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Manchester Local 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.
- Manchester Local's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $42,911 (Bachelor, step 0) and tops out at $96,593 (Advanced, step 34), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelor) starts at $42,911 and reaches $76,982 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Master) the range is $46,988 to $88,268.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 22 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 34.
- Manchester Local enrolled 689 students in 2023-24, the 531st-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule, 2025-26
| Step \ Column | Bachelor | 5th Year | Master | Master+15 | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $42,911 | $44,542 | $46,988 | $49,004 | $51,021 |
| 1 | $44,542 | $46,387 | $49,047 | $51,279 | $53,295 |
| 2 | $46,172 | $48,232 | $51,107 | $53,553 | $55,570 |
| 3 | $47,803 | $50,077 | $53,167 | $55,827 | $57,844 |
| 4 | $49,433 | $51,922 | $55,226 | $58,101 | $60,118 |
| 5 | $51,064 | $53,767 | $57,286 | $60,376 | $62,393 |
| 6 | $52,695 | $55,613 | $59,346 | $62,650 | $64,667 |
| 7 | $54,325 | $57,458 | $61,406 | $64,924 | $66,941 |
| 8 | $55,956 | $59,303 | $63,465 | $67,199 | $69,215 |
| 9 | $57,587 | $61,148 | $65,525 | $69,473 | $71,490 |
| 10 | $59,217 | $62,993 | $67,585 | $71,747 | $73,764 |
| 11 | $60,848 | $64,839 | $69,645 | $74,021 | $76,038 |
| 12 | $62,478 | $66,684 | $71,704 | $76,296 | $78,313 |
| 13 | $64,109 | $68,529 | $73,764 | $78,570 | $80,587 |
| 14 | $65,740 | $70,374 | $75,824 | $80,844 | $82,861 |
| 17 | $66,555 | $71,318 | $76,854 | $81,981 | $83,998 |
| 19 | $67,370 | $72,219 | $77,883 | $83,119 | $85,135 |
| 21 | $69,001 | $74,064 | $79,943 | $85,393 | $87,410 |
| 25 | $70,632 | $75,910 | $82,003 | $87,667 | $89,684 |
| 29 | $72,863 | $77,755 | $84,063 | $89,941 | $91,958 |
| 33 | $75,094 | $79,600 | $86,122 | $92,216 | $94,233 |
| 34 | $76,982 | $81,574 | $88,268 | $94,533 | $96,593 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $44,542 | +$1,631 |
| 2 | $46,172 | +$3,261 |
| 3 | $47,803 | +$4,892 |
| 4 | $49,433 | +$6,522 |
| 5 | $51,064 | +$8,153 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelor, step 0 = $42,911 a year, $3,575.92 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: 2024-07-01 to 2027-06-30.
Bargained with OEA MORE.
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 Index Bachelor 5th Year Master Master+15 Advanced
- 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 Bachelor column a teacher moves from $42,911 at step 0 to $76,982 at step 34: 21 step increases worth $1,622 each on average, 79% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,231, between step 25 and step 29.
A master's degree is worth $4,077 more than a bachelor's at the first step (9.5%) and $11,286 more at the top of the column (14.7%).
The highest-paid column, Advanced, starts at $51,021 and tops out at $96,593, 25% above the top of the Bachelor column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, Manchester Local's starting pay ranks 156th and its top cell ranks 101st; 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 24th percentile and the top cell at the 56th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor | $42,911 | $76,982 | 21 | 79% |
| 5th Year | $44,542 | $81,574 | 21 | 83% |
| Master | $46,988 | $88,268 | 21 | 88% |
| Master+15 | $49,004 | $94,533 | 21 | 93% |
| Advanced | $51,021 | $96,593 | 21 | 89% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Local | 689 | 2025-26 | $42,911 | $46,988 | $96,593 |
| Ayersville Local | 682 | 2026-27 | $52,218 | – | $92,501 |
| Bright Local | 709 | 2026-27 | $40,875 | $44,758 | $82,281 |
| Shadyside Local | 714 | 2026-27 | $50,126 | – | $94,040 |
| Mogadore Local | 717 | 2025-26 | $43,869 | $48,818 | $91,121 |
| Buckeye Central Local | 660 | 2026-27 | $44,424 | $48,866 | $89,115 |
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 Manchester Local?
$42,911 on the column Bachelor at step 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $42,911 (Bachelor).
What is the top of the Manchester Local salary schedule?
$96,593, at step 34 on Advanced (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 Manchester Local salary schedule?
On the Bachelor column the top figure, $76,982, is reached at step 34, 21 step increases after step 0 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Manchester Local?
$4,077 more at the first step: $46,988 on Master against $42,911 on Bachelor (2025-26 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Ayersville Localstarts $52,218
- Bright Localstarts $35,153
- Shadyside Localstarts $50,126
- Mogadore Localstarts $43,869
- Buckeye Central Localstarts $44,424
- McDonald Localstarts $53,609
- Lisbon Exempted Villagestarts $36,916
- Plymouth-Shiloh Localstarts $40,460
- Perry Localstarts $45,435
- Fort Loramie Localstarts $49,456
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