Annual salary
$48,303
Ohio · salary schedule · 2026-27
Jonathan Alder Local 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.
- Jonathan Alder Local's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $48,303 (BA, step 0) and tops out at $106,163 (MA+30, step 30), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $48,303 and reaches $82,989 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $52,892 to $96,152.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 19 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Jonathan Alder Local enrolled 2,273 students in 2023-24, the 184th-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule, 2026-27
Official sourceDocumentOhio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archiveSchool year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Column | BA | BA+3O | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $48,303 | $50,139 | $52,892 | $55,307 | $58,072 |
| 1 | $50,139 | $52,216 | $55,215 | $57,775 | $60,664 |
| 2 | $51,974 | $54,293 | $57,524 | $60,234 | $63,246 |
| 3 | $53,810 | $56,370 | $59,847 | $62,697 | $65,832 |
| 4 | $55,645 | $58,447 | $65,166 | $68,424 | |
| 5 | $57,481 | $60,524 | $64,485 | $67,624 | $71,005 |
| 6 | $59,316 | $62,601 | $66,808 | $70,088 | $73,592 |
| 7 | $61,152 | $64,678 | $69,117 | $72,556 | $76,184 |
| 8 | $62,987 | $66,755 | $71,440 | $75,019 | $78,770 |
| 9 | $64,823 | $68,832 | $73,759 | $77,478 | $81,352 |
| 10 | $66,658 | $70,909 | $76,077 | $79,941 | $83,939 |
| 11 | $68,494 | $72,981 | $78,396 | $82,453 | $86,576 |
| 12 | $70,281 | $75,077 | $80,666 | $84,917 | $89,163 |
| 13 | $72,165 | $77,150 | $82,985 | $87,385 | $91,754 |
| 14 | $74,048 | $79,227 | $85,351 | $89,844 | $94,336 |
| 15 | $75,932 | $81,304 | $87,718 | $92,302 | $96,917 |
| 20 | $77,864 | $83,381 | $90,085 | $94,761 | $99,499 |
| 25 | $79,797 | $85,458 | $92,452 | $97,219 | $102,080 |
| 30 | $82,989 | $88,878 | $96,152 | $101,108 | $106,163 |
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Per month (12)
$4,025.25
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,139 | +$1,836 |
| 2 | $51,974 | +$3,671 |
| 3 | $53,810 | +$5,507 |
| 4 | $55,645 | +$7,342 |
| 5 | $57,481 | +$9,178 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 0 = $48,303 a year, $4,025.25 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: 2025-07-01 to 2028-06-30.
Bargained with OEA JAEA.
The agreement labels this table 2026-27. 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 BA BA+3O MA MA+15 MA+30
- Soft spot: 1 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 $48,303 at step 0 to $82,989 at step 30: 18 step increases worth $1,927 each on average, 72% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,192, between step 25 and step 30.
A master's degree is worth $4,589 more than a bachelor's at the first step (9.5%) and $13,163 more at the top of the column (15.9%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $58,072 and tops out at $106,163, 28% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, Jonathan Alder Local's starting pay ranks 64th and its top cell ranks 54th; 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 40th percentile and the top cell at the 69th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $48,303 | $82,989 | 18 | 72% |
| BA+3O | $50,139 | $88,878 | 18 | 77% |
| MA | $52,892 | $96,152 | 17 | 82% |
| MA+15 | $55,307 | $101,108 | 18 | 83% |
| MA+30 | $58,072 | $106,163 | 18 | 83% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Alder Local | 2,273 | 2026-27 | $48,303 | $52,892 | $106,163 |
| Bloom-Carroll Local | 2,272 | 2026-27 | $47,172 | $51,654 | $106,232 |
| Buckeye Valley Local | 2,284 | 2026-27 | $48,572 | $54,099 | $115,645 |
| Lexington Local | 2,286 | 2026-27 | $40,128 | – | $91,893 |
| Cloverleaf Local | 2,293 | 2026-27 | $48,313 | $52,661 | $109,187 |
| Jackson City | 2,300 | 2025-26 | $44,126 | $48,189 | $85,768 |
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 Jonathan Alder Local?
$48,303 on the column BA at step 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $48,303 (BA).
What is the top of the Jonathan Alder Local salary schedule?
$106,163, at step 30 on MA+30 (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 Jonathan Alder Local salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $82,989, is reached at step 30, 18 step increases after step 0 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Jonathan Alder Local?
$4,589 more at the first step: $52,892 on MA against $48,303 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Bloom-Carroll Localstarts $47,172
- Buckeye Valley Localstarts $48,572
- Lexington Localstarts $40,128
- Cloverleaf Localstarts $48,313
- Jackson Citystarts $44,126
- Defiance Citystarts $42,996
- Bellefontaine Citystarts $52,671
- Greenville Citystarts $43,487
- Maumee Citystarts $45,841
- Union-Scioto Localstarts $46,795
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