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Norwood City salary schedule, 2027-28
Teacher salary schedule, 2027-28. 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.
- Norwood City's 2027-28 salary schedule starts at $51,861 (Bachelors, step 1) and tops out at $114,270 (Bachelors+66 / Masters+30, step 22), per Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $51,861 and reaches $94,693 at the top of that column.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 22.
- Norwood City enrolled 1,680 students in 2023-24, the 263rd-largest district in Ohio by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule, 2027-28
| Step \ Column | Bachelors | Bachelors+18 | Bachelors+36 / Masters | Bachelors+54 / Masters+18 | Bachelors+66 / Masters+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $51,861 | $53,935 | $56,528 | $58,603 | $59,640 |
| 2 | $55,750 | $58,084 | $60,937 | $63,270 | $64,437 |
| 3 | $58,343 | $60,937 | $67,938 | ||
| 4 | $60,937 | $63,789 | $71,438 | ||
| 5 | $63,530 | $66,641 | |||
| 6 | $66,123 | $69,494 | $73,383 | $76,754 | $78,440 |
| 7 | $72,346 | $76,495 | |||
| 8 | $71,438 | $75,328 | $79,736 | $83,626 | $85,570 |
| 9 | $74,161 | $78,310 | $82,977 | $87,126 | |
| 11 | $79,606 | $84,274 | $89,460 | $94,128 | $96,461 |
| 12 | $82,329 | $87,256 | $97,628 | ||
| 13 | $85,052 | $90,238 | $95,943 | $101,129 | $103,722 |
| 14 | $87,775 | $93,220 | $99,184 | $104,629 | $107,352 |
| 19 | $91,234 | $96,679 | $102,643 | $108,088 | $110,811 |
| 22 | $94,693 | $100,133 | $106,102 | $111,548 | $114,270 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $55,750 | +$3,889 |
| 3 | $58,343 | +$6,482 |
| 4 | $60,937 | +$9,076 |
| 5 | $63,530 | +$11,669 |
| 6 | $66,123 | +$14,262 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, step 1 = $51,861 a year, $4,321.75 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: 2025-08-01 to 2028-07-31.
Bargained with OEA NTA.
The agreement labels this table 2027-28. 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: BAC HELO RS BACH ELO RS + 18 MASTERS MASTERS + 18 MASTERS + 30
- Soft spot: Lane labels were cleaned 2026-09-28 from OCR-garbled headers in the filed document (e.g. 'BA+l5' -> 'BA+15'); cells unchanged.
- Soft spot: 17 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 Bachelors column a teacher moves from $51,861 at step 1 to $94,693 at step 22: 13 step increases worth $3,295 each on average, 83% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,445, between step 9 and step 11.
The highest-paid column, Bachelors+66 / Masters+30, starts at $59,640 and tops out at $114,270, 21% above the top of the Bachelors column.
Among the 235 Ohio district schedules indexed here, Norwood City's starting pay ranks 21st and its top cell ranks 27th; 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 54th percentile and the top cell at the 78th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | $51,861 | $94,693 | 13 | 83% |
| Bachelors+18 | $53,935 | $100,133 | 14 | 86% |
| Bachelors+36 / Masters | $56,528 | $106,102 | 10 | 88% |
| Bachelors+54 / Masters+18 | $58,603 | $111,548 | 10 | 90% |
| Bachelors+66 / Masters+30 | $59,640 | $114,270 | 10 | 92% |
Against Ohio districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood City | 1,680 | 2027-28 | $51,861 | – | $114,270 |
| Lakewood Local | 1,683 | 2026-27 | $44,468 | $50,027 | $89,603 |
| St Clairsville-Richland City | 1,676 | 2025-26 | $45,997 | $50,650 | $96,915 |
| Jefferson Area Local | 1,686 | 2026-27 | $40,327 | $46,779 | $85,090 |
| 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 Norwood City?
$51,861 on the column Bachelors at step 1 of the 2027-28 schedule (Ohio State Employment Relations Board, Clearinghouse contract archive). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $51,861 (Bachelors).
What is the top of the Norwood City salary schedule?
$114,270, at step 22 on Bachelors+66 / Masters+30 (2027-28). 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 Norwood City salary schedule?
On the Bachelors column the top figure, $94,693, is reached at step 22, 13 step increases after step 1 (2027-28 schedule).
Other Ohio districts with schedules
- Lakewood Localstarts $44,468
- St Clairsville-Richland Citystarts $45,997
- Jefferson Area Localstarts $40,327
- 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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