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House salary schedule, 2024-25

Certified teacher salary schedule (2024-25). 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.

Certified teacher salary schedule (2024-25)

Official sourceDocumentNew Mexico Public Education Department, Sunshine PortalSchool year2024-25Effective
Step \ ColumnLvl.1Lvl.2Lvl.3
0$51,000  
1$52,067  
2$53,134  
3$54,201$61,000 
4$55,268$61,478 
5$56,337$61,956 
6 $62,434$71,000
7 $62,912$71,598
8 $63,390$72,196
9 $63,868$72,794
10 $64,346$73,392
11 $64,824$73,990
12 $65,302$74,588
13 $65,780$75,186
14 $66,258$75,784
15 $66,736$76,382
16 $67,214$76,980
17 $67,692$77,578
18 $68,170$78,176
19 $68,648$78,774
20 $69,126$79,372
21 $70,094$79,970
22 $70,421$80,575
23 $70,749$81,012
24 $70,749$81,212
25 $70,949$81,412
26 $71,149$81,576
27 $71,482$81,776
28 $71,682$81,885
29 $71,882$82,085
30 $72,082$82,758
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Annual salary
$51,000
Per month (12)
$4,250.00

Worked example as rendered: Lvl.1, step 0 = $51,000 a year, $4,250.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

New Mexico sets a statutory minimum salary for each of the three teacher licensure levels and districts adopt their own schedules above it. Every district files its adopted schedule with the Public Education Department, and this grid is that filing.

Filed with PED as 10 HOUSE FY25 Salary Schedules 050-000.xlsx.

Table caption in the filing: YEARS 24-25 Lvl.1 24-25 Lvl.2 24-25 Lvl.3

How this schedule moves

On the Lvl.1 column a teacher moves from $51,000 at step 0 to $56,337 at step 5: 5 step increases worth $1,067 each on average, 10% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,069, between step 4 and step 5.

The highest-paid column, Lvl.3, starts at $71,000 and tops out at $82,758, 47% above the top of the Lvl.1 column.

Among the 36 New Mexico district schedules indexed here, House's starting pay ranks 33rd and its top cell ranks 15th; 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 51st percentile and the top cell at the 39th percentile.

Column by column

ColumnFirst stepTopStep moves to topGrowth
Lvl.1$51,000$56,337510%
Lvl.2$61,000$72,0822718%
Lvl.3$71,000$82,7582417%

Against New Mexico districts of similar size

DistrictStudentsYearStartingMaster's startTop cell
House502024-25$51,000–$82,758
Wagon Mound702023-24$53,000–$74,225
Maxwell1042024-25$50,000–$81,092
San Jon1232024-25$50,000.00–$64,660.00
Quemado1692024-25$54,590–$91,437
Grady1792024-25$50,000$70,000$76,705

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 House schedule?

$51,000 at step 0 on Lvl.1, per the 2024-25 schedule (New Mexico Public Education Department, Sunshine Portal).

What is the top of the House salary schedule?

$82,758, at step 30 on Lvl.3 (2024-25). 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 House salary schedule?

On the Lvl.1 column the top figure, $56,337, is reached at step 5, 5 step increases after step 0 (2024-25 schedule).

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