Annual salary
$50,800
Texas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Bay City ISD salary schedule, 2025-26
New hire guide for teachers (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Bay City ISD's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $50,800 (25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement, years of experience 0) and tops out at $71,338 (BCISD & HB2 Adjustments, years of experience 20+), per Bay City ISD (effective ).
- The grid has 4 column columns and 21 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 20+.
- Bay City ISD enrolled 3,514 students in 2023-24, the 239th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
New hire guide for teachers (2025-26)
| Years of Experience \ Column | 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement | HB2 Funded Increase (TRA) | Unfunded Additional Adjustments | BCISD & HB2 Adjustments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $50,800 | $50,800 | ||
| 1 | $50,800 | $250 | $51,050 | |
| 2 | $50,800 | $500 | $51,300 | |
| 3 | $50,800 | $4,000 | $54,800 | |
| 4 | $51,100 | $4,000 | $55,100 | |
| 5 | $51,475 | $8,000 | $59,475 | |
| 6 | $51,875 | $8,000 | $59,875 | |
| 7 | $52,500 | $8,000 | $60,500 | |
| 8 | $53,200 | $8,000 | $61,200 | |
| 9 | $54,100 | $8,000 | $62,100 | |
| 10 | $54,900 | $8,000 | $62,900 | |
| 11 | $55,648 | $8,000 | $63,648 | |
| 12 | $56,638 | $8,000 | $64,638 | |
| 13 | $57,334 | $8,000 | $65,334 | |
| 14 | $58,319 | $8,000 | $66,319 | |
| 15 | $59,261 | $8,000 | $67,261 | |
| 16 | $60,182 | $8,000 | $68,182 | |
| 17 | $60,932 | $8,000 | $68,932 | |
| 18 | $61,778 | $8,000 | $69,778 | |
| 19 | $62,353 | $8,000 | $70,353 | |
| 20+ | $63,338 | $8,000 | $71,338 |
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Per month (12)
$4,233.33
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,800 | +$0 |
| 2 | $50,800 | +$0 |
| 3 | $50,800 | +$0 |
| 4 | $51,100 | +$300 |
| 5 | $51,475 | +$675 |
Worked example as rendered: 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement, years of experience 0 = $50,800 a year, $4,233.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
'BCISD & HB2 Adjustments' is the total salary a teacher is placed at.
Salaries are for 10-month employment for the 2025-2026 school year.
$1,000 master's degree general stipend.
The identical grid is also published as the 2025-2026 Teacher Placement Scale (a separate PDF with the same numbers).
- Soft spot: The step-0 row prints no adjustment columns; only the base and total ($50,800) are given.
- Soft spot: This is the newest teacher schedule Bay City ISD publishes as of 2026-09-08; the pay-plans page is still titled 2025-2026.
How this schedule moves
On the 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement column a teacher moves from $50,800 at years of experience 0 to $63,338 at years of experience 20+: 20 years of experience increases worth $627 each on average, 25% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $990, between years of experience 11 and years of experience 12.
3 of the 20 years of experience moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years of experiences.
The highest-paid column, BCISD & HB2 Adjustments, starts at $50,800 and tops out at $71,338, 13% above the top of the 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement column.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Bay City ISD's starting pay ranks 234th and its top cell ranks 266th; the state medians are $57,000 to start and $77,820 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 25th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First years of experience | Top | Years of Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement | $50,800 | $63,338 | 20 | 25% |
| HB2 Funded Increase (TRA) | $4,000 | $8,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Unfunded Additional Adjustments | $250 | $500 | 1 | 100% |
| BCISD & HB2 Adjustments | $50,800 | $71,338 | 20 | 40% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay City ISD | 3,514 | 2025-26 | $50,800 | – | $71,338 |
| Valley View ISD (Hidalgo County) | 3,515 | 2022-23 | $47,000 | – | $65,837 |
| Calhoun County ISD | 3,533 | 2026-27 | $33,660 | – | $74,820 |
| Stafford Municipal School District | 3,479 | 2025-26 | $63,000 | – | $102,646 |
| Lampasas Independent School District | 3,560 | 2026-27 | $52,000 | – | $76,557 |
| La Vernia ISD | 3,467 | 2026-27 | $56,020 | – | $78,397 |
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 salary on the Bay City ISD schedule?
$50,800 at years of experience 0 on 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement, per the 2025-26 schedule (Bay City ISD).
What is the top of the Bay City ISD salary schedule?
$71,338, at years of experience 20+ on BCISD & HB2 Adjustments (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 Bay City ISD salary schedule?
On the 25-26 BCISD Approved Salary Placement column the top figure, $63,338, is reached at years of experience 20+, 20 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Valley View ISD (Hidalgo County)starts $47,000
- Calhoun County ISDstarts $33,660
- Stafford Municipal School Districtstarts $63,000
- Lampasas Independent School Districtstarts $52,000
- La Vernia ISDstarts $56,020
- Big Spring ISDstarts $51,000
- Brownwood ISDstarts $48,268
- Needville ISDstarts $58,000
- Tuloso-Midway ISDstarts $54,500
- Pleasanton Independent School Districtstarts $57,008
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