Annual salary
$51,132
Rhode Island · salary schedule · 2026-27
Cranston Public Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
Annual Salary, teacher scale (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a schedule and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Cranston Public Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $51,132 (Annual salary, step 1) and tops out at $95,553 (Annual salary, step 11), per Cranston Public Schools / Cranston Teachers' Alliance master agreement 2025-2028 (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 182 work days, which makes the starting cell about $280.95 per day.
- The grid has 1 schedule columns and 11 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 11.
- Cranston enrolled 10,126 students in 2023-24, the 2nd-largest district in Rhode Island by NCES enrollment.
Annual Salary, teacher scale (2026-27)
Transcribed from imageDocumentCranston Public Schools / Cranston Teachers' Alliance master agreement 2025-2028School year2026-27EffectiveWork days182
| Step \ Schedule | Annual salary |
|---|---|
| 1 | $51,132 |
| 2 | $54,251 |
| 3 | $57,560 |
| 4 | $61,072 |
| 5 | $64,798 |
| 6 | $68,750 |
| 7 | $72,943 |
| 8 | $77,393 |
| 9 | $82,115 |
| 10 | $89,634 |
| 11 | $95,553 |
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Per month (12)
$4,261.00
Per work day
$280.95 / 182 days
Next 5 steps in this schedule
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $54,251 | +$3,119 |
| 3 | $57,560 | +$6,428 |
| 4 | $61,072 | +$9,940 |
| 5 | $64,798 | +$13,666 |
| 6 | $68,750 | +$17,618 |
Worked example as rendered: Annual salary, step 1 = $51,132 a year, $4,261.00 a month spread over 12 months, $280.95 per work day on a 182-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A (Annual Salary) of the 2025-2028 CTA teacher contract. The appendix publishes one column per school year; the 2026-2027 column is recorded here.
Steps 1 through 10 do not increase in 2026-2027; only step 11 rises, by 2.75 percent. The same pattern repeats in 2027-2028.
Cranston publishes a single annual salary column with no degree lanes. Advanced degrees are flat annual stipends added to the step: BA plus 36 $2,181, MA $3,677, MA plus 30 $4,687, CAGS $5,567, Doctorate $6,275, and $4,000 for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification. Those stipend amounts are frozen for the life of the 2025-2028 agreement.
Longevity increments are $1,914 at 20 years, $2,150 at 25 years and $2,378 at 30 years.
The old steps 1 and 2 were eliminated at the start of 2025-2026 and every teacher moved down one step number, so the step 1 on this grid is the former step 3 amount.
Article on the work year: no more than 182 days, and services beyond the last teacher day are paid at 1/182 of annual salary.
Department chair, program supervisor, adult education and summer school rates in Appendices B, C and D are excluded.
- Soft spot: The contract PDF is a scan with no text layer. Numbers were read by OCR and verified against a high-resolution rendering of Appendix A by eye.
- Soft spot: The 2027-2028 column prints step 7 as 72,973 where 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 both print 72,943; that looks like a typographical error in the document but it does not affect the 2026-2027 column recorded here.
How this schedule moves
On the Annual salary column a teacher moves from $51,132 at step 1 to $95,553 at step 11: 10 step increases worth $4,442 each on average, 87% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $7,519, between step 9 and step 10.
Among the 5 Rhode Island district schedules indexed here, Cranston Public Schools's starting pay ranks 3rd and its top cell ranks 4th; the state medians are $51,132 to start and $99,768 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 51st percentile and the top cell at the 55th percentile.
Against Rhode Island districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranston Public Schools | 10,126 | 2026-27 | $51,132 | – | $95,553 |
| Warwick Public Schools | 7,914 | 2026-27 | $54,192 | – | $100,453 |
| Pawtucket School Department | 7,887 | 2025-26 | $49,699 | $52,240 | $99,768 |
| Woonsocket Education Department | 5,574 | 2026-27 | $52,132 | $56,675 | $101,863 |
| Providence Public School District | 19,856 | 2026-27 | $50,155.74 | – | $94,540.66 |
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 Cranston Public Schools schedule?
$51,132 at step 1 on Annual salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Cranston Public Schools / Cranston Teachers' Alliance master agreement 2025-2028).
What is the top of the Cranston Public Schools salary schedule?
$95,553, at step 11 on Annual salary (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 Cranston Public Schools salary schedule?
On the Annual salary column the top figure, $95,553, is reached at step 11, 10 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Rhode Island districts with schedules
- Warwick Public Schoolsstarts $54,192
- Pawtucket School Departmentstarts $49,699
- Woonsocket Education Departmentstarts $52,132
- Providence Public School Districtstarts $50,155.74
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