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.
How this schedule moves
On the Salary column a teacher moves from $51,500 at step 1 to $166,859 at step 99-22: 56 step increases worth $2,060 each on average, 224% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,491, between step 31 and step 32.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Rochester City School District's starting pay ranks 204th and its top cell ranks 19th; 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 52nd percentile and the top cell at the 99th percentile.
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester City School District | 22,164 | 2025-26 | $51,500 | – | $166,859 |
| Yonkers City School District | 24,339 | 2025-26 | $76,175 | – | $167,774 |
| Syracuse City School District | 18,072 | 2023-24 | $53,000 | – | $94,300 |
| Buffalo City School District | 29,866 | 2025-26 | $46,170 | – | $121,579 |
| Sachem Central School District | 11,729 | 2026-27 | $56,201 | – | $158,206 |
| Wappingers Central School District | 10,614 | 2026-27 | $65,980 | – | $132,293 |
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 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.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Rochester City School District salary schedule?
On the Salary column the top figure, $166,859, is reached at step 99-22, 56 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
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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