Annual salary
$70,075
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2025-26
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 |
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Per month (12)
$5,839.58
Next 5 steps in this column
| 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.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $70,075 at step 1 to $106,025 at step 15: 14 step increases worth $2,568 each on average, 51% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $9,000, between step 14 and step 15.
A master's degree is worth $1,550 more than a bachelor's at the first step (2.2%) and $1,550 more at the top of the column (1.5%).
The highest-paid column, DOC, starts at $78,925 and tops out at $114,875, 8% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Trenton Public School District's starting pay ranks 10th and its top cell ranks 46th; 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 97th percentile and the top cell at the 79th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $70,075 | $106,025 | 14 | 51% |
| BA+30 | $70,825 | $106,775 | 14 | 51% |
| MA | $71,625 | $107,575 | 14 | 50% |
| BA+60 | $72,025 | $107,975 | 14 | 50% |
| MA+30 | $72,035 | $107,985 | 14 | 50% |
| BA+90 | $72,225 | $108,175 | 14 | 50% |
| MA+60 | $76,625 | $112,575 | 14 | 47% |
| DOC | $78,925 | $114,875 | 14 | 46% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton Public School District | 15,459 | 2025-26 | $70,075 | $71,625 | $114,875 |
| Toms River Regional School District | 14,654 | 2024-25 | $57,030 | $60,230 | $100,920 |
| Woodbridge Township Board of Education | 14,044 | 2026-27 | $64,031 | – | $115,519 |
| Edison Township School District | 17,005 | 2026-27 | $62,000 | – | $110,090 |
| Union City School District | 12,797 | 2026-27 | $67,500 | $70,100 | $129,600 |
| Hamilton Township School District | 12,377 | 2026-27 | $67,958 | $71,308 | $99,181 |
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 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.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Trenton Public School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $106,025, is reached at step 15, 14 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Trenton Public School District?
$1,550 more at the first step: $71,625 on MA against $70,075 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Toms River Regional School Districtstarts $57,030
- Woodbridge Township Board of Educationstarts $64,031
- Edison Township School Districtstarts $62,000
- Union City School Districtstarts $67,500
- Hamilton Township School Districtstarts $67,958
- Passaic City School Districtstarts $59,405
- Clifton Board of Educationstarts $65,835
- Cherry Hill School Districtstarts $60,653
- Bayonne School Districtstarts $67,000
- Plainfield Public School Districtstarts $60,426
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