Annual salary
$42,630
New York · salary schedule · 2025-26
Tonawanda 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.
- Tonawanda City School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $42,630 (Master's degree schedule, step 1) and tops out at $96,425 (Master's degree schedule, step 25), per New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library (effective ).
- On the master's column (Master's degree schedule) the range is $42,630 to $96,425.
- The grid has 1 column columns and 25 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 25.
- Tonawanda City School District enrolled 1,717 students in 2023-24, the 305th-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 | Master's degree schedule |
|---|---|
| 1 | $42,630 |
| 2 | $43,138 |
| 3 | $43,645 |
| 4 | $44,153 |
| 5 | $44,660 |
| 6 | $45,675 |
| 7 | $47,198 |
| 8 | $49,735 |
| 9 | $52,273 |
| 10 | $54,303 |
| 11 | $55,825 |
| 12 | $57,855 |
| 13 | $60,393 |
| 14 | $61,915 |
| 15 | $63,945 |
| 16 | $66,483 |
| 17 | $69,020 |
| 18 | $71,050 |
| 19 | $73,588 |
| 20 | $76,633 |
| 21 | $79,678 |
| 22 | $82,215 |
| 23 | $85,260 |
| 24 | $88,305 |
| 25 | $96,425 |
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Per month (12)
$3,552.50
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $43,138 | +$508 |
| 3 | $43,645 | +$1,015 |
| 4 | $44,153 | +$1,523 |
| 5 | $44,660 | +$2,030 |
| 6 | $45,675 | +$3,045 |
Worked example as rendered: Master's degree schedule, step 1 = $42,630 a year, $3,552.50 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 7/1/2021 to 6/30/2026), page 59 of the PDF.
The agreement prints one column per school year; this page reproduces the 2025-26 column.
How this schedule moves
On the Master's degree schedule column a teacher moves from $42,630 at step 1 to $96,425 at step 25: 24 step increases worth $2,241 each on average, 126% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $8,120, between step 24 and step 25.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Tonawanda City School District's starting pay ranks 329th and its top cell ranks 225th; 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 23rd percentile and the top cell at the 56th percentile.
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tonawanda City School District | 1,717 | 2025-26 | $42,630 | $42,630 | $96,425 |
| Chenango Valley Central School District | 1,726 | 2024-25 | $53,949 | $55,313 | $112,680 |
| Rondout Valley Central School District | 1,732 | 2026-27 | $59,112 | – | $127,104 |
| East Aurora Union Free School District | 1,751 | 2025-26 | $42,714 | $47,719 | $106,275 |
| Oneida City School District | 1,775 | 2026-27 | $52,500 | – | $68,356 |
| Albion Central School District | 1,800 | 2024-25 | $49,037 | – | $90,044 |
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 Tonawanda City School District schedule?
$42,630 at step 1 on Master's degree 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 Tonawanda City School District salary schedule?
$96,425, at step 25 on Master's degree 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 Tonawanda City School District salary schedule?
On the Master's degree schedule column the top figure, $96,425, is reached at step 25, 24 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other New York districts with schedules
- Chenango Valley Central School Districtstarts $53,949
- Rondout Valley Central School Districtstarts $59,112
- East Aurora Union Free School Districtstarts $42,714
- Oneida City School Districtstarts $52,500
- Albion Central School Districtstarts $49,037
- Springville-Griffith Institute Central School Districtstarts $43,758
- West Hempstead Union Free School Districtstarts $54,272
- Pleasantville Union Free School Districtstarts $62,396
- New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School Districtstarts $62,844
- South Jefferson Central School Districtstarts $51,000
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