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Anderson 05 salary schedule, 2025-26

District minimum salary schedule, 2025-26. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a class and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

District minimum salary schedule, 2025-26

Official sourceDocumentSouth Carolina Department of Education, Office of FinanceSchool year2025-26Effective
Years of experience \ ClassBachelors - Class 3Masters - Class 1Masters + 30 hrs - Class 7Doctorate - Class 8
0$52,000$57,684$61,606$65,525
1$52,133$58,022$61,871$66,104
2$52,351$58,188$61,955$66,475
3$52,517$58,344$62,032$66,824
4$52,747$58,531$62,145$67,207
5$52,903$58,677$62,220$67,534
6$53,894$59,740$63,283$68,950
7$54,852$60,802$64,345$70,368
8$55,843$61,865$65,408$71,785
9$56,799$62,928$66,472$73,204
10$57,792$63,992$67,534$74,620
11$58,747$65,054$68,596$76,035
12$59,740$66,116$69,659$77,453
13$60,697$67,179$70,722$78,870
14$61,688$68,241$71,785$80,287
15$62,644$69,305$72,848$81,705
16$63,637$70,368$73,911$83,121
17$64,593$71,430$74,972$84,538
18$65,111$72,017$75,595$85,256
19$65,634$72,609$76,223$85,980
20$66,164$73,207$76,857$86,712
21$66,696$73,811$77,497$87,451
22$67,235$74,421$78,144$88,198
23$67,780$75,038$78,798$88,952
24$68,330$75,672$79,458$89,714
25$68,884$76,288$80,125$90,482
26$69,445$76,957$80,797$91,259
27$70,600$78,263$82,180$92,851
28$71,262$79,002$82,958$93,735
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Annual salary
$52,000
Per month (12)
$4,333.33

Worked example as rendered: Bachelors - Class 3, years of experience 0 = $52,000 a year, $4,333.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

South Carolina collects every district's minimum salary schedule and publishes them together in one annual workbook. This grid is that district's filing.

These are district MINIMUM figures as filed with the state. A district can pay above them through supplements, and many do.

Class numbers are South Carolina's certificate classes: Class 3 bachelor's, Class 1 master's, Class 7 master's plus 30 hours, Class 8 doctorate.

Lanes are shown bachelor's first; the source workbook lists them doctorate first.

How this schedule moves

On the Bachelors - Class 3 column a teacher moves from $52,000 at years of experience 0 to $71,262 at years of experience 28: 28 years of experience increases worth $688 each on average, 37% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,155, between years of experience 26 and years of experience 27.

A master's degree is worth $5,684 more than a bachelor's at the first years of experience (10.9%) and $7,740 more at the top of the column (10.9%).

The highest-paid column, Doctorate - Class 8, starts at $65,525 and tops out at $93,735, 32% above the top of the Bachelors - Class 3 column.

Among the 77 South Carolina district schedules indexed here, Anderson 05's starting pay ranks 12th and its top cell ranks 25th; the state medians are $50,015 to start and $90,490 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 54th percentile and the top cell at the 52nd percentile.

Column by column

ClassFirst years of experienceTopYears of experience moves to topGrowth
Bachelors - Class 3$52,000$71,2622837%
Masters - Class 1$57,684$79,0022837%
Masters + 30 hrs - Class 7$61,606$82,9582835%
Doctorate - Class 8$65,525$93,7352843%

Against South Carolina districts of similar size

DistrictStudentsYearStartingMaster's startTop cell
Anderson 0512,4782025-26$52,000$57,684$93,735
Spartanburg 0211,9772025-26$49,590$55,326$93,209
Spartanburg 0611,7732025-26$50,090$55,826$93,709
Kershaw 0111,1492025-26$49,500$53,900$88,335
Anderson 0111,0012025-26$51,500$57,176$92,700
Spartanburg 0510,6702025-26$49,590$55,326$98,690

Starting pay is the first years of experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of experience cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Anderson 05?

$52,000 on the class Bachelors - Class 3 at years of experience 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Finance). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $52,000 (Bachelors - Class 3).

What is the top of the Anderson 05 salary schedule?

$93,735, at years of experience 28 on Doctorate - Class 8 (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 Anderson 05 salary schedule?

On the Bachelors - Class 3 column the top figure, $71,262, is reached at years of experience 28, 28 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).

How much more does a master's degree pay in Anderson 05?

$5,684 more at the first years of experience: $57,684 on Masters - Class 1 against $52,000 on Bachelors - Class 3 (2025-26 schedule).

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