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Celina City 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.
- Celina City's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $35,729 (Non-Deg, step 0) and tops out at $60,164 (MA+30, step 5), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $41,068 and reaches $50,513 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $46,406 to $56,879.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 6 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 5.
- Celina City enrolled 2,872 students in 2023-24, the 139th-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule, 2025-26
| Step \ Column | Non-Deg | BA | 5YEAR | MA | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $35,729 | $41,068 | $43,737 | $46,406 | $49,076 |
| 1 | $36,879 | $43,942 | $45,708 | $48,501 | $51,294 |
| 2 | $38,029 | $45,174 | $47,680 | $50,595 | $53,511 |
| 3 | $39,179 | $46,735 | $49,651 | $52,690 | $55,729 |
| 4 | $40,328 | $48,624 | $51,622 | $54,784 | $57,946 |
| 5 | $41,478 | $50,513 | $53,593 | $56,879 | $60,164 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $43,942 | +$2,874 |
| 2 | $45,174 | +$4,106 |
| 3 | $46,735 | +$5,667 |
| 4 | $48,624 | +$7,556 |
| 5 | $50,513 | +$9,445 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 0 = $41,068 a year, $3,422.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Ohio has no statewide teacher salary schedule. Pay is bargained district by district, and this grid comes from the salary appendix of the district's current collective bargaining agreement as filed with the Ohio State Employment Relations Board.
Agreement term: 2024-09-01 to 2027-08-31.
Bargained with OEA CEA.
The agreement labels this table 2025-26. A successor agreement may already be in force locally; the year shown is the year printed in the filed document.
Table caption in the agreement: Step Non-Deg BA 5YEAR MA MA+30
- Soft spot: 2 cells blank in the first parse (thousands separators split by OCR, e.g. '61 ,000') were filled 2026-09-28 from the same row of the filed document's text layer; every other cell in each filled row matched exactly.
How this schedule moves
On the BA column a teacher moves from $41,068 at step 0 to $50,513 at step 5: 5 step increases worth $1,889 each on average, 23% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,874, between step 0 and step 1.
A master's degree is worth $5,338 more than a bachelor's at the first step (13.0%) and $6,366 more at the top of the column (12.6%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $49,076 and tops out at $60,164, 19% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, Celina City's starting pay ranks 182nd and its top cell ranks 234th; the state medians are $44,468 to start and $94,897 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 18th percentile and the top cell at the 8th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Deg | $35,729 | $41,478 | 5 | 16% |
| BA | $41,068 | $50,513 | 5 | 23% |
| 5YEAR | $43,737 | $53,593 | 5 | 23% |
| MA | $46,406 | $56,879 | 5 | 23% |
| MA+30 | $49,076 | $60,164 | 5 | 23% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celina City | 2,872 | 2025-26 | $41,068 | $46,406 | $60,164 |
| Monroe Local | 2,868 | 2026-27 | $72,067 | – | $111,669 |
| Wapakoneta City | 2,902 | 2026-27 | $46,492 | $51,141 | $95,355 |
| Revere Local | 2,908 | 2026-27 | $49,381 | – | $121,081 |
| Tri-Valley Local | 2,823 | 2025-26 | $40,500 | $44,550 | $87,885 |
| Zanesville City | 2,956 | 2026-27 | $41,654 | $45,778 | $88,311 |
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 Celina City?
$41,068 on the column BA at step 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $35,729 (Non-Deg).
What is the top of the Celina City salary schedule?
$60,164, at step 5 on MA+30 (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 Celina City salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $50,513, is reached at step 5, 5 step increases after step 0 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Celina City?
$5,338 more at the first step: $46,406 on MA against $41,068 on BA (2025-26 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Monroe Localstarts $72,067
- Wapakoneta Citystarts $46,492
- Revere Localstarts $49,381
- Tri-Valley Localstarts $40,500
- Zanesville Citystarts $36,031
- Alliance Citystarts $41,119
- Louisville Citystarts $43,240
- Copley-Fairlawn Citystarts $48,074
- Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Localstarts $38,576
- Aurora Citystarts $49,498
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