Annual salary
$61,607
New York · salary schedule · 2026-27
Wantagh Union Free School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27). 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.
- Wantagh Union Free School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $61,607 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $146,460 (D, step 25), per New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $61,607 and reaches $89,380 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 25 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 25.
- Wantagh Union Free School District enrolled 2,885 students in 2023-24, the 201st-largest district in New York by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
Transcribed from imageDocumentNew York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract librarySchool year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+30 | M | M+30 | M+60 | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $61,607 | $66,927 | $71,591 | $76,821 | $82,098 | $84,710 |
| 2 | $62,586 | $67,911 | $72,569 | $77,801 | $83,069 | $85,694 |
| 3 | $64,085 | $69,449 | $74,296 | $79,624 | $84,939 | $87,602 |
| 4 | $65,567 | $70,988 | $76,031 | $81,399 | $86,808 | $89,470 |
| 5 | $67,857 | $73,323 | $78,550 | $84,010 | $89,380 | $92,081 |
| 6 | $70,287 | $75,700 | $81,255 | $86,623 | $92,131 | $94,790 |
| 7 | $72,619 | $78,085 | $84,010 | $89,380 | $94,837 | $97,543 |
| 8 | $75,183 | $80,650 | $87,000 | $92,452 | $97,924 | $100,579 |
| 9 | $77,854 | $83,351 | $90,407 | $95,857 | $101,281 | $103,939 |
| 10 | $80,650 | $86,066 | $93,854 | $99,220 | $104,732 | $107,392 |
| 11 | $83,351 | $88,819 | $97,164 | $102,680 | $108,101 | $110,752 |
| 12 | $86,066 | $91,475 | $100,579 | $105,988 | $111,407 | $114,064 |
| 13 | $89,380 | $92,536 | $103,981 | $109,589 | $114,952 | $117,658 |
| 14 | $107,392 | $113,321 | $118,738 | $121,390 | ||
| 15 | $110,807 | $117,056 | $122,470 | $125,134 | ||
| 16 | $115,332 | $121,997 | $127,649 | $131,007 | ||
| 17 | $119,852 | $126,946 | $132,825 | $136,884 | ||
| 18 | $122,423 | $129,582 | $135,520 | $138,252 | ||
| 19 | $123,981 | $131,142 | $137,080 | $139,811 | ||
| 20 | $125,540 | $132,702 | $138,639 | $141,369 | ||
| 21 | $126,518 | $133,699 | $139,651 | $142,387 | ||
| 22 | $127,495 | $134,696 | $140,662 | $143,405 | ||
| 23 | $128,473 | $135,693 | $141,674 | $144,422 | ||
| 24 | $129,450 | $136,691 | $142,686 | $145,440 | ||
| 25 | $130,428 | $137,686 | $143,697 | $146,460 |
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Per month (12)
$5,133.92
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $62,586 | +$979 |
| 3 | $64,085 | +$2,478 |
| 4 | $65,567 | +$3,960 |
| 5 | $67,857 | +$6,250 |
| 6 | $70,287 | +$8,680 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $61,607 a year, $5,133.92 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 6/30/2028), page 52 of the PDF.
Schedule A-4 of the agreement, the 2026-2027 sheet ("1.10% plus step increase").
- Soft spot: The filed agreement is a scan with no text layer, so this grid was read from the page image by OCR (tesseract at 300 dpi or more, rotated where the page is printed sideways) rather than from machine-readable text.
- Soft spot: Checked against the 2025-2026 sheet (Schedule A-3) printed on the preceding page: every figure present in both is exactly 1.10% above it.
- Soft spot: The BA and BA+30 columns stop at step 13 in the printed grid; the cells below them are blank in the source.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $61,607 at step 1 to $89,380 at step 13: 12 step increases worth $2,314 each on average, 45% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,314, between step 12 and step 13.
The highest-paid column, D, starts at $84,710 and tops out at $146,460, 64% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 349 New York district schedules indexed here, Wantagh Union Free School District's starting pay ranks 72nd and its top cell ranks 73rd; 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 83rd percentile and the top cell at the 97th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $61,607 | $89,380 | 12 | 45% |
| BA+30 | $66,927 | $92,536 | 12 | 38% |
| M | $71,591 | $130,428 | 24 | 82% |
| M+30 | $76,821 | $137,686 | 24 | 79% |
| M+60 | $82,098 | $143,697 | 24 | 75% |
| D | $84,710 | $146,460 | 24 | 73% |
Against New York districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wantagh Union Free School District | 2,885 | 2026-27 | $61,607 | – | $146,460 |
| Nyack Union Free School District | 2,880 | 2026-27 | $60,901 | $71,562 | $147,298 |
| Monticello Central School District | 2,856 | 2023-24 | $54,195 | – | $111,612 |
| Starpoint Central School District | 2,928 | 2026-27 | $51,700 | $51,700 | $103,758 |
| Rye City School District | 2,838 | 2026-27 | $72,836 | $79,180 | $161,463 |
| Pelham Union Free School District | 2,838 | 2026-27 | $62,704 | $73,611 | $168,855 |
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 teacher salary in Wantagh Union Free School District?
$61,607 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (New York State teacher collective bargaining agreement, published by the Empire Center's SeeThroughNY contract library). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $61,607 (BA).
What is the top of the Wantagh Union Free School District salary schedule?
$146,460, at step 25 on D (2026-27). 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 Wantagh Union Free School District salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $89,380, is reached at step 13, 12 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
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