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Trenton Public School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Trenton teachers 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.
- Trenton Public School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $70,075 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $114,875 (DOC, step 15), per Trenton Education Association (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $70,075 and reaches $106,025 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $71,625 to $107,575.
- The grid has 8 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 15.
- Trenton Public School District enrolled 15,459 students in 2023-24, the 6th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Trenton teachers salary guide (2025-26)
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+30 | MA | BA+60 | MA+30 | BA+90 | MA+60 | DOC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,075 | $70,825 | $71,625 | $72,025 | $72,035 | $72,225 | $76,625 | $78,925 |
| 2 | $70,375 | $71,125 | $71,925 | $72,325 | $72,335 | $72,525 | $76,925 | $79,225 |
| 3 | $70,675 | $71,425 | $72,225 | $72,625 | $72,635 | $72,825 | $77,225 | $79,525 |
| 4 | $70,975 | $71,725 | $72,525 | $72,925 | $72,935 | $73,125 | $77,525 | $79,825 |
| 5 | $71,375 | $72,125 | $72,925 | $73,325 | $73,335 | $73,525 | $77,925 | $80,225 |
| 6 | $72,375 | $73,125 | $73,925 | $74,325 | $74,335 | $74,525 | $78,925 | $81,225 |
| 7 | $73,575 | $74,325 | $75,125 | $75,525 | $75,535 | $75,725 | $80,125 | $82,425 |
| 8 | $75,475 | $76,225 | $77,025 | $77,425 | $77,435 | $77,625 | $82,025 | $84,325 |
| 9 | $77,950 | $78,700 | $79,500 | $79,900 | $79,910 | $80,100 | $84,500 | $86,800 |
| 10 | $80,725 | $81,475 | $82,275 | $82,675 | $82,685 | $82,875 | $87,275 | $89,575 |
| 11 | $83,625 | $84,375 | $85,175 | $85,575 | $85,585 | $85,775 | $90,175 | $92,475 |
| 12 | $86,825 | $87,575 | $88,375 | $88,775 | $88,785 | $88,975 | $93,375 | $95,675 |
| 13 | $90,925 | $91,675 | $92,475 | $92,875 | $92,885 | $93,075 | $97,475 | $99,775 |
| 14 | $97,025 | $97,775 | $98,575 | $98,975 | $98,985 | $99,175 | $103,575 | $105,875 |
| 15 | $106,025 | $106,775 | $107,575 | $107,975 | $107,985 | $108,175 | $112,575 | $114,875 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $70,375 | +$300 |
| 3 | $70,675 | +$600 |
| 4 | $70,975 | +$900 |
| 5 | $71,375 | +$1,300 |
| 6 | $72,375 | +$2,300 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $70,075 a year, $5,839.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Published by the Trenton Education Association, not by the district: trentonk12.org posts five executed labor agreements on its Labor Contracts page and the teachers' agreement is not one of them. The file is titled 'TEA Salary Guides 22-26' and prints Year 1 through Year 4 of the 2022-2026 agreement; this is Year 4, 2025-26, headed 'Trenton Teachers'.
The lane order is the district's own and is not monotonic by credits: BA, BA+30, MA, BA+60, MA+30, BA+90, MA+60, DOC, printed in that order because that is the order of increasing pay.
Checked arithmetically: every row sits at the same fixed offsets from its BA cell, 750 for BA+30, 1,550 for MA, 1,950 for BA+60, 1,960 for MA+30, 2,150 for BA+90, 6,550 for MA+60 and 8,850 for DOC, and the same offsets hold on the 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25 guides printed above it.
- Soft spot: The agreement runs through 2025-26 and no successor guide is posted, so this is the latest year published rather than a 2026-27 guide.
- Soft spot: The lowest cell on the guide is 70,075, just above the 70,000 top of the usual sanity band for a starting teacher salary. It is correct as printed: Trenton's 2025-26 step 1 BA is 70,075 and the same figure appears as step 11 BA on the 2022-23 guide in the same file.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Trenton Public School District?
$70,075 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Trenton Education Association). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $70,075 (BA).
What is the top of the Trenton Public School District salary schedule?
$114,875, at step 15 on DOC (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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