Annual salary
$52,132
Rhode Island · salary schedule · 2026-27
Woonsocket Education Department salary schedule, 2026-27
Teachers' Salary Scale, FY 2027 (2026-2027). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Woonsocket Education Department's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $52,132 (Bachelors, step 1) and tops out at $101,863 (PHD, step 10), per Woonsocket Education Department / Woonsocket Teachers Guild collective bargaining agreement July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027 (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $52,132 and reaches $95,647 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Masters) the range is $56,675 to $100,189.
- The grid has 7 lane columns and 10 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 10.
- Woonsocket enrolled 5,574 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Rhode Island by NCES enrollment.
Teachers' Salary Scale, FY 2027 (2026-2027)
Transcribed from imageDocumentWoonsocket Education Department / Woonsocket Teachers Guild collective bargaining agreement July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027School year2026-27Effective
| Step \ Lane | Bachelors | B+30 | Masters | M+15 | M+30/MS | CAGS/NBC | PHD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $52,132 | $54,141 | $56,675 | $57,153 | $57,870 | $58,109 | $58,349 |
| 2 | $53,868 | $55,876 | $58,411 | $58,889 | $59,606 | $59,846 | $60,085 |
| 3 | $55,606 | $57,617 | $60,149 | $60,628 | $61,345 | $61,586 | $61,824 |
| 4 | $59,088 | $61,098 | $63,632 | $64,110 | $64,826 | $65,067 | $65,306 |
| 5 | $62,614 | $64,622 | $67,158 | $67,634 | $68,354 | $68,595 | $68,832 |
| 6 | $67,025 | $69,033 | $71,569 | $72,045 | $72,763 | $73,003 | $73,242 |
| 7 | $71,434 | $73,442 | $75,978 | $76,457 | $77,173 | $77,412 | $77,652 |
| 8 | $78,645 | $80,653 | $83,188 | $83,666 | $84,384 | $84,624 | $84,861 |
| 9 | $83,888 | $85,897 | $88,432 | $88,910 | $89,627 | $89,866 | $90,105 |
| 10 | $95,647 | $97,653 | $100,189 | $100,668 | $101,385 | $101,625 | $101,863 |
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Per month (12)
$4,344.33
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $53,868 | +$1,736 |
| 3 | $55,606 | +$3,474 |
| 4 | $59,088 | +$6,956 |
| 5 | $62,614 | +$10,482 |
| 6 | $67,025 | +$14,893 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, step 1 = $52,132 a year, $4,344.33 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, section A-1 (2024-2027 Teacher Salary Scale) of the CBA between the Woonsocket Education Department and the Woonsocket Teachers Guild, July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027. The appendix prints one grid per fiscal year; the FY 2027 (2026-2027) grid is recorded here.
The FY 2027 grid is the FY 2026 grid raised 4 percent at every step.
The lanes past Bachelors are the Professional Advancement Schedule (A-2.01) applied to the tenth-step bachelor's salary: B plus 30 hours 2.10 percent, Master's 4.75 percent, Master's plus 15 hours 5.25 percent, Master's plus 30 hours and MSW 6.00 percent, National Board Certified 6.25 percent. The published grid already includes those amounts.
The FY 2026 and earlier grids label the fifth lane M+30/MSW; the FY 2027 grid shortens it to M+30/MS, and the FY 2027 heading is used here.
The contract sets a teacher work year of 180 instructional days plus one orientation day, one professional development day and two evening parent-teacher conference sessions; it does not print a single total-days figure, so work_days is left null.
- 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 FY 2027 grid by eye; every cell also reconciles with the Professional Advancement percentages in A-2.01 to within a dollar of rounding.
- Soft spot: The document is hosted on the district's Google Drive contracts folder; the recorded source URL is the Drive viewer link for that file.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelors column a teacher moves from $52,132 at step 1 to $95,647 at step 10: 9 step increases worth $4,835 each on average, 83% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $11,759, between step 9 and step 10.
A master's degree is worth $4,543 more than a bachelor's at the first step (8.7%) and $4,542 more at the top of the column (4.7%).
The highest-paid column, PHD, starts at $58,349 and tops out at $101,863, 6% above the top of the Bachelors column.
Among the 5 Rhode Island district schedules indexed here, Woonsocket Education Department's starting pay ranks 2nd and its top cell ranks 1st; 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 55th percentile and the top cell at the 63rd percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | $52,132 | $95,647 | 9 | 83% |
| B+30 | $54,141 | $97,653 | 9 | 80% |
| Masters | $56,675 | $100,189 | 9 | 77% |
| M+15 | $57,153 | $100,668 | 9 | 76% |
| M+30/MS | $57,870 | $101,385 | 9 | 75% |
| CAGS/NBC | $58,109 | $101,625 | 9 | 75% |
| PHD | $58,349 | $101,863 | 9 | 75% |
Against Rhode Island districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woonsocket Education Department | 5,574 | 2026-27 | $52,132 | $56,675 | $101,863 |
| 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 |
| 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 Woonsocket Education Department?
$52,132 on the lane Bachelors at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Woonsocket Education Department / Woonsocket Teachers Guild collective bargaining agreement July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2027). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $52,132 (Bachelors).
What is the top of the Woonsocket Education Department salary schedule?
$101,863, at step 10 on PHD (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 Woonsocket Education Department salary schedule?
On the Bachelors column the top figure, $95,647, is reached at step 10, 9 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Woonsocket Education Department?
$4,543 more at the first step: $56,675 on Masters against $52,132 on Bachelors (2026-27 schedule).
Other Rhode Island districts with schedules
- Pawtucket School Departmentstarts $49,699
- Warwick Public Schoolsstarts $54,192
- Cranston Public Schoolsstarts $51,132
- Providence Public School Districtstarts $50,155.74
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