Annual salary
$48,431
New York · salary schedule · 2025-26
Jefferson Central 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.
- Jefferson Central School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $48,431 (Salary schedule, step 1) and tops out at $89,696 (Salary schedule, step 40), 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 40 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 40.
- Jefferson Central School District enrolled 163 students in 2023-24, the 684th-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 |
|---|---|
| 1 | $48,431 |
| 2 | $49,862 |
| 3 | $51,336 |
| 4 | $52,600 |
| 5 | $53,378 |
| 6 | $54,167 |
| 7 | $54,848 |
| 8 | $55,603 |
| 9 | $56,372 |
| 10 | $57,148 |
| 11 | $57,937 |
| 12 | $58,506 |
| 13 | $59,100 |
| 14 | $59,695 |
| 15 | $60,463 |
| 16 | $61,242 |
| 17 | $62,041 |
| 18 | $62,840 |
| 19 | $63,663 |
| 20 | $64,519 |
| 21 | $65,375 |
| 22 | $66,232 |
| 23 | $67,084 |
| 24 | $67,941 |
| 25 | $68,799 |
| 26 | $69,654 |
| 27 | $70,510 |
| 28 | $71,515 |
| 29 | $72,757 |
| 30 | $74,051 |
| 31 | $75,201 |
| 32 | $76,585 |
| 33 | $78,031 |
| 34 | $79,519 |
| 35 | $81,058 |
| 36 | $82,648 |
| 37 | $84,325 |
| 38 | $86,083 |
| 39 | $87,863 |
| 40 | $89,696 |
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Per month (12)
$4,035.92
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $49,862 | +$1,431 |
| 3 | $51,336 | +$2,905 |
| 4 | $52,600 | +$4,169 |
| 5 | $53,378 | +$4,947 |
| 6 | $54,167 | +$5,736 |
Worked example as rendered: Salary schedule, step 1 = $48,431 a year, $4,035.92 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 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2026), page 18 of the PDF.
The agreement prints one column per school year; this page reproduces the 2025-26 column.
How this schedule moves
On the Salary schedule column a teacher moves from $48,431 at step 1 to $89,696 at step 40: 39 step increases worth $1,058 each on average, 85% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,833, between step 39 and step 40.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Jefferson Central School District's starting pay ranks 260th and its top cell ranks 263rd; 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 41st percentile and the top cell at the 47th percentile.
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Central School District | 163 | 2025-26 | $48,431 | – | $89,696 |
| Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School District | 167 | 2023-24 | $41,000 | – | $53,345 |
| Keene Central School District | 169 | 2026-27 | $51,293 | – | $93,840 |
| Shelter Island Union Free School District | 194 | 2026-27 | $62,994 | – | $150,714 |
| Indian Lake Central School District | 125 | 2026-27 | $50,380 | – | $100,697 |
| Mount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School District | 124 | 2025-26 | $74,130 | $76,607 | $145,414 |
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 Jefferson Central School District schedule?
$48,431 at step 1 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 Jefferson Central School District salary schedule?
$89,696, at step 40 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 Jefferson Central School District salary schedule?
On the Salary schedule column the top figure, $89,696, is reached at step 40, 39 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other New York districts with schedules
- Van Hornesville-Owen D Young Central School Districtstarts $41,000
- Keene Central School Districtstarts $51,293
- Shelter Island Union Free School Districtstarts $62,994
- Indian Lake Central School Districtstarts $50,380
- Mount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School Districtstarts $74,130
- West Valley Central School Districtstarts $39,794
- Canaseraga Central School Districtstarts $49,175
- Schroon Lake Central School Districtstarts $50,452
- Roxbury Central School Districtstarts $48,437
- Oysterponds Union Free School Districtstarts $55,097
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