Annual salary
$50,003.78
Tennessee · salary schedule · 2026-27
Hamilton County Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
Certified salary scale, 201 days (2026-27). 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.
- Hamilton County Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $50,003.78 (Bachelors, step 0) and tops out at $92,605.73 (Ed.D./PhD, step 30), per Hamilton County Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $50,003.78 and reaches $77,500.58 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 201 work days, which makes the starting cell about $248.78 per day.
- The grid has 3 lane columns and 31 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Hamilton County enrolled 45,790 students in 2023-24, the 5th-largest district in Tennessee by NCES enrollment.
Certified salary scale, 201 days (2026-27)
| Step \ Lane | Bachelors | Advanced Degree (Masters, Master+45, Ed.S.) | Ed.D./PhD |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $50,003.78 | $55,325.25 | $59,742.23 |
| 1 | $50,757.53 | $56,139.30 | $60,661.80 |
| 2 | $51,511.28 | $56,968.43 | $61,566.30 |
| 3 | $53,244.90 | $58,928.18 | $63,601.43 |
| 4 | $53,998.65 | $59,757.30 | $64,505.93 |
| 5 | $54,752.40 | $60,586.43 | $65,410.43 |
| 6 | $55,506.15 | $61,400.48 | $66,314.93 |
| 7 | $56,259.90 | $62,229.60 | $67,234.50 |
| 8 | $57,978.45 | $64,189.35 | $69,269.63 |
| 9 | $58,732.20 | $65,018.48 | $70,174.13 |
| 10 | $59,485.95 | $65,832.53 | $71,078.63 |
| 11 | $60,239.70 | $66,661.65 | $71,983.13 |
| 12 | $60,993.45 | $67,490.78 | $72,887.63 |
| 13 | $61,747.20 | $68,319.90 | $73,807.20 |
| 14 | $62,500.95 | $69,133.95 | $74,711.70 |
| 15 | $64,234.58 | $71,093.70 | $76,746.83 |
| 16 | $64,988.33 | $71,922.83 | $77,651.33 |
| 17 | $65,742.08 | $72,751.95 | $78,555.83 |
| 18 | $66,495.83 | $73,581.08 | $79,460.33 |
| 19 | $67,249.58 | $74,395.13 | $80,379.90 |
| 20 | $68,983.20 | $76,354.88 | $82,415.03 |
| 21 | $69,736.95 | $77,184.00 | $83,319.53 |
| 22 | $70,490.70 | $78,013.13 | $84,224.03 |
| 23 | $71,244.45 | $78,827.18 | $85,128.53 |
| 24 | $71,998.20 | $79,656.30 | $86,033.03 |
| 25 | $73,731.83 | $81,616.05 | $88,068.15 |
| 26 | $74,485.58 | $82,445.18 | $88,972.65 |
| 27 | $75,239.33 | $83,274.30 | $89,892.23 |
| 28 | $75,993.08 | $84,088.35 | $90,796.73 |
| 29 | $76,746.83 | $84,917.48 | $91,701.23 |
| 30 | $77,500.58 | $85,746.60 | $92,605.73 |
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Per month (12)
$4,166.98
Per work day
$248.78 / 201 days
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,757.53 | +$753.75 |
| 2 | $51,511.28 | +$1,507.50 |
| 3 | $53,244.90 | +$3,241.12 |
| 4 | $53,998.65 | +$3,994.87 |
| 5 | $54,752.40 | +$4,748.62 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, step 0 = $50,003.78 a year, $4,166.98 a month spread over 12 months, $248.78 per work day on a 201-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
2026-2027 Certified Salary Schedule, 201 days, published by Hamilton County Schools as FY27 Certified Salary Schedule in the district's Salary Scales folder linked from its Talent Acquisition page.
The district publishes this scale to the cent, so figures are kept to the cent here.
All three columns now run from placement 0 to 30. The 2025-26 scale ended the Bachelors and doctorate columns at step 25 and held Bachelors at a $50,000 floor through step 4; the 2026-27 scale has no such floor.
The doctorate column is headed Ed.D./PhD on this scale (Ed.D. only on the 2025-26 scale).
- Soft spot: The page footer reads Effective July 1, 2027, which conflicts with its own 2026-2027 heading and the FY27 file name; effective_date is set to July 1, 2026 on the heading, and the footer is taken to be a typo.
- Soft spot: Only the 201-day certified scale was found in the folder for 2026-27; the 211- to 260-day certified scales published for 2025-26 were not present.
- Soft spot: The scale lives in a public Google Drive folder rather than on the district's own domain, so source_url is the Drive file view link. The PDF was created September 3, 2026; no separate board vote document was checked.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelors column a teacher moves from $50,003.78 at step 0 to $77,500.58 at step 30: 30 step increases worth $917 each on average, 55% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,734, between step 14 and step 15.
The highest-paid column, Ed.D./PhD, starts at $59,742.23 and tops out at $92,605.73, 19% above the top of the Bachelors column.
Among the 11 Tennessee district schedules indexed here, Hamilton County Schools's starting pay ranks 10th and its top cell ranks 5th; the state medians are $50,556 to start and $91,563 at the top.
Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 47th percentile and the top cell at the 50th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors | $50,003.78 | $77,500.58 | 30 | 55% |
| Advanced Degree (Masters, Master+45, Ed.S.) | $55,325.25 | $85,746.60 | 30 | 55% |
| Ed.D./PhD | $59,742.23 | $92,605.73 | 30 | 55% |
Against Tennessee districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton County Schools | 45,790 | 2026-27 | $50,003.78 | – | $92,605.73 |
| Williamson County Schools | 41,909 | 2026-27 | $60,379 | $57,968 | $93,510 |
| Rutherford County Schools | 51,595 | 2026-27 | $50,556.10 | $54,853.37 | $97,748.68 |
| Clarksville-Montgomery County School System | 39,345 | 2026-27 | $51,000 | $55,858 | $96,165 |
| Knox County Schools | 60,604 | 2026-27 | $50,089.83 | – | $81,543.23 |
| Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools | 80,468 | 2026-27 | $54,521.41 | $60,070.06 | $96,980.83 |
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 Hamilton County Schools?
$50,003.78 on the lane Bachelors at step 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Hamilton County Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $50,003.78 (Bachelors).
What is the top of the Hamilton County Schools salary schedule?
$92,605.73, at step 30 on Ed.D./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 Hamilton County Schools salary schedule?
On the Bachelors column the top figure, $77,500.58, is reached at step 30, 30 step increases after step 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Tennessee districts with schedules
- Williamson County Schoolsstarts $52,124
- Rutherford County Schoolsstarts $50,556.10
- Clarksville-Montgomery County School Systemstarts $51,000
- Knox County Schoolsstarts $50,089.83
- Metropolitan Nashville Public Schoolsstarts $53,500.00
- Washington County Schoolsstarts $47,905
- Warren County Schoolsstarts $50,500
- Monroe County Schoolsstarts $50,009
- Bristol Tennessee City Schoolsstarts $53,251
- Memphis-Shelby County Schoolsstarts $51,827.51
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