Annual salary
$54,521.41
Tennessee · salary schedule · 2026-27
Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools salary schedule, 2026-27
Certificated salary schedule, 201 days (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a grade and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $53,500.00 (PRMT (Permit Pay), step 0) and tops out at $96,980.83 (Doctorate, step 28), per Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors) starts at $54,521.41 and reaches $78,705.80 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Masters) the range is $60,070.06 to $85,036.03.
- The schedule is built on 201 work days, which makes the starting cell about $266.17 per day.
- The grid has 6 grade columns and 29 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 28.
- Davidson County enrolled 80,468 students in 2023-24, the 2nd-largest district in Tennessee by NCES enrollment.
Certificated salary schedule, 201 days (2026-27)
| Step \ Grade | PRMT (Permit Pay) | Bachelors | Masters | Masters+30 | Education Specialist | Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $53,500.00 | $54,521.41 | $60,070.06 | $63,015.82 | $65,372.43 | $67,729.05 |
| 1 | $55,724.99 | $61,313.11 | $64,578.54 | $66,823.71 | $69,713.98 | |
| 2 | $56,928.57 | $62,556.17 | $66,141.25 | $68,274.98 | $71,698.92 | |
| 3 | $58,132.15 | $63,799.22 | $67,703.96 | $69,726.26 | $73,683.85 | |
| 4 | $59,335.74 | $65,042.27 | $69,266.67 | $71,177.54 | $75,668.78 | |
| 5 | $60,539.33 | $66,874.78 | $70,829.39 | $72,628.82 | $77,711.16 | |
| 6 | $61,742.90 | $68,023.62 | $72,392.10 | $74,080.10 | $79,632.62 | |
| 7 | $62,946.48 | $69,172.47 | $73,954.83 | $75,531.37 | $81,625.22 | |
| 8 | $64,150.06 | $70,321.33 | $75,517.53 | $77,332.40 | $83,833.47 | |
| 9 | $65,353.65 | $71,470.17 | $77,080.24 | $79,114.33 | $85,591.10 | |
| 10 | $66,557.23 | $72,619.02 | $78,642.95 | $80,488.44 | $87,096.07 | |
| 11 | $67,760.81 | $73,767.86 | $80,205.67 | $81,512.48 | $88,232.08 | |
| 12 | $68,964.38 | $74,986.72 | $81,768.39 | $83,111.60 | $89,587.09 | |
| 13 | $70,167.96 | $76,229.76 | $83,331.11 | $84,239.04 | $90,480.89 | |
| 14 | $71,542.05 | $77,472.81 | $84,893.81 | $85,690.31 | $91,455.31 | |
| 15 | $73,151.61 | $78,715.87 | $86,456.52 | $87,141.59 | $92,335.28 | |
| 16 | $73,393.55 | $79,561.15 | $87,237.88 | $87,867.23 | $92,774.22 | |
| 17 | $74,212.00 | $80,406.42 | $88,019.23 | $88,592.86 | $93,299.64 | |
| 18 | $75,030.43 | $81,251.71 | $88,800.60 | $89,318.51 | $93,825.07 | |
| 19 | $76,027.86 | $82,096.97 | $89,785.76 | $90,044.15 | $94,350.50 | |
| 20 | $76,667.30 | $82,942.25 | $90,363.32 | $90,769.78 | $94,875.91 | |
| 21 | $77,004.30 | $83,290.31 | $90,481.15 | $90,887.61 | $95,226.21 | |
| 22 | $77,341.30 | $83,638.36 | $90,598.98 | $91,005.45 | $95,640.76 | |
| 23 | $77,678.31 | $83,986.42 | $90,716.81 | $91,123.27 | $95,948.31 | |
| 24 | $78,015.32 | $84,334.47 | $90,834.64 | $91,241.11 | $96,277.04 | |
| 25 | $78,352.31 | $84,682.53 | $90,952.47 | $91,358.94 | $96,627.33 | |
| 26 | $78,470.14 | $84,800.36 | $91,070.30 | $91,476.76 | $96,745.16 | |
| 27 | $78,587.97 | $84,918.19 | $91,188.13 | $91,594.60 | $96,862.99 | |
| 28 | $78,705.80 | $85,036.03 | $91,305.95 | $91,712.43 | $96,980.83 |
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Per month (12)
$4,543.45
Per work day
$271.25 / 201 days
Next 5 steps in this grade
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,724.99 | +$1,203.58 |
| 2 | $56,928.57 | +$2,407.16 |
| 3 | $58,132.15 | +$3,610.74 |
| 4 | $59,335.74 | +$4,814.33 |
| 5 | $60,539.33 | +$6,017.92 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors, step 0 = $54,521.41 a year, $4,543.45 a month spread over 12 months, $271.25 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.
File name: Certificated Teacher Salary 201 Days 2026-27.pdf, effective 07.01.2026 through 06.30.2027, 10-month employees.
The district also publishes 206-, 216-, 221- and 241-day versions of the same schedule in the same folder.
Permit Pay (PRMT) is a single flat rate that exists only at step 0; the column is blank at every other step.
The schedule itself carries the note: this salary schedule is revised annually, it is not possible to predict future salaries beyond the current school year.
- Soft spot: The document is served out of a SharePoint share folder, so source_url is the folder that contains it rather than a stable direct file URL.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools?
$54,521.41 on the grade Bachelors at step 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $53,500.00 (PRMT (Permit Pay)).
What is the top of the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools salary schedule?
$96,980.83, at step 28 on Doctorate (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other Tennessee districts with schedules
- Knox County Schoolsstarts $50,089.83
- Rutherford County Schoolsstarts $50,556.10
- Memphis-Shelby County Schoolsstarts $51,827.51
- Hamilton County Schoolsstarts $50,000
- Williamson County Schoolsstarts $52,124
- Clarksville-Montgomery County School Systemstarts $51,000
- Washington County Schoolsstarts $47,905
- Warren County Schoolsstarts $50,500
- Monroe County Schoolsstarts $50,009
- Bristol Tennessee City Schoolsstarts $53,251
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