Annual salary
$67,500
New Jersey · salary schedule · 2026-27
Union City School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teachers 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.
- Union City School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $67,500 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $129,600 (PHD, step 19), per Union City Education Association (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $67,500 and reaches $114,300 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $70,100 to $120,800.
- The grid has 7 column columns and 17 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 19.
- Union City School District enrolled 12,797 students in 2023-24, the 9th-largest district in New Jersey by NCES enrollment.
Teachers salary guide (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+15 | BA+30 | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $67,500 | $68,500 | $68,800 | $70,100 | $71,750 | $77,750 | $78,750 |
| 2-3 | $67,715 | $68,715 | $69,015 | $70,315 | $71,965 | $77,965 | $78,965 |
| 4 | $68,060 | $69,060 | $69,360 | $70,660 | $72,310 | $78,310 | $79,310 |
| 5 | $68,460 | $69,460 | $69,760 | $71,060 | $72,710 | $78,710 | $79,710 |
| 6 | $68,860 | $69,860 | $70,160 | $71,460 | $73,110 | $79,110 | $80,110 |
| 7 | $69,760 | $70,760 | $71,060 | $72,360 | $74,010 | $80,010 | $81,010 |
| 8 | $70,660 | $71,660 | $71,960 | $72,860 | $74,960 | $81,560 | $82,560 |
| 9 | $71,560 | $72,560 | $73,660 | $75,960 | $78,160 | $84,560 | $85,560 |
| 10 | $73,060 | $74,060 | $75,360 | $77,660 | $79,960 | $86,160 | $87,160 |
| 11 | $75,300 | $76,300 | $77,900 | $80,300 | $82,800 | $88,500 | $89,500 |
| 12-13 | $78,300 | $79,300 | $81,000 | $83,800 | $86,500 | $91,500 | $92,500 |
| 14 | $81,600 | $82,600 | $84,400 | $87,300 | $90,200 | $94,900 | $95,900 |
| 15 | $85,500 | $86,500 | $88,500 | $91,500 | $94,500 | $99,000 | $100,000 |
| 16 | $92,400 | $93,400 | $95,600 | $98,800 | $102,100 | $106,500 | $107,500 |
| 17 | $99,500 | $100,500 | $102,700 | $105,900 | $109,100 | $113,600 | $114,600 |
| 18 | $106,800 | $107,800 | $110,000 | $113,250 | $116,450 | $121,000 | $122,000 |
| 19 | $114,300 | $115,300 | $117,500 | $120,800 | $124,000 | $128,600 | $129,600 |
highest celllowest cell17 step rows x 7 column columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
Find my cell
Per month (12)
$5,625.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2-3 | $67,715 | +$215 |
| 4 | $68,060 | +$560 |
| 5 | $68,460 | +$960 |
| 6 | $68,860 | +$1,360 |
| 7 | $69,760 | +$2,260 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $67,500 a year, $5,625.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Schedule A, Instructional Salary Guide 2026-27, the final year of the agreement covering September 1 2024 to August 31 2027 for instructional members. The district's own website publishes no teachers' agreement; this is the copy the association posts.
Steps 2-3 and 12-13 are the district's own frozen-pair step labels and are printed that way on the guide.
Longevity is paid outside the guide: $2,000 at 30 years and $2,500 at 35 years.
Read from the agreement's text layer and checked against the guide's own arithmetic: BA+15 sits exactly $1,000 above BA and PHD exactly $1,000 above MA+30 at every one of the 19 steps, and the same two identities hold in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 guides printed on the two preceding pages.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $67,500 at step 1 to $114,300 at step 19: 16 step increases worth $2,925 each on average, 69% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $7,500, between step 18 and step 19.
A master's degree is worth $2,600 more than a bachelor's at the first step (3.9%) and $6,500 more at the top of the column (5.7%).
The highest-paid column, PHD, starts at $78,750 and tops out at $129,600, 13% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 324 New Jersey district schedules indexed here, Union City School District's starting pay ranks 25th and its top cell ranks 6th; 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 94th percentile and the top cell at the 90th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $67,500 | $114,300 | 16 | 69% |
| BA+15 | $68,500 | $115,300 | 16 | 68% |
| BA+30 | $68,800 | $117,500 | 16 | 71% |
| MA | $70,100 | $120,800 | 16 | 72% |
| MA+15 | $71,750 | $124,000 | 16 | 73% |
| MA+30 | $77,750 | $128,600 | 16 | 65% |
| PHD | $78,750 | $129,600 | 16 | 65% |
Against New Jersey districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Passaic City School District | 12,366 | 2024-25 | $59,405 | $67,405 | $115,955 |
| Woodbridge Township Board of Education | 14,044 | 2026-27 | $64,031 | – | $115,519 |
| Clifton Board of Education | 11,010 | 2026-27 | $65,835 | $70,835 | $107,450 |
| Toms River Regional School District | 14,654 | 2024-25 | $57,030 | $60,230 | $100,920 |
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 Union City School District?
$67,500 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Union City Education Association). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $67,500 (BA).
What is the top of the Union City School District salary schedule?
$129,600, at step 19 on PHD (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 Union City School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $114,300, is reached at step 19, 16 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Union City School District?
$2,600 more at the first step: $70,100 on MA against $67,500 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Jersey districts with schedules
- Hamilton Township School Districtstarts $67,958
- Passaic City School Districtstarts $59,405
- Woodbridge Township Board of Educationstarts $64,031
- Clifton Board of Educationstarts $65,835
- Toms River Regional School Districtstarts $57,030
- Cherry Hill School Districtstarts $60,653
- Bayonne School Districtstarts $67,000
- Plainfield Public School Districtstarts $60,426
- Trenton Public School Districtstarts $70,075
- New Brunswick School Districtstarts $60,626
See every New Jersey district on the New Jersey page. Compare this district on the comparison pages or the rankings.