Annual salary
$50,155.74
Rhode Island · salary schedule · 2026-27
Providence Public School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher's Basic Salary Schedule (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.
- Providence Public School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $50,155.74 (Basic salary, step 1) and tops out at $94,540.66 (Basic salary, step 12), per Providence Public School District / Providence Teachers Union (AFT Local 958) collective bargaining agreement 2024-2027 (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 181 work days, which makes the starting cell about $277.10 per day.
- The grid has 1 schedule columns and 12 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 12.
- Providence enrolled 19,856 students in 2023-24, the 1st-largest district in Rhode Island by NCES enrollment.
Teacher's Basic Salary Schedule (2026-27)
Transcribed from imageDocumentProvidence Public School District / Providence Teachers Union (AFT Local 958) collective bargaining agreement 2024-2027School year2026-27EffectiveWork days181
| Step \ Schedule | Basic salary |
|---|---|
| 1 | $50,155.74 |
| 2 | $52,621.16 |
| 3 | $55,440.15 |
| 4 | $59,068.09 |
| 5 | $63,858.56 |
| 6 | $68,717.59 |
| 7 | $73,235.90 |
| 8 | $78,026.36 |
| 9 | $82,269.31 |
| 10 | $86,240.12 |
| 11 | $89,661.26 |
| 12 | $94,540.66 |
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Per month (12)
$4,179.64
Per work day
$277.10 / 181 days
Next 5 steps in this schedule
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $52,621.16 | +$2,465.43 |
| 3 | $55,440.15 | +$5,284.42 |
| 4 | $59,068.09 | +$8,912.35 |
| 5 | $63,858.56 | +$13,702.82 |
| 6 | $68,717.59 | +$18,561.85 |
Worked example as rendered: Basic salary, step 1 = $50,155.74 a year, $4,179.64 a month spread over 12 months, $277.10 per work day on a 181-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Appendix A, section A-1 of the district-PTU collective bargaining agreement in effect September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027. The grid publishes five columns of the same twelve-step scale, one per effective date; the column effective 9/1/26 is the 2026-27 rate and is the one recorded here (a further 1.25 percent column effective 8/30/27 applies to 2027-28).
Providence has a single basic salary schedule with no degree lanes. Academic credentials are paid as flat annual increments on top of the step (Appendix A-2.1): Bachelor's plus 30 hours $2,955, Master's $3,355, Master's plus 30 hours $3,757, Doctorate $4,157, plus a $5,500 stipend for National Board Certification.
Longevity increments (Appendix A-2.2) are paid at 15, 20 and 25 years of service, of which 10, 15 and 20 respectively must be in Providence.
Article 8-5: the teacher work year is 181 days, including one orientation day, and the daily rate is 1/181 of the Appendix A salary.
Position and assignment differentials are excluded: school psychologists $200, special education teachers $500 and ELL/bilingual teachers $800 above base salary.
- Soft spot: The published grid prints twelve rows with no step-number column. Steps are labeled 1 through 12 here on the strength of the note beneath the grid, which refers to Step 10 and Step 12 of this scale.
- Soft spot: The contract PDF is a scan with no text layer. Numbers were read by OCR and then verified against a high-resolution rendering of the page by eye.
- Soft spot: The document prints step 1 of the 9/1/26 column as $50,155.735, with three decimal places; the value is recorded exactly as published.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Providence Public School District schedule?
$50,155.74 at step 1 on Basic salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Providence Public School District / Providence Teachers Union (AFT Local 958) collective bargaining agreement 2024-2027).
What is the top of the Providence Public School District salary schedule?
$94,540.66, at step 12 on Basic salary (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
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