Livingston Public Schools 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.

Livingston Public Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $58,401 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $120,718 (PhD/Doc, step 17), per Livingston Board of Education (effective July 1, 2026).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $58,401 and reaches $95,700 at the top of that column.
On the master's column (MA) the range is $66,401 to $103,700.
The grid has 7 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 17.
Livingston Board of Education School District enrolled 6,489 students in 2023-24, the 46th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.

Teacher salary guide (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentLivingston Board of EducationSchool year2026-27EffectiveJuly 1, 2026

Step \ Column	BA	BA+16	BA+32	MA	MA+16	MA+32 2MA/MS*	PhD/Doc
1	$58,401	$60,401	$63,401	$66,401	$70,401	$74,401	$75,401
2	$59,401	$61,401	$64,401	$67,401	$71,401	$75,401	$76,401
3	$60,401	$62,401	$65,401	$68,401	$72,401	$76,401	$77,401
4	$61,401	$63,401	$66,401	$69,401	$73,401	$77,401	$78,401
5	$62,401	$64,401	$67,401	$70,401	$74,401	$78,401	$79,851
6-7	$63,401	$65,401	$68,401	$71,401	$75,401	$79,401	$80,851
8	$65,801	$67,801	$70,801	$73,801	$77,801	$81,801	$83,251
9	$69,225	$71,225	$74,225	$77,225	$81,225	$85,225	$86,675
10	$73,025	$75,025	$78,025	$81,025	$85,025	$89,025	$90,675
11	$76,825	$78,825	$81,825	$84,825	$88,825	$92,825	$94,875
12	$80,625	$82,625	$85,625	$88,625	$92,625	$96,625	$99,125
13	$84,425	$86,425	$89,425	$92,425	$96,425	$100,425	$103,375
14	$88,200	$90,200	$93,200	$96,200	$100,200	$104,200	$107,500
15	$91,950	$93,950	$96,950	$99,950	$103,950	$107,950	$111,250
16	$95,700	$97,700	$100,700	$103,700	$107,700	$111,700	$115,000
17	$92,600			$100,155		$117,608	$120,718

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$58,401

Per month (12)

$4,866.75

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$59,401	+$1,000
3	$60,401	+$2,000
4	$61,401	+$3,000
5	$62,401	+$4,000
6-7	$63,401	+$5,000

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $58,401 a year, $4,866.75 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Year 4 of the 2023-2028 agreement between the Livingston Board of Education and the Livingston Education Association; the agreement prints a separate guide for each of its five years.

The document footnotes the MA+32 column: employees hired on or after 7/1/2023 have access only to the BA, MA, 2MA (not MA+32) and D guides for salary placement and lateral movement.

Step 6-7 is a combined row on the district's own guide.

Soft spot: Step 17 is printed with only four of the seven columns filled, and its BA and MA figures ($92,600 and $100,155) are lower than step 16 and identical in all five contract years. They are reproduced exactly as the guide prints them; blank cells are left null.

How this schedule moves

On the BA column a teacher moves from $58,401 at step 1 to $95,700 at step 16: 14 step increases worth $2,664 each on average, 64% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $3,800, between step 9 and step 10.

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 $8,000 more than a bachelor's at the first step (13.7%) and $8,000 more at the top of the column (8.4%).

The highest-paid column, PhD/Doc, starts at $75,401 and tops out at $120,718, 26% above the top of the BA column.

Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Livingston Public Schools's starting pay ranks 240th and its top cell ranks 17th; 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 72nd percentile and the top cell at the 84th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
BA	$58,401	$95,700	14	64%
BA+16	$60,401	$97,700	14	62%
BA+32	$63,401	$100,700	14	59%
MA	$66,401	$103,700	14	56%
MA+16	$70,401	$107,700	14	53%
MA+32 2MA/MS*	$74,401	$117,608	15	58%
PhD/Doc	$75,401	$120,718	15	60%

Against New Jersey districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Livingston Public Schools	6,489	2026-27	$58,401	$66,401	$120,718
Sayreville School District	6,460	2025-26	$60,000	–	$100,000
Bloomfield School District	6,438	2026-27	$61,877	$64,027	$102,851
Atlantic City School District	6,401	2024-25	$62,443	$67,037	$120,296
Lenape Regional High School District	6,593	2026-27	$71,897	$76,697	$118,669
Gloucester Township Public Schools	6,644	2023-24	$56,291	$60,616	$103,557

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 Livingston Public Schools?

$58,401 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Livingston Board of Education). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $58,401 (BA).

What is the top of the Livingston Public Schools salary schedule?

$120,718, at step 17 on PhD/Doc (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 Livingston Public Schools salary schedule?

On the BA column the top figure, $95,700, is reached at step 16, 14 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).

How much more does a master's degree pay in Livingston Public Schools?

$8,000 more at the first step: $66,401 on MA against $58,401 on BA (2026-27 schedule).

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