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Watertown City 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.
- Watertown City School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $56,061 (C (BA), step 1) and tops out at $100,172 (J (MA+60), step 30), 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 (C (BA)) starts at $56,061 and reaches $93,263 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (F (MA)) the range is $59,022 to $96,224.
- The grid has 8 column columns and 30 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Watertown City School District enrolled 3,993 students in 2023-24, the 136th-largest district in New York by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | C (BA) | D (BA+15) | E (BA+30) | F (MA) | G (MA+15) | H (MA+30) | I (MA+45) | J (MA+60) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $56,061 | $57,048 | $58,035 | $59,022 | $60,009 | $60,996 | $61,983 | $62,970 |
| 2 | $56,239 | $57,226 | $58,213 | $59,200 | $60,187 | $61,174 | $62,161 | $63,148 |
| 3 | $56,404 | $57,391 | $58,378 | $59,365 | $60,352 | $61,339 | $62,326 | $63,313 |
| 4 | $56,796 | $57,783 | $58,770 | $59,757 | $60,744 | $61,731 | $62,718 | $63,705 |
| 5 | $57,908 | $58,895 | $59,882 | $60,869 | $61,856 | $62,843 | $63,830 | $64,817 |
| 6 | $58,592 | $59,579 | $60,566 | $61,553 | $62,540 | $63,527 | $64,514 | $65,501 |
| 7 | $59,738 | $60,725 | $61,712 | $62,699 | $63,686 | $64,673 | $65,660 | $66,647 |
| 8 | $61,333 | $62,320 | $63,307 | $64,294 | $65,281 | $66,268 | $67,255 | $68,242 |
| 9 | $62,929 | $63,916 | $64,903 | $65,890 | $66,877 | $67,864 | $68,851 | $69,838 |
| 10 | $64,817 | $65,804 | $66,791 | $67,778 | $68,765 | $69,752 | $70,739 | $71,726 |
| 11 | $65,996 | $66,983 | $67,970 | $68,957 | $69,944 | $70,931 | $71,918 | $72,905 |
| 12 | $67,581 | $68,568 | $69,555 | $70,542 | $71,529 | $72,516 | $73,503 | $74,490 |
| 13 | $69,456 | $70,443 | $71,430 | $72,417 | $73,404 | $74,391 | $75,378 | $76,365 |
| 14 | $71,044 | $72,031 | $73,018 | $74,005 | $74,992 | $75,979 | $76,966 | $77,953 |
| 15 | $72,628 | $73,615 | $74,602 | $75,589 | $76,576 | $77,563 | $78,550 | $79,537 |
| 16 | $73,988 | $74,975 | $75,962 | $76,949 | $77,936 | $78,923 | $79,910 | $80,897 |
| 17 | $74,958 | $75,945 | $76,932 | $77,919 | $78,906 | $79,893 | $80,880 | $81,867 |
| 18 | $76,278 | $77,265 | $78,252 | $79,239 | $80,226 | $81,213 | $82,200 | $83,187 |
| 19 | $77,863 | $78,850 | $79,837 | $80,824 | $81,811 | $82,798 | $83,785 | $84,772 |
| 20 | $79,413 | $80,400 | $81,387 | $82,374 | $83,361 | $84,348 | $85,335 | $86,322 |
| 21 | $80,788 | $81,775 | $82,762 | $83,749 | $84,736 | $85,723 | $86,710 | $87,697 |
| 22 | $82,585 | $83,572 | $84,559 | $85,546 | $86,533 | $87,520 | $88,507 | $89,494 |
| 23 | $83,758 | $84,745 | $85,732 | $86,719 | $87,706 | $88,693 | $89,680 | $90,667 |
| 24 | $84,931 | $85,918 | $86,905 | $87,892 | $88,879 | $89,866 | $90,853 | $91,840 |
| 25 | $86,343 | $87,330 | $88,317 | $89,304 | $90,291 | $91,278 | $92,265 | $93,252 |
| 26 | $86,960 | $87,947 | $88,934 | $89,921 | $90,908 | $91,895 | $92,882 | $93,869 |
| 27 | $88,126 | $89,113 | $90,100 | $91,087 | $92,074 | $93,061 | $94,048 | $95,035 |
| 28 | $89,547 | $90,534 | $91,521 | $92,508 | $93,495 | $94,482 | $95,469 | $96,456 |
| 29 | $91,102 | $92,089 | $93,076 | $94,063 | $95,050 | $96,037 | $97,024 | $98,011 |
| 30 | $93,263 | $94,250 | $95,237 | $96,224 | $97,211 | $98,198 | $99,185 | $100,172 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $56,239 | +$178 |
| 3 | $56,404 | +$343 |
| 4 | $56,796 | +$735 |
| 5 | $57,908 | +$1,847 |
| 6 | $58,592 | +$2,531 |
Worked example as rendered: C (BA), step 1 = $56,061 a year, $4,671.75 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 6/30/2027), page 29 of the PDF.
Exhibit A page 4 of the agreement, the 2026-2027 teachers' schedule. The district letters its columns C to J and prints the degree band under each letter.
- Soft spot: Checked against the 2025-2026 sheet in the same exhibit: within every step row all eight columns rise by the same dollar amount, and each column sits exactly $987 above the one to its left.
- 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.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Watertown City School District?
$56,061 on the column C (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 $56,061 (C (BA)).
What is the top of the Watertown City School District salary schedule?
$100,172, at step 30 on J (MA+60) (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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