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National Trail 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.
- National Trail Local's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $44,246 (SALARY, step 0) and tops out at $88,789 (MS, step 27), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA/BS) starts at $44,416 and reaches $76,642 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 4 column columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 27.
- National Trail Local enrolled 932 students in 2023-24, the 452nd-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule, 2026-27
| Step \ Column | BA/BS | SALARY | MS | INDEX MS 1S BA/BS MS MS+15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $44,246 | |||
| 1 | $44,416 | $46,250 | $48,892 | $51,236 |
| 2 | $46,206 | $48,252 | $51,107 | $53,665 |
| 3 | $47,997 | $50,256 | $53,325 | $56,095 |
| 4 | $49,786 | $58,525 | ||
| 5 | $51,577 | $54,262 | $60,955 | |
| 6 | $53,368 | $59,973 | ||
| 7 | $55,158 | $58,269 | $62,191 | $65,814 |
| 8 | $56,948 | $60,273 | $64,408 | $68,242 |
| 9 | $58,738 | $62,277 | $66,624 | $70,673 |
| 10 | $60,529 | $64,280 | $68,841 | $73,103 |
| 11 | $62,319 | $66,282 | ||
| 12 | $64,108 | $68,286 | ||
| 13 | $65,898 | $70,288 | $75,491 | $80,393 |
| 14 | $67,690 | $72,292 | $77,707 | $82,821 |
| 15 | $69,481 | $74,297 | $79,923 | $85,252 |
| 18 | $71,269 | $76,300 | $82,140 | $87,680 |
| 21 | $73,060 | $78,303 | $84,355 | $90,110 |
| 24 | $80,306 | $86,571 | $92,541 | |
| 27 | $76,642 | $82,310 | $88,789 | $94,971 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $46,206 | +$1,790 |
| 3 | $47,997 | +$3,581 |
| 4 | $49,786 | +$5,370 |
| 5 | $51,577 | +$7,161 |
| 6 | $53,368 | +$8,952 |
Worked example as rendered: BA/BS, step 1 = $44,416 a year, $3,701.33 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: 2026-07-01 to 2028-06-30.
Bargained with OEA NTEA.
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: Exp BA/BS 150 MS MS 1S BA/BS 150 MS MS+15
- Soft spot: 3 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/BS column a teacher moves from $44,416 at step 1 to $76,642 at step 27: 17 step increases worth $1,896 each on average, 73% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,582, between step 21 and step 27.
The highest-paid column, MS, starts at $48,892 and tops out at $88,789, 16% above the top of the BA/BS column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, National Trail Local's starting pay ranks 121st and its top cell ranks 166th; 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 46th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA/BS | $44,416 | $76,642 | 17 | 73% |
| SALARY | $44,246 | $82,310 | 17 | 86% |
| MS | $48,892 | $88,789 | 14 | 82% |
| INDEX MS 1S BA/BS MS MS+15 | $51,236 | $94,971 | 15 | 85% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Trail Local | 932 | 2026-27 | $44,416 | – | $88,789 |
| Rootstown Local | 936 | 2026-27 | $42,907 | $49,343 | $91,432 |
| Dalton Local | 921 | 2025-26 | $39,403 | $43,738 | $82,510 |
| Colonel Crawford Local | 948 | 2026-27 | $40,437 | $43,268 | $95,431 |
| Jefferson Local | 950 | 2025-26 | $44,668 | – | $94,450 |
| Weathersfield Local | 909 | 2026-27 | $39,258 | $42,792 | $102,072 |
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 National Trail Local?
$44,416 on the column BA/BS at step 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $44,246 (SALARY).
What is the top of the National Trail Local salary schedule?
$88,789, at step 27 on MS (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 National Trail Local salary schedule?
On the BA/BS column the top figure, $76,642, is reached at step 27, 17 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Rootstown Localstarts $42,907
- Dalton Localstarts $39,403
- Colonel Crawford Localstarts $34,371
- Jefferson Localstarts $44,668
- Weathersfield Localstarts $39,258
- Northeastern Localstarts $46,098
- Cardington-Lincoln Localstarts $36,957
- Fort Frye Localstarts $40,244
- Wellington Exempted Villagestarts $42,030
- Brookfield Localstarts $34,682
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