Dayton City Schools salary schedule, 2025-26

Certificated 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.

Dayton City Schools's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $53,339 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $98,485 (Ph.D., step 20), per Dayton City Schools, collective bargaining agreement filed with the Ohio State Employment Relations Board (effective July 1, 2025).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $53,339 and reaches $84,265 at the top of that column.
On the master's column (MA) the range is $57,233 to $92,863.
The grid has 5 column columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 20.
Dayton City enrolled 12,441 students in 2023-24, the 12th-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.

Certificated teacher salary schedule (2025-26)

Official sourceDocumentDayton City Schools, collective bargaining agreement filed with the Ohio State Employment Relations BoardSchool year2025-26EffectiveJuly 1, 2025

Step \ Column	BA	BA+18	MA	MA+30	Ph.D.
1	$53,339	$54,038	$57,233	$58,812	$62,284
2	$54,672	$55,393	$58,684	$60,316	$63,889
3	$54,672	$55,393	$58,684	$60,316	$63,889
4	$56,683	$57,398	$60,993	$62,625	$66,199
5	$58,689	$59,409	$63,297	$64,930	$68,509
6	$61,142	$61,863	$66,087	$67,735	$71,346
7	$63,164	$63,889	$68,413	$70,061	$73,672
8	$65,191	$65,916	$70,744	$72,386	$75,997
9	$67,223	$67,943	$73,069	$74,717	$78,323
10	$69,245	$69,970	$75,400	$77,043	$80,654
11	$71,128	$71,848	$77,566	$79,208	$82,803
12	$73,149	$73,869	$79,886	$81,523	$85,129
13	$76,472	$77,208	$83,652	$85,332	$88,996
14	$78,531	$79,272	$86,020	$87,695	$91,364
15	$80,601	$81,337	$88,388	$90,063	$93,738
16	$80,601	$81,337	$88,388	$90,063	$93,738
17	$82,211	$83,369	$90,602	$92,314	$96,080
18	$82,211	$83,369	$90,602	$92,314	$96,080
19	$84,265	$85,454	$92,863	$94,623	$98,485
20	$84,265	$85,454	$92,863	$94,623	$98,485

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$53,339

Per month (12)

$4,444.92

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$54,672	+$1,333
3	$54,672	+$1,333
4	$56,683	+$3,344
5	$58,689	+$5,350
6	$61,142	+$7,803

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $53,339 a year, $4,444.92 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

'Dayton Educational Association Salary Schedule - FY25-26', 3% increase. The document prints an index beside each salary; only the dollar figure is reproduced.

Dayton files this unit with SERB as bargaining unit TM (Teaching-Mixed) rather than T.

Salary appendix of the 2025-07-01 to 2027-06-30 collective bargaining agreement (SERB case 25-MED-04-0502, OEA DEA), as filed with the Ohio State Employment Relations Board.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Dayton City Schools?

$53,339 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Dayton City Schools, collective bargaining agreement filed with the Ohio State Employment Relations Board). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $53,339 (BA).

What is the top of the Dayton City Schools salary schedule?

$98,485, at step 20 on Ph.D. (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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