Annual salary
$48,750
Texas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Bridge City Independent School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher hiring schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Bridge City Independent School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $48,750 (Bachelors Degree, years experience 0) and tops out at $80,500 (Master's Degree, years experience 42), per Bridge City Independent School District (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (Bachelors Degree) starts at $48,750 and reaches $79,250 at the top of that column.
- On the master's column (Master's Degree) the range is $50,000 to $80,500.
- The grid has 2 column columns and 43 years experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years experience 42.
- Bridge City ISD enrolled 3,235 students in 2023-24, the 257th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Teacher hiring schedule (2025-26)
| Years Experience \ Column | Bachelors Degree | Master's Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $48,750 | $50,000 |
| 1 | $50,150 | $51,150 |
| 2 | $51,500 | $52,250 |
| 3 | $52,400 | $53,650 |
| 4 | $52,850 | $54,100 |
| 5 | $57,250 | $58,500 |
| 6 | $57,700 | $58,950 |
| 7 | $58,600 | $59,850 |
| 8 | $59,450 | $60,700 |
| 9 | $60,300 | $61,550 |
| 10 | $60,900 | $62,150 |
| 11 | $61,600 | $62,850 |
| 12 | $62,200 | $63,450 |
| 13 | $62,800 | $64,050 |
| 14 | $63,500 | $64,750 |
| 15 | $64,150 | $65,400 |
| 16 | $64,800 | $66,050 |
| 17 | $65,500 | $66,750 |
| 18 | $66,150 | $67,400 |
| 19 | $66,900 | $68,150 |
| 20 | $67,550 | $68,800 |
| 21 | $68,300 | $69,550 |
| 22 | $68,950 | $70,200 |
| 23 | $69,650 | $70,900 |
| 24 | $70,300 | $71,550 |
| 25 | $71,000 | $72,250 |
| 26 | $71,700 | $72,950 |
| 27 | $72,400 | $73,650 |
| 28 | $73,050 | $74,300 |
| 29 | $73,650 | $74,900 |
| 30 | $74,300 | $75,550 |
| 31 | $74,950 | $76,200 |
| 32 | $75,500 | $76,750 |
| 33 | $76,050 | $77,300 |
| 34 | $76,550 | $77,800 |
| 35 | $77,100 | $78,350 |
| 36 | $77,650 | $78,900 |
| 37 | $77,900 | $79,150 |
| 38 | $78,200 | $79,450 |
| 39 | $78,450 | $79,700 |
| 40 | $78,750 | $80,000 |
| 41 | $79,000 | $80,250 |
| 42 | $79,250 | $80,500 |
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Per month (12)
$4,062.50
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,150 | +$1,400 |
| 2 | $51,500 | +$2,750 |
| 3 | $52,400 | +$3,650 |
| 4 | $52,850 | +$4,100 |
| 5 | $57,250 | +$8,500 |
Worked example as rendered: Bachelors Degree, years experience 0 = $48,750 a year, $4,062.50 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Document header: BRIDGE CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, 2025-2026 Hiring Schedule.
The district's Human Resources page still linked this 2025-2026 schedule as the current teacher pay scale on 2026-09-08.
- Soft spot: The document does not state the number of contract days, so work_days is null.
How this schedule moves
On the Bachelors Degree column a teacher moves from $48,750 at years experience 0 to $79,250 at years experience 42: 42 years experience increases worth $726 each on average, 63% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,400, between years experience 4 and years experience 5.
A master's degree is worth $1,250 more than a bachelor's at the first years experience (2.6%) and $1,250 more at the top of the column (1.6%).
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Bridge City Independent School District's starting pay ranks 256th and its top cell ranks 104th; 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 42nd percentile and the top cell at the 37th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First years experience | Top | Years Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelors Degree | $48,750 | $79,250 | 42 | 63% |
| Master's Degree | $50,000 | $80,500 | 42 | 61% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge City Independent School District | 3,235 | 2025-26 | $48,750 | $50,000 | $80,500 |
| Lake Worth Independent School District | 3,238 | 2026-27 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $79,900 |
| Little Cypress-Mauriceville C.I.S.D. | 3,241 | 2026-27 | $49,507 | – | $83,393 |
| Palestine ISD | 3,247 | 2026-27 | $40,000 | – | $74,540 |
| Greenwood Independent School District | 3,257 | 2026-27 | $56,800 | $57,872 | $85,372 |
| Burkburnett Independent School District | 3,267 | 2026-27 | $50,250 | – | $83,889 |
Starting pay is the first years experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years 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 Bridge City Independent School District?
$48,750 on the column Bachelors Degree at years experience 0 of the 2025-26 schedule (Bridge City Independent School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $48,750 (Bachelors Degree).
What is the top of the Bridge City Independent School District salary schedule?
$80,500, at years experience 42 on Master's Degree (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 Bridge City Independent School District salary schedule?
On the Bachelors Degree column the top figure, $79,250, is reached at years experience 42, 42 years experience increases after years experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
How much more does a master's degree pay in Bridge City Independent School District?
$1,250 more at the first years experience: $50,000 on Master's Degree against $48,750 on Bachelors Degree (2025-26 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Lake Worth Independent School Districtstarts $60,000
- Little Cypress-Mauriceville C.I.S.D.starts $49,507
- Palestine ISDstarts $40,000
- Greenwood Independent School Districtstarts $56,800
- Burkburnett Independent School Districtstarts $50,250
- Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County)starts $52,000
- Burnet CISDstarts $57,520
- Henderson ISDstarts $46,750
- Mineral Wells Independent School Districtstarts $45,000
- El Campo ISDstarts $54,000
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