Annual salary
$52,841
New York · salary schedule · 2025-26
Cortland City School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (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.
- Cortland City School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $52,841 (Salary schedule, step I A-I) and tops out at $66,999 (Salary schedule, step 56 N-4), per New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library (effective ).
- The grid has 1 column columns and 26 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 56 N-4.
- Cortland City School District enrolled 1,970 students in 2023-24, the 271st-largest district in New York by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
Official sourceDocumentNew York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract librarySchool year2025-26Effective
| Step \ Column | Salary schedule |
|---|---|
| I A-I | $52,841 |
| 5 B-1 | $53,819 |
| 9 C-1 | $54,804 |
| 13 D-1 | $55,792 |
| 17 E-1 | $56,779 |
| 21 F-1 | $57,744 |
| 25 G-1 | $58,728 |
| 29 H-1 | |
| 33 1-1 | $60,750 |
| 37 1-1 | $61,789 |
| 41 K-1 | $62,846 |
| 42 K-2 | $63,115 |
| 43 K-3 | $63,387 |
| 44 K-4 | $63,659 |
| 45 L-1 | $63,925 |
| 46 L-2 | $64,200 |
| 47 L-3 | $64,476 |
| 48 L-4 | $64,752 |
| 49 M-1 | $65,023 |
| 50 M-2 | $65,301 |
| 51 M-3 | $65,582 |
| 52 M-4 | $65,865 |
| 53 N-1 | $66,142 |
| 54 N-2 | $66,425 |
| 55 N-3 | $66,712 |
| 56 N-4 | $66,999 |
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Per month (12)
$4,403.42
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 5 B-1 | $53,819 | +$978 |
| 9 C-1 | $54,804 | +$1,963 |
| 13 D-1 | $55,792 | +$2,951 |
| 17 E-1 | $56,779 | +$3,938 |
| 21 F-1 | $57,744 | +$4,903 |
Worked example as rendered: Salary schedule, step I A-I = $52,841 a year, $4,403.42 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Read from the salary appendix of the district-association agreement on file with the Empire Center (contract term 7/1/2022 to 6/30/2026), page 34 of the PDF.
The agreement prints one column per school year; this page reproduces the 2025-26 column.
- Soft spot: Some cells are blank because the figure could not be read cleanly from the page.
How this schedule moves
On the Salary schedule column a teacher moves from $52,841 at step I A-I to $66,999 at step 56 N-4: 24 step increases worth $590 each on average, 27% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,022, between step 25 G-1 and step 33 1-1.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Cortland City School District's starting pay ranks 184th and its top cell ranks 332nd; the state medians are $53,485 to start and $104,483 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 57th percentile and the top cell at the 18th percentile.
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cortland City School District | 1,970 | 2025-26 | $52,841 | – | $66,999 |
| Shoreham-Wading River Central School District | 1,964 | 2024-25 | $54,067 | – | $143,404 |
| Elwood Union Free School District | 1,978 | 2026-27 | $57,426 | $68,744 | $142,232 |
| Chittenango Central School District | 1,960 | 2026-27 | $50,660 | – | $89,641 |
| Mount Pleasant Central School District | 1,954 | 2025-26 | $65,165 | $73,644 | $154,131 |
| Cohoes City School District | 1,945 | 2026-27 | $48,904 | – | $94,686 |
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 Cortland City School District schedule?
$52,841 at step I A-I on Salary schedule, per the 2025-26 schedule (New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library).
What is the top of the Cortland City School District salary schedule?
$66,999, at step 56 N-4 on Salary schedule (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 Cortland City School District salary schedule?
On the Salary schedule column the top figure, $66,999, is reached at step 56 N-4, 24 step increases after step I A-I (2025-26 schedule).
Other New York districts with schedules
- Shoreham-Wading River Central School Districtstarts $54,067
- Elwood Union Free School Districtstarts $57,426
- Chittenango Central School Districtstarts $50,660
- Mount Pleasant Central School Districtstarts $65,165
- Cohoes City School Districtstarts $48,904
- Olean City School Districtstarts $42,386
- Dunkirk City School Districtstarts $47,000
- Hampton Bays Union Free School Districtstarts $58,141
- Depew Union Free School Districtstarts $46,382
- Camden Central School Districtstarts $40,880
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