Annual salary
$70,000
New Mexico · salary schedule · 2026-27
Hobbs salary schedule, 2026-27
Certified teacher salary schedule (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a level and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Hobbs's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $70,000 (Level 1, step 0) and tops out at $98,207 (Level 3, step 30), per Hobbs Municipal Schools.
- The grid has 3 level columns and 31 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Hobbs enrolled 10,226 students in 2023-24, the 8th-largest district in New Mexico by NCES enrollment.
Certified teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
Official sourceDocumentHobbs Municipal SchoolsSchool year2026-27Effectivenot printed on the document
| Step \ Level | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $70,000 | ||
| 1 | $70,219 | ||
| 2 | $70,468 | $75,434 | |
| 3 | $70,715 | $75,768 | |
| 4 | $70,964 | $75,943 | |
| 5 | $71,212 | $76,117 | |
| 6 | $71,458 | $76,193 | $89,625 |
| 7 | $71,701 | $76,300 | $90,090 |
| 8 | $73,244 | $76,436 | $90,567 |
| 9 | $75,104 | $76,550 | $90,810 |
| 10 | $76,523 | $77,006 | $90,991 |
| 11 | $76,789 | $78,753 | $91,171 |
| 12 | $77,152 | $80,879 | $91,261 |
| 13 | $77,515 | $81,259 | $91,801 |
| 14 | $77,757 | $82,018 | $92,072 |
| 15 | $77,999 | $82,246 | $92,432 |
| 16 | $78,241 | $82,398 | $92,792 |
| 17 | $78,483 | $83,195 | $93,423 |
| 18 | $78,725 | $83,917 | $94,144 |
| 19 | $79,088 | $84,623 | $94,865 |
| 20 | $79,330 | $85,436 | $95,315 |
| 21 | $79,571 | $86,195 | $95,765 |
| 22 | $79,813 | $86,499 | $96,216 |
| 23 | $80,055 | $87,714 | $96,666 |
| 24 | $80,297 | $88,397 | $97,117 |
| 25 | $80,660 | $89,233 | $97,387 |
| 26 | $80,902 | $89,992 | $97,477 |
| 27 | $81,144 | $90,752 | $97,657 |
| 28 | $81,386 | $92,119 | $97,928 |
| 29 | $81,628 | $92,878 | $98,037 |
| 30 | $81,870 | $93,637 | $98,207 |
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Per month (12)
$5,833.33
Next 5 steps in this level
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,219 | +$219 |
| 2 | $70,468 | +$468 |
| 3 | $70,715 | +$715 |
| 4 | $70,964 | +$964 |
| 5 | $71,212 | +$1,212 |
Worked example as rendered: Level 1, step 0 = $70,000 a year, $5,833.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Hobbs Municipal Schools 2026-2027 Certified Salary Schedule, published in the district's Human Resources > Salary Schedules document folder.
Applies to classroom teachers, counselors, social workers and school nurses (per the document's footnote).
Levels are New Mexico's three teacher licensure levels. Level 2 starts at step 2 and Level 3 at step 6; earlier cells are blank in the document.
The 2026-27 schedule runs steps 0 to 30; the prior PED filing (FY25) ran to step 40.
- Soft spot: Parsed from the PDF text layer; each row was checked to rise step over step in every level and to have values only where the document prints them.
- Soft spot: No effective date or contract-day count is printed on the schedule.
How this schedule moves
On the Level 1 column a teacher moves from $70,000 at step 0 to $81,870 at step 30: 30 step increases worth $396 each on average, 17% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,860, between step 8 and step 9.
The highest-paid column, Level 3, starts at $89,625 and tops out at $98,207, 20% above the top of the Level 1 column.
Among the 36 New Mexico district schedules indexed here, Hobbs's starting pay ranks 8th and its top cell ranks 4th; the state medians are $58,411 to start and $81,280 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 58th percentile.
Column by column
| Level | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | $70,000 | $81,870 | 30 | 17% |
| Level 2 | $75,434 | $93,637 | 28 | 24% |
| Level 3 | $89,625 | $98,207 | 24 | 10% |
Against New Mexico districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobbs | 10,226 | 2026-27 | $70,000 | – | $98,207 |
| Santa Fe Public Schools | 11,490 | 2025-26 | $55,000 | $55,015 | $56,927 |
| Santa Fe Public Schools | 11,490 | 2025-26 | $65,000 | $65,060 | $69,037 |
| Santa Fe Public Schools | 11,490 | 2025-26 | $75,000 | $75,090 | $81,470 |
| Gadsden Independent School District | 12,130 | 2026-27 | $60,524 | – | $84,789 |
| Los Lunas | 8,242 | 2024-25 | $59,565 | $59,665 | $84,211 |
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 salary on the Hobbs schedule?
$70,000 at step 0 on Level 1, per the 2026-27 schedule (Hobbs Municipal Schools).
What is the top of the Hobbs salary schedule?
$98,207, at step 30 on Level 3 (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 Hobbs salary schedule?
On the Level 1 column the top figure, $81,870, is reached at step 30, 30 step increases after step 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other New Mexico districts with schedules
- Santa Fe Public Schoolsstarts $55,000
- Santa Fe Public Schoolsstarts $65,000
- Santa Fe Public Schoolsstarts $75,000
- Gadsden Independent School Districtstarts $60,524
- Los Lunasstarts $59,565
- Gallup-McKinley County Schoolsstarts $60,583
- Gallup-McKinley County Schoolsstarts $72,701
- Gallup-McKinley County Schoolsstarts $84,818
- Demingstarts $56,953.57
- Los Alamosstarts $68,586.08
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