Central Dauphin School District salary schedule, 2026-27

Central Dauphin/CDEA teachers' contract 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.

Central Dauphin School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $55,295 (A, step 1) and tops out at $94,915 (H, step 15), per Central Dauphin School District (effective July 1, 2026).
The grid has 8 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 15.
Central Dauphin SD enrolled 12,543 students in 2023-24, the 10th-largest district in Pennsylvania by NCES enrollment.

Central Dauphin/CDEA teachers' contract salary schedule (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentCentral Dauphin School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveJuly 1, 2026

Step \ Column	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H
1	$55,295	$61,439	$64,020	$65,999	$67,978	$69,957	$71,936	$73,915
2	$56,524	$62,939	$65,520	$67,499	$69,478	$71,457	$73,436	$75,415
3	$56,524	$64,439	$67,020	$68,999	$70,978	$72,957	$74,936	$76,915
4	$57,753	$65,939	$68,520	$70,499	$72,478	$74,457	$76,436	$78,415
5	$57,753	$67,439	$70,020	$71,999	$73,978	$75,957	$77,936	$79,915
6	$58,981	$68,939	$71,520	$73,499	$75,478	$77,457	$79,436	$81,415
7	$58,981	$70,439	$73,020	$74,999	$76,978	$78,957	$80,936	$82,915
8	$60,210	$71,939	$74,520	$76,499	$78,478	$80,457	$82,436	$84,415
9	$60,210	$73,439	$76,020	$77,999	$79,978	$81,957	$83,936	$85,915
10	$61,439	$74,939	$77,520	$79,499	$81,478	$83,457	$85,436	$87,415
11	$61,439	$76,439	$79,020	$80,999	$82,978	$84,957	$86,936	$88,915
12	$61,439	$77,939	$80,520	$82,499	$84,478	$86,457	$88,436	$90,415
13	$61,439	$79,439	$82,020	$83,999	$85,978	$87,957	$89,936	$91,915
14	$61,439	$80,939	$83,520	$85,499	$87,478	$89,457	$91,436	$93,415
15	$61,439	$82,439	$85,020	$86,999	$88,978	$90,957	$92,936	$94,915

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$55,295

Per month (12)

$4,607.92

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$56,524	+$1,229
3	$56,524	+$1,229
4	$57,753	+$2,458
5	$57,753	+$2,458
6	$58,981	+$3,686

Worked example as rendered: A, step 1 = $55,295 a year, $4,607.92 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Appendix B, Section III.B of the Master Agreement between the Central Dauphin Education Association and the Board of School Directors, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027. The agreement prints four grids (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27); this record is the 2026-27 grid, the final year of the contract.

Column A is the Registered Nurse column, not a teacher preparation lane: the agreement sets the RN salary as a percentage (90-100% by years of service) of the Column B starting salary. Columns B through H are teacher preparation levels (B = less than a Master's; C = Master's; D = required Master's 45-59 credits, grandfathered; E = M+30; F = M+45; G = M+60; H = Doctorate). National Teacher Certification is paid at Column E.

Longevity and extracurricular stipends in Appendices C and D are excluded.

Soft spot: The district removed this PDF in its 2024 website migration (the cms/lib URL now returns a Cloudflare 403/404 and no page on the current Finalsite site links a teacher contract); the document parsed is the Internet Archive capture of 2024-02-29 of the district's own file.

How this schedule moves

On the A column a teacher moves from $55,295 at step 1 to $61,439 at step 10: 9 step increases worth $683 each on average, 11% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,229, between step 1 and step 2.

9 of the 14 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.

The highest-paid column, H, starts at $73,915 and tops out at $94,915, 54% above the top of the A column.

Among the 76 Pennsylvania district schedules indexed here, Central Dauphin School District's starting pay ranks 52nd and its top cell ranks 62nd; the state medians are $57,965 to start and $106,204 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 64th percentile and the top cell at the 54th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
A	$55,295	$61,439	9	11%
B	$61,439	$82,439	14	34%
C	$64,020	$85,020	14	33%
D	$65,999	$86,999	14	32%
E	$67,978	$88,978	14	31%
F	$69,957	$90,957	14	30%
G	$71,936	$92,936	14	29%
H	$73,915	$94,915	14	28%

Against Pennsylvania districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Central Dauphin School District	12,543	2026-27	$55,295	–	$94,915
Hazleton Area School District	12,609	2026-27	$51,550	–	$96,353
West Chester Area School District	12,109	2026-27	$62,630	–	$110,774
North Penn School District	12,997	2026-27	$68,000	–	$126,158
Downingtown Area School District	13,238	2026-27	$62,066	$69,340	$107,940
Erie City School District	10,493	2026-27	$57,646	–	$90,305

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 salary on the Central Dauphin School District schedule?

$55,295 at step 1 on A, per the 2026-27 schedule (Central Dauphin School District).

What is the top of the Central Dauphin School District salary schedule?

$94,915, at step 15 on H (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 Central Dauphin School District salary schedule?

On the A column the top figure, $61,439, is reached at step 10, 9 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).

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