Annual salary
$51,500
New York · salary schedule · 2025-26
Rochester City School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a schedule and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Rochester City School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $51,500 (Salary, step 1) and tops out at $166,859 (Salary, step 99-22), per New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library (effective ).
- The grid has 1 schedule columns and 57 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 99-22.
- Rochester City School District enrolled 22,164 students in 2023-24, the 21st-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 \ Schedule | Salary |
|---|---|
| 1 | $51,500 |
| 2 | $52,520 |
| 3 | $53,437 |
| 4 | $54,347 |
| 5 | $55,660 |
| 6 | $56,962 |
| 7 | $57,977 |
| 8 | $59,162 |
| 9 | $60,221 |
| 10 | $61,558 |
| 11 | $63,023 |
| 12 | $63,784 |
| 13 | $64,852 |
| 14 | $66,203 |
| 15 | $66,843 |
| 16 | $68,538 |
| 17 | $70,252 |
| 18 | $71,996 |
| 19 | $73,026 |
| 20 | $74,877 |
| 21 | $76,771 |
| 22 | $78,571 |
| 23 | $80,565 |
| 24 | $82,899 |
| 25 | $84,983 |
| 26 | $87,053 |
| 27 | $89,479 |
| 28 | $92,057 |
| 29 | $94,451 |
| 30 | $96,353 |
| 31 | $98,868 |
| 32 | $102,359 |
| 33 | $105,194 |
| 34 | $107,644 |
| 35 | $110,282 |
| 99-1 | $113,479 |
| 99-2 | $116,183 |
| 99-3 | $118,066 |
| 99-4 | $120,892 |
| 99-5 | $123,757 |
| 99-6 | $126,795 |
| 99-7 | $129,073 |
| 99-8 | $132,201 |
| 99-9 | $134,724 |
| 99-10 | $137,135 |
| 99-11 | $139,474 |
| 99-12 | $141,696 |
| 99-13 | $143,894 |
| 99-14 | $146,382 |
| 99-15 | $149,130 |
| 99-16 | $151,316 |
| 99-17 | $153,990 |
| 99-18 | $155,713 |
| 99-19 | $157,959 |
| 99-20 | $160,575 |
| 99-21 | $163,386 |
| 99-22 | $166,859 |
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Per month (12)
$4,291.67
Next 5 steps in this schedule
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $52,520 | +$1,020 |
| 3 | $53,437 | +$1,937 |
| 4 | $54,347 | +$2,847 |
| 5 | $55,660 | +$4,160 |
| 6 | $56,962 | +$5,462 |
Worked example as rendered: Salary, step 1 = $51,500 a year, $4,291.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A prints one column for 2024-25 and one for 2025-26; the 2025-26 column is reproduced here.
Rochester's schedule has no degree columns. Steps numbered 99-1 and higher are the longevity steps as the contract numbers them.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Rochester City School District schedule?
$51,500 at step 1 on Salary, 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 Rochester City School District salary schedule?
$166,859, at step 99-22 on Salary (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other New York districts with schedules
- Yonkers City School Districtstarts $76,175
- Syracuse City School Districtstarts $53,000
- Buffalo City School Districtstarts $46,170
- Sachem Central School Districtstarts $56,201
- Wappingers Central School Districtstarts $65,980
- Greece Central School Districtstarts $47,638
- Williamsville Central School Districtstarts $47,200
- Utica City School Districtstarts $42,086
- Shenendehowa Central School Districtstarts $55,093
- Schenectady City School Districtstarts $54,100
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