Paterson Public 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.

Paterson Public School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $64,830 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $107,699 (PhD, step 18), per New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts database (effective July 1, 2026).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $64,830 and reaches $102,625 at the top of that column.
On the master's column (MA) the range is $66,330 to $104,567.
The grid has 5 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 18.
Paterson Public School District enrolled 24,692 students in 2023-24, the 4th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.

Teacher salary guide, 2026-27

Official sourceDocumentNew Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, Public Sector Contracts databaseSchool year2026-27EffectiveJuly 1, 2026

Step \ Column	BA	BA+30	MA	MA+30	PhD
1	$64,830	$65,580	$66,330	$67,080	$67,830
2	$65,130	$65,880	$66,630	$67,380	$68,130
3	$65,430	$66,180	$66,930	$67,680	$68,430
4	$65,730	$66,480	$67,230	$67,980	$68,730
5	$66,030	$66,780	$67,530	$68,280	$69,030
6-7	$66,330	$67,080	$67,830	$68,580	$69,330
8-9	$67,820	$68,570	$69,320	$70,070	$70,820
10-11	$69,820	$70,570	$71,320	$72,070	$72,820
12	$71,820	$72,570	$73,320	$74,070	$74,820
13	$73,820	$74,570	$75,320	$76,070	$76,820
14	$76,420	$77,170	$77,920	$78,670	$79,420
15	$80,460	$81,210	$81,960	$82,710	$83,460
16	$84,710	$85,460	$86,210	$86,960	$87,710
17	$89,210	$89,960	$90,710	$91,460	$92,210
18	$102,625	$103,375	$104,567	$106,133	$107,699

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$64,830

Per month (12)

$5,402.50

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$65,130	+$300
3	$65,430	+$600
4	$65,730	+$900
5	$66,030	+$1,200
6-7	$66,330	+$1,500

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $64,830 a year, $5,402.50 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: 07/01/2022 - 06/30/2027.

Bargained with Paterson EA.

Read from the text layer of the PDF filed with PERC.

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.

Longevity is paid on top of the guide and is not part of it: $700 after 10 years in district, plus $400 after 15, plus $1,000 after each of 16, 17 and 18, plus $400 after 20 and after 22, plus $500 after each of 24, 25 and 26.

The guide's own note: individuals who were on the traditional guide as of 7/1/21 and on Step 15 of the traditional salary guide in 2025-26 move to Step 18, and no employee on the traditional guide as of 7/1/21 is placed on Step 16 or 17 in 2026-27.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Paterson Public School District?

$64,830 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 $64,830 (BA).

What is the top of the Paterson Public School District salary schedule?

$107,699, at step 18 on PhD (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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