Annual salary
$44,468
Ohio · salary schedule · 2026-27
Lakewood 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.
- Lakewood Local's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $44,468 (BA, step 0) and tops out at $89,603 (MA+30, step 17), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $44,468 and reaches $69,370 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MA) the range is $50,027 to $85,601.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 17 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 17.
- Lakewood Local enrolled 1,683 students in 2023-24, the 262nd-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 | SYR | MA | MA+15 | MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $44,468 | $47,225 | $50,027 | $50,249 | $50,471 |
| 1 | $49,226 | $52,250 | $52,917 | ||
| 2 | $48,025 | $51,227 | $54,473 | $55,140 | $55,363 |
| 3 | $53,228 | $56,697 | $57,586 | $57,808 | |
| 4 | $51,583 | $55,229 | $58,920 | $60,032 | $60,254 |
| 5 | $53,362 | $57,230 | $61,144 | $62,478 | |
| 6 | $55,140 | $59,231 | $63,367 | $64,923 | $65,146 |
| 7 | $56,919 | $61,232 | $65,590 | $67,369 | $67,591 |
| 8 | $58,698 | $63,233 | $67,814 | $69,815 | $70,037 |
| 9 | $60,476 | $65,235 | $70,037 | ||
| 10 | $62,255 | $67,236 | $72,261 | $74,706 | $74,929 |
| 11 | $64,034 | $69,237 | $77,152 | ||
| 12 | $65,813 | $71,238 | $76,707 | $79,598 | $79,820 |
| 13 | $67,591 | $78,931 | $82,043 | $82,266 | |
| 14 | $67,591 | $75,240 | $81,154 | $84,489 | $84,712 |
| 15 | $67,591 | $75,240 | $83,378 | $86,935 | $87,157 |
| 17 | $69,370 | $77,241 | $85,601 | $89,381 | $89,603 |
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Per month (12)
$3,705.67
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $48,025 | +$3,557 |
| 4 | $51,583 | +$7,115 |
| 5 | $53,362 | +$8,894 |
| 6 | $55,140 | +$10,672 |
| 7 | $56,919 | +$12,451 |
Worked example as rendered: BA, step 0 = $44,468 a year, $3,705.67 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: 2024-08-01 to 2027-07-31.
Bargained with OEA LTA.
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 SYR MA MA+15 MA+30
- Soft spot: 6 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 $44,468 at step 0 to $69,370 at step 17: 14 step increases worth $1,779 each on average, 56% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,558, between step 2 and step 4.
2 of the 14 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.
A master's degree is worth $5,559 more than a bachelor's at the first step (12.5%) and $16,231 more at the top of the column (23.4%).
The highest-paid column, MA+30, starts at $50,471 and tops out at $89,603, 29% above the top of the BA column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, Lakewood Local's starting pay ranks 118th and its top cell ranks 156th; 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 29th percentile and the top cell at the 47th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | $44,468 | $69,370 | 14 | 56% |
| SYR | $47,225 | $77,241 | 15 | 64% |
| MA | $50,027 | $85,601 | 15 | 71% |
| MA+15 | $50,249 | $89,381 | 14 | 78% |
| MA+30 | $50,471 | $89,603 | 13 | 78% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Local | 1,683 | 2026-27 | $44,468 | $50,027 | $89,603 |
| Jefferson Area Local | 1,686 | 2026-27 | $40,327 | $46,779 | $85,090 |
| Norwood City | 1,680 | 2027-28 | $51,861 | – | $114,270 |
| St Clairsville-Richland City | 1,676 | 2025-26 | $45,997 | $50,650 | $96,915 |
| Chagrin Falls Exempted Village | 1,671 | 2026-27 | $54,714 | $56,902 | $122,558 |
| Johnstown-Monroe Local | 1,670 | 2026-27 | $42,654 | $46,919 | $91,279 |
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 Lakewood Local?
$44,468 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 $44,468 (BA).
What is the top of the Lakewood Local salary schedule?
$89,603, at step 17 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 Lakewood Local salary schedule?
On the BA column the top figure, $69,370, is reached at step 17, 14 step increases after step 0 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Lakewood Local?
$5,559 more at the first step: $50,027 on MA against $44,468 on BA (2026-27 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Jefferson Area Localstarts $40,327
- Norwood Citystarts $51,861
- St Clairsville-Richland Citystarts $45,997
- Chagrin Falls Exempted Villagestarts $54,714
- Johnstown-Monroe Localstarts $42,654
- Indian Valley Localstarts $39,379
- Northwest Localstarts $40,284
- Graham Localstarts $40,825
- Benjamin Logan Localstarts $38,828
- Wayne Localstarts $48,345
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