Annual salary
$57,228
Pennsylvania · salary schedule · 2026-27
Lower Dauphin School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Lower Dauphin salary schedule (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and steps to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Lower Dauphin School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $57,228 (A, steps 1) and tops out at $89,709 (G, steps 15), per Lower Dauphin School District (effective ).
- The grid has 7 column columns and 15 steps rows; the highest cell is reached at steps 15.
- Lower Dauphin SD enrolled 3,444 students in 2023-24, the 130th-largest district in Pennsylvania by NCES enrollment.
Lower Dauphin salary schedule (2026-27)
| Steps \ Column | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $57,228 | $59,488 | $60,967 | $61,835 | $62,763 | $63,592 | $64,619 |
| 2 | $58,084 | $60,303 | $61,782 | $62,727 | $63,655 | $64,484 | $65,666 |
| 3 | $59,354 | $61,677 | $63,311 | $64,256 | $65,261 | $66,091 | $67,273 |
| 4 | $60,675 | $63,283 | $64,917 | $65,863 | $66,868 | $67,698 | $68,880 |
| 5 | $62,323 | $64,890 | $66,524 | $67,470 | $68,475 | $69,304 | $70,487 |
| 6 | $63,971 | $66,609 | $68,243 | $69,188 | $70,194 | $71,023 | $72,206 |
| 7 | $65,731 | $68,327 | $70,013 | $70,959 | $71,965 | $72,794 | $73,977 |
| 8 | $67,627 | $70,169 | $71,784 | $72,730 | $73,736 | $74,565 | $75,748 |
| 9 | $69,523 | $72,010 | $73,555 | $74,501 | $75,507 | $76,336 | $77,519 |
| 10 | $71,419 | $73,852 | $75,326 | $76,272 | $77,277 | $78,107 | $79,289 |
| 11 | $72,374 | $75,693 | $77,098 | $78,043 | $79,048 | $79,878 | $81,060 |
| 12 | $73,329 | $77,534 | $78,869 | $79,813 | $80,819 | $81,649 | $82,831 |
| 13 | $74,284 | $79,376 | $80,640 | $81,584 | $82,590 | $83,420 | $84,602 |
| 14 | $75,239 | $81,218 | $82,410 | $83,355 | $84,361 | $85,190 | $86,373 |
| 15 | $77,370 | $84,311 | $85,472 | $86,456 | $87,541 | $88,448 | $89,709 |
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Per month (12)
$4,769.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Steps | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $58,084 | +$856 |
| 3 | $59,354 | +$2,126 |
| 4 | $60,675 | +$3,447 |
| 5 | $62,323 | +$5,095 |
| 6 | $63,971 | +$6,743 |
Worked example as rendered: A, steps 1 = $57,228 a year, $4,769.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix E of the Educators of Lower Dauphin collective bargaining agreement, 2026-2031.
Appendix F of the same agreement defines the columns: A = Bachelor's (less than a Master's), B = Master's, C = Master's+15, D = Master's+30, E = Master's+45, F = Master's+60, G = Doctorate.
The agreement also prints 2027-28, 2028-29, 2029-30 and 2030-31 grids on the following pages.
- Soft spot: Appendix E is a set of table images with no text layer. Values were transcribed from a 250 dpi render and cross-checked against two 400 dpi tesseract --psm 4 crops (left and right halves of the table), which agreed on every cell.
- Soft spot: PSEA's Steps to the Top of 14 for Lower Dauphin is consistent with these 15 step rows.
How this schedule moves
On the A column a teacher moves from $57,228 at steps 1 to $77,370 at steps 15: 14 steps increases worth $1,439 each on average, 35% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,131, between steps 14 and steps 15.
The highest-paid column, G, starts at $64,619 and tops out at $89,709, 16% above the top of the A column.
Among the 76 Pennsylvania district schedules indexed here, Lower Dauphin School District's starting pay ranks 44th and its top cell ranks 70th; 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 69th percentile and the top cell at the 47th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First steps | Top | Steps moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | $57,228 | $77,370 | 14 | 35% |
| B | $59,488 | $84,311 | 14 | 42% |
| C | $60,967 | $85,472 | 14 | 40% |
| D | $61,835 | $86,456 | 14 | 40% |
| E | $62,763 | $87,541 | 14 | 39% |
| F | $63,592 | $88,448 | 14 | 39% |
| G | $64,619 | $89,709 | 14 | 39% |
Against Pennsylvania districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Dauphin School District | 3,444 | 2026-27 | $57,228 | – | $89,709 |
| Connellsville Area School District | 3,458 | 2026-27 | $47,394 | – | $94,549 |
| Abington Heights School District | 3,461 | 2025-26 | $62,111 | – | $88,552 |
| Gateway School District | 3,408 | 2026-27 | $51,409 | – | $115,322 |
| West Jefferson Hills School District | 3,403 | 2026-27 | $60,332 | – | $125,173 |
| Pottstown School District | 3,308 | 2026-27 | $55,108 | $58,394 | $102,510 |
Starting pay is the first steps of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-steps cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Lower Dauphin School District schedule?
$57,228 at steps 1 on A, per the 2026-27 schedule (Lower Dauphin School District).
What is the top of the Lower Dauphin School District salary schedule?
$89,709, at steps 15 on G (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 Lower Dauphin School District salary schedule?
On the A column the top figure, $77,370, is reached at steps 15, 14 steps increases after steps 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Pennsylvania districts with schedules
- Connellsville Area School Districtstarts $47,394
- Abington Heights School Districtstarts $62,111
- Gateway School Districtstarts $51,409
- West Jefferson Hills School Districtstarts $60,332
- Pottstown School Districtstarts $55,108
- Radnor Township School Districtstarts $57,500
- Dover Area School Districtstarts $61,204
- Shippensburg Area School Districtstarts $60,804
- Wallingford-Swarthmore School Districtstarts $65,950
- Conewago Valley School Districtstarts $62,892
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