Annual salary
$70,374
New York · salary schedule · 2025-26
Middletown 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.
- Middletown City School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $70,374 (Salary schedule, step 1) and tops out at $95,888 (Salary schedule, step 10), 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 10 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 10.
- Middletown City School District enrolled 7,449 students in 2023-24, the 62nd-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 | $70,374 |
| 2 | $72,751 |
| 3 | $75,340 |
| 4 | $77,922 |
| 5 | $80,511 |
| 6 | $83,094 |
| 7 | $85,890 |
| 8 | $88,685 |
| 9 | $91,480 |
| 10 | $95,888 |
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Per month (12)
$5,864.50
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $72,751 | +$2,377 |
| 3 | $75,340 | +$4,966 |
| 4 | $77,922 | +$7,548 |
| 5 | $80,511 | +$10,137 |
| 6 | $83,094 | +$12,720 |
Worked example as rendered: Salary schedule, step 1 = $70,374 a year, $5,864.50 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 7/1/2019 to 6/30/2026), page 41 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 $70,374 at step 1 to $95,888 at step 10: 9 step increases worth $2,835 each on average, 36% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,408, between step 9 and step 10.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Middletown City School District's starting pay ranks 10th and its top cell ranks 230th; 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 97th percentile and the top cell at the 55th percentile.
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown City School District | 7,449 | 2025-26 | $70,374 | – | $95,888 |
| Patchogue-Medford Union Free School District | 7,463 | 2025-26 | $57,028 | $66,923 | $152,553 |
| Half Hollow Hills Central School District | 7,248 | 2026-27 | $62,997 | $72,336 | $173,876 |
| Smithtown Central School District | 7,705 | 2026-27 | $59,471 | – | $139,332 |
| Arlington Central School District | 7,768 | 2026-27 | $65,807 | $70,509 | $130,549 |
| Central Islip Union Free School District | 7,867 | 2026-27 | $55,716 | $64,074 | $185,530 |
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 Middletown City School District schedule?
$70,374 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 Middletown City School District salary schedule?
$95,888, at step 10 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 Middletown City School District salary schedule?
On the Salary schedule column the top figure, $95,888, is reached at step 10, 9 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other New York districts with schedules
- Patchogue-Medford Union Free School Districtstarts $57,028
- Half Hollow Hills Central School Districtstarts $62,997
- Smithtown Central School Districtstarts $59,471
- Arlington Central School Districtstarts $65,807
- Central Islip Union Free School Districtstarts $55,716
- Niagara Falls City School Districtstarts $53,796
- Syosset Central School Districtstarts $68,687
- East Meadow Union Free School Districtstarts $62,860
- Haverstraw-Stony Point CSD (north Rockland)starts $59,238
- Great Neck Union Free School Districtstarts $66,975
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