Annual salary
$50,922
South Carolina · salary schedule · 2025-26
Lexington 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.
- Lexington 05's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $50,922 (Bachelors - Class 3, years of experience 0) and tops out at $94,136 (Doctorate - Class 8, years of experience 33), per South Carolina Department of Education, Office of Finance (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors - Class 3) starts at $50,922 and reaches $74,729 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Masters - Class 1) the range is $53,176 to $78,735.
- The grid has 4 class columns and 34 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 33.
- Lexington 05 enrolled 17,278 students in 2023-24, the 12th-largest district in South Carolina by NCES enrollment.
District minimum salary schedule, 2025-26
Official sourceDocumentSouth Carolina Department of Education, Office of FinanceSchool year2025-26Effective
| Years of experience \ Class | Bachelors - Class 3 | Masters - Class 1 | Masters + 30 hrs - Class 7 | Doctorate - Class 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $50,922 | $53,176 | $56,038 | $62,917 |
| 1 | $51,202 | $53,454 | $56,863 | $63,846 |
| 2 | $51,955 | $54,241 | $57,156 | $64,789 |
| 3 | $52,719 | $55,039 | $57,998 | $65,123 |
| 4 | $53,495 | $55,850 | $58,853 | $66,085 |
| 5 | $53,784 | $56,137 | $59,721 | $67,061 |
| 6 | $55,082 | $56,964 | $60,023 | $68,052 |
| 7 | $55,380 | $57,804 | $60,909 | $68,397 |
| 8 | $56,195 | $58,656 | $61,807 | $69,408 |
| 9 | $57,023 | $58,952 | $62,719 | $70,434 |
| 10 | $57,864 | $59,822 | $63,645 | $71,476 |
| 11 | $58,575 | $60,557 | $64,428 | $72,357 |
| 12 | $59,294 | $61,301 | $65,221 | $73,249 |
| 13 | $60,023 | $62,055 | $66,024 | $74,152 |
| 14 | $60,197 | $62,818 | $66,837 | $75,066 |
| 15 | $60,937 | $63,591 | $67,660 | $75,992 |
| 16 | $62,564 | $64,374 | $68,493 | $76,929 |
| 17 | $62,445 | $65,166 | $69,337 | $77,879 |
| 18 | $63,213 | $65,968 | $70,191 | $78,840 |
| 19 | $63,990 | $66,780 | $71,056 | $79,813 |
| 20 | $64,935 | $67,767 | $71,409 | $80,210 |
| 21 | $65,970 | $68,534 | $72,924 | $81,121 |
| 22 | $66,414 | $69,311 | $73,751 | $82,845 |
| 23 | $67,166 | $70,097 | $73,866 | $83,786 |
| 24 | $67,927 | $70,891 | $75,434 | $84,738 |
| 25 | $68,931 | $71,940 | $76,551 | $85,995 |
| 26 | $69,712 | $72,755 | $76,670 | $86,972 |
| 27 | $70,503 | $73,581 | $77,541 | $87,961 |
| 28 | $70,632 | $74,415 | $79,187 | $88,961 |
| 29 | $71,433 | $75,260 | $80,086 | $89,972 |
| 30 | $72,243 | $76,114 | $80,996 | $90,995 |
| 31 | $73,062 | $76,977 | $81,916 | $92,030 |
| 32 | $73,891 | $77,851 | $82,846 | $93,077 |
| 33 | $74,729 | $78,735 | $83,788 | $94,136 |
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Per month (12)
$4,243.50
Next 5 steps in this class
| Years of experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $51,202 | +$280 |
| 2 | $51,955 | +$1,033 |
| 3 | $52,719 | +$1,797 |
| 4 | $53,495 | +$2,573 |
| 5 | $53,784 | +$2,862 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors - Class 3, years of experience 0 = $50,922 a year, $4,243.50 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 $50,922 at years of experience 0 to $74,729 at years of experience 33: 33 years of experience increases worth $721 each on average, 47% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,627, between years of experience 15 and years of experience 16.
1 of the 33 years of experience moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years of experiences.
A master's degree is worth $2,254 more than a bachelor's at the first years of experience (4.4%) and $4,006 more at the top of the column (5.4%).
The highest-paid column, Doctorate - Class 8, starts at $62,917 and tops out at $94,136, 26% above the top of the Bachelors - Class 3 column.
Among the 77 South Carolina district schedules indexed here, Lexington 05's starting pay ranks 29th and its top cell ranks 23rd; 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 50th percentile and the top cell at the 52nd percentile.
Column by column
| Class | First years of experience | Top | Years of experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors - Class 3 | $50,922 | $74,729 | 33 | 47% |
| Masters - Class 1 | $53,176 | $78,735 | 33 | 48% |
| Masters + 30 hrs - Class 7 | $56,038 | $83,788 | 33 | 50% |
| Doctorate - Class 8 | $62,917 | $94,136 | 33 | 50% |
Against South Carolina districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington 05 | 17,278 | 2025-26 | $50,922 | $53,176 | $94,136 |
| York 03 | 16,316 | 2025-26 | $52,000 | $59,000 | $93,455 |
| Pickens 01 | 16,223 | 2025-26 | $50,600 | $55,600 | $92,444 |
| York 04 | 18,396 | 2025-26 | $52,500 | $55,500 | $98,418 |
| Florence 01 | 15,910 | 2025-26 | $48,500 | $52,500 | $88,535 |
| Lancaster 01 | 15,298 | 2025-26 | $50,115 | $55,001 | $92,199 |
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 Lexington 05?
$50,922 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 $50,922 (Bachelors - Class 3).
What is the top of the Lexington 05 salary schedule?
$94,136, at years of experience 33 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 Lexington 05 salary schedule?
On the Bachelors - Class 3 column the top figure, $74,729, is reached at years of experience 33, 33 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Lexington 05?
$2,254 more at the first years of experience: $53,176 on Masters - Class 1 against $50,922 on Bachelors - Class 3 (2025-26 schedule).
Other South Carolina districts with schedules
- York 03starts $52,000
- Pickens 01starts $50,600
- York 04starts $52,500
- Florence 01starts $48,500
- Lancaster 01starts $50,115
- Sumter 01starts $48,500
- Beaufort 01starts $60,087
- Anderson 05starts $52,000
- Richland 01starts $50,100
- Spartanburg 02starts $49,590
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