA+16 | $62,655 | $99,305 | 14 | 58% |
| BA+32 | $64,755 | $101,405 | 14 | 57% |
| MA | $66,955 | $103,605 | 14 | 55% |
| BA+64 | $69,455 | $106,105 | 14 | 53% |
| MA+32 | $74,955 | $111,605 | 14 | 49% |
| Ph.D | $76,955 | $113,605 | 14 | 48% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kearny School District | 5,435 | 2025-26 | $60,855 | $66,955 | $113,605 |
| Long Branch Public School District | 5,400 | 2023-24 | $57,491 | $61,491 | $97,111 |
| Ridgewood Public Schools | 5,544 | 2026-27 | $70,062 | $77,162 | $129,882 |
| Fair Lawn Public Schools | 5,567 | 2026-27 | $64,000 | $70,600 | $117,380 |
| East Windsor Regional School District | 5,194 | 2025-26 | $70,795 | $72,995 | $103,545 |
| Howell Township Public School District | 5,716 | 2025-26 | $61,500 | $63,000 | $106,750 |
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 Kearny School District?
$60,855 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Kearny Education Association). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $60,855 (BA).
What is the top of the Kearny School District salary schedule?
$113,605, at step 17 on Ph.D (2025-26). 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 Kearny School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $97,505, is reached at step 17, 14 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Kearny School District?
$6,100 more at the first step: $66,955 on MA against $60,855 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
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- Long Branch Public School Districtstarts $57,491
- Ridgewood Public Schoolsstarts $70,062
- Fair Lawn Public Schoolsstarts $64,000
- East Windsor Regional School Districtstarts $70,795
- Howell Township Public School Districtstarts $61,500
- Monroe Township Public School Districtstarts $53,008
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood School Districtstarts $62,607
- Winslow Township School Districtstarts $61,154
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