Annual salary
$49,699
Rhode Island · salary schedule · 2025-26
Pawtucket School Department salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher Salary Scale (2025-26). 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.
- Pawtucket School Department's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $49,699 (BACHELOR, step 1) and tops out at $99,768 (DOCTORATE, step +25), per Pawtucket School Department / Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance, AFT Local 930 contract 2023-2026 (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (BACHELOR) starts at $49,699 and reaches $96,053 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (MASTER EQUIV.) the range is $52,240 to $98,593.
- The schedule is built on 184 work days, which makes the starting cell about $270.10 per day.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 13 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step +25.
- Pawtucket enrolled 7,887 students in 2023-24, the 4th-largest district in Rhode Island by NCES enrollment.
Teacher Salary Scale (2025-26)
Official sourceDocumentPawtucket School Department / Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance, AFT Local 930 contract 2023-2026School year2025-26EffectiveWork days184
| Step \ Column | BACHELOR | MASTER EQUIV. | MASTER | MASTER +30 | DOCTORATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $49,699 | $52,240 | $52,540 | $52,868 | $53,415 |
| 2 | $54,559 | $57,099 | $57,400 | $57,728 | $58,274 |
| 3 | $59,419 | $61,960 | $62,260 | $62,588 | $63,134 |
| 4 | $64,277 | $66,818 | $67,119 | $67,446 | $67,993 |
| 5 | $69,132 | $71,673 | $71,974 | $72,301 | $72,848 |
| 6 | $73,994 | $76,535 | $76,835 | $77,163 | $77,709 |
| 7 | $78,850 | $81,391 | $81,691 | $82,019 | $82,565 |
| 8 | $83,709 | $86,250 | $86,551 | $86,878 | $87,425 |
| 9 | $88,566 | $91,106 | $91,407 | $91,734 | $92,281 |
| 10 | $93,430 | $95,971 | $96,271 | $96,599 | $97,146 |
| +15 | $94,086 | $96,627 | $96,927 | $97,255 | $97,801 |
| +20 | $94,960 | $97,501 | $97,801 | $98,129 | $98,675 |
| +25 | $96,053 | $98,593 | $98,894 | $99,222 | $99,768 |
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Per month (12)
$4,141.58
Per work day
$270.10 / 184 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $54,559 | +$4,860 |
| 3 | $59,419 | +$9,720 |
| 4 | $64,277 | +$14,578 |
| 5 | $69,132 | +$19,433 |
| 6 | $73,994 | +$24,295 |
Worked example as rendered: BACHELOR, step 1 = $49,699 a year, $4,141.58 a month spread over 12 months, $270.10 per work day on a 184-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix D of the Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance (AFT Local 930) contract covering September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2026. The contract prints one scale per year in Appendices B, C and D; Appendix D, the 2025-2026 scale, is the most recent one published.
Steps +15, +20 and +25 are longevity steps beyond step 10, reached at 15, 20 and 25 years.
The appendix states the scale is based on a school year totaling 184 days: 180 days of instruction and 4 professional days.
An additional $5,000 is added to a teacher's salary for attainment of National Board Certification.
Department head differentials (2 to 8 percent of scale by number of periods, $1,869 to $7,474 in 2025-2026) are excluded.
- Soft spot: No 2026-27 scale is published. The 2023-2026 agreement expired August 31, 2026 and the district's human resources page still lists it as the current teacher contract, so the latest published year, 2025-26, is what is recorded here.
- Soft spot: The contract's table of contents still labels Appendices B, C and D as the 2020-21 through 2022-23 scales; the appendix pages themselves are headed 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, and the appendix headings were used.
How this schedule moves
On the BACHELOR column a teacher moves from $49,699 at step 1 to $96,053 at step +25: 12 step increases worth $3,863 each on average, 93% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,864, between step 9 and step 10.
A master's degree is worth $2,541 more than a bachelor's at the first step (5.1%) and $2,540 more at the top of the column (2.6%).
The highest-paid column, DOCTORATE, starts at $53,415 and tops out at $99,768, 4% above the top of the BACHELOR column.
Among the 5 Rhode Island district schedules indexed here, Pawtucket School Department's starting pay ranks 5th and its top cell ranks 3rd; 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 45th percentile and the top cell at the 60th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BACHELOR | $49,699 | $96,053 | 12 | 93% |
| MASTER EQUIV. | $52,240 | $98,593 | 12 | 89% |
| MASTER | $52,540 | $98,894 | 12 | 88% |
| MASTER +30 | $52,868 | $99,222 | 12 | 88% |
| DOCTORATE | $53,415 | $99,768 | 12 | 87% |
Against Rhode Island districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawtucket School Department | 7,887 | 2025-26 | $49,699 | $52,240 | $99,768 |
| Warwick Public Schools | 7,914 | 2026-27 | $54,192 | – | $100,453 |
| Cranston Public Schools | 10,126 | 2026-27 | $51,132 | – | $95,553 |
| 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 teacher salary in Pawtucket School Department?
$49,699 on the column BACHELOR at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Pawtucket School Department / Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance, AFT Local 930 contract 2023-2026). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $49,699 (BACHELOR).
What is the top of the Pawtucket School Department salary schedule?
$99,768, at step +25 on DOCTORATE (2025-26). 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 Pawtucket School Department salary schedule?
On the BACHELOR column the top figure, $96,053, is reached at step +25, 12 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Pawtucket School Department?
$2,541 more at the first step: $52,240 on MASTER EQUIV. against $49,699 on BACHELOR (2025-26 schedule).
Other Rhode Island districts with schedules
- Warwick Public Schoolsstarts $54,192
- Cranston Public Schoolsstarts $51,132
- Woonsocket Education Departmentstarts $52,132
- Providence Public School Districtstarts $50,155.74
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