Annual salary
$58,526
Pennsylvania · salary schedule · 2026-27
Cheltenham School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Cheltenham Educators' Association 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.
- Cheltenham School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $58,526 (B, step 6) and tops out at $131,346 (D/NBC, step 17), per Cheltenham School District (effective ).
- The grid has 6 column columns and 14 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 17.
- Cheltenham SD enrolled 4,232 students in 2023-24, the 91st-largest district in Pennsylvania by NCES enrollment.
Cheltenham Educators' Association salary schedule (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | B | M | M+12 | M+24 | M+36 | D/NBC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | $58,526 | $63,401 | $67,242 | $76,132 | $81,793 | $83,321 |
| 7 | $59,824 | $65,192 | $68,967 | $78,075 | $83,783 | $85,348 |
| 8 | $62,189 | $67,964 | $71,771 | $80,577 | $86,375 | $88,435 |
| 9 | $65,715 | $70,936 | $74,677 | $83,554 | $89,396 | $91,589 |
| 10 | $68,758 | $74,133 | $77,771 | $86,597 | $92,477 | $94,773 |
| 11 | $72,997 | $79,501 | $83,458 | $91,267 | $97,274 | $99,755 |
| 11a | $74,676 | $83,312 | $87,144 | $94,005 | $100,194 | $102,527 |
| 12 | $76,354 | $87,123 | $90,830 | $96,744 | $103,114 | $105,299 |
| 12a | $78,405 | $91,220 | $94,807 | $99,810 | $106,350 | $108,393 |
| 13 | $80,456 | $95,317 | $98,784 | $102,875 | $109,587 | $111,488 |
| 14 | $83,250 | $98,557 | $102,128 | $106,342 | $113,255 | $115,213 |
| 15 | $86,009 | $101,469 | $105,106 | $109,405 | $116,457 | $118,454 |
| 16 | $91,509 | $107,958 | $111,827 | $116,402 | $123,905 | $126,029 |
| 17 | $95,370 | $112,512 | $116,546 | $121,313 | $129,132 | $131,346 |
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Per month (12)
$4,877.17
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | $59,824 | +$1,298 |
| 8 | $62,189 | +$3,663 |
| 9 | $65,715 | +$7,189 |
| 10 | $68,758 | +$10,232 |
| 11 | $72,997 | +$14,471 |
Worked example as rendered: B, step 6 = $58,526 a year, $4,877.17 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A of the July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2027 collective bargaining agreement between the Cheltenham School District and the Cheltenham Educators' Association (PSEA/NEA); the appendix prints 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 grids and this record is the 2026-2027 grid.
The schedule's own step labels start at 6 and include two half steps, 11a and 12a; the district also numbers the rows 1 through 14 alongside those labels, and that ordinal is not reproduced here.
'D/NBC' is the doctorate / National Board Certified column.
- Soft spot: The agreement is a scan with no text layer; the grid was transcribed visually from a 200 dpi render and cross-checked against a tesseract --psm 4 OCR pass at 400 dpi, which reproduced every cell identically.
- Soft spot: The contract days for the teacher work year were not located in the scanned agreement, so work_days is null.
How this schedule moves
On the B column a teacher moves from $58,526 at step 6 to $95,370 at step 17: 13 step increases worth $2,834 each on average, 63% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,500, between step 15 and step 16.
The highest-paid column, D/NBC, starts at $83,321 and tops out at $131,346, 38% above the top of the B column.
Among the 76 Pennsylvania district schedules indexed here, Cheltenham School District's starting pay ranks 36th and its top cell ranks 3rd; 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 73rd percentile and the top cell at the 91st percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | $58,526 | $95,370 | 13 | 63% |
| M | $63,401 | $112,512 | 13 | 77% |
| M+12 | $67,242 | $116,546 | 13 | 73% |
| M+24 | $76,132 | $121,313 | 13 | 59% |
| M+36 | $81,793 | $129,132 | 13 | 58% |
| D/NBC | $83,321 | $131,346 | 13 | 58% |
Against Pennsylvania districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheltenham School District | 4,232 | 2026-27 | $58,526 | – | $131,346 |
| Rose Tree Media School District | 4,188 | 2026-27 | $68,300 | $78,300 | $124,800 |
| Whitehall-Coplay School District | 4,169 | 2026-27 | $63,789 | $68,806 | $106,746 |
| South Western School District | 4,346 | 2026-27 | $60,058 | – | $99,212 |
| Muhlenberg School District | 4,361 | 2026-27 | $56,970 | $65,671 | $106,186 |
| Upper Dublin School District | 4,102 | 2026-27 | $65,478 | – | $129,860 |
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 Cheltenham School District schedule?
$58,526 at step 6 on B, per the 2026-27 schedule (Cheltenham School District).
What is the top of the Cheltenham School District salary schedule?
$131,346, at step 17 on D/NBC (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 Cheltenham School District salary schedule?
On the B column the top figure, $95,370, is reached at step 17, 13 step increases after step 6 (2026-27 schedule).
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- Upper Dublin School Districtstarts $65,478
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- Bethel Park School Districtstarts $36,774
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