Annual salary
$52,000
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) salary schedule, 2026-27
Certified teacher salary schedule (2026-27). 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.
- Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County)'s 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $52,000 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 0) and tops out at $72,120 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 30), per Chapel Hill ISD (effective ).
- The grid has 1 column columns and 31 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30.
- Chapel Hill ISD enrolled 3,270 students in 2023-24, the 251st-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Certified teacher salary schedule (2026-27)
| Years of Experience \ Column | New Hire Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $52,000 |
| 1 | $52,300 |
| 2 | $52,600 |
| 3 | $55,550 |
| 4 | $56,150 |
| 5 | $59,970 |
| 6 | $60,570 |
| 7 | $60,770 |
| 8 | $60,970 |
| 9 | $61,220 |
| 10 | $61,520 |
| 11 | $61,920 |
| 12 | $62,520 |
| 13 | $63,120 |
| 14 | $63,770 |
| 15 | $64,570 |
| 16 | $65,370 |
| 17 | $66,070 |
| 18 | $66,670 |
| 19 | $67,270 |
| 20 | $67,870 |
| 21 | $67,870 |
| 22 | $68,370 |
| 23 | $69,270 |
| 24 | $69,670 |
| 25 | $70,070 |
| 26 | $70,470 |
| 27 | $70,920 |
| 28 | $71,320 |
| 29 | $71,720 |
| 30 | $72,120 |
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Per month (12)
$4,333.33
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $52,300 | +$300 |
| 2 | $52,600 | +$600 |
| 3 | $55,550 | +$3,550 |
| 4 | $56,150 | +$4,150 |
| 5 | $59,970 | +$7,970 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, years of experience 0 = $52,000 a year, $4,333.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Chapel Hill ISD of Smith County (Tyler), not the Chapel Hill ISD in Titus County; the district names Smith County on its own pay plans.
Salaries are for 10-month employment for the 2026-2027 school year.
$1,000 master's degree general stipend.
Printed as two side-by-side blocks: steps 0-15 on the left, 16-30 on the right.
- Soft spot: The PDF is a scan with no text layer, so the grid was read off the page image at 200-400 dpi. Cross-checked against the district's own 2025-2026 New Hire Guide, whose steps 12-19 carry identical dollar values.
- Soft spot: Steps 20 and 21 are both printed as $67,870 (a flat rung), transcribed as printed.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $52,000 at years of experience 0 to $72,120 at years of experience 30: 30 years of experience increases worth $671 each on average, 39% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,820, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
1 of the 30 years of experience moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years of experiences.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County)'s starting pay ranks 218th and its top cell ranks 252nd; 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 54th percentile and the top cell at the 26th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) | 3,270 | 2026-27 | $52,000 | – | $72,120 |
| Burkburnett Independent School District | 3,267 | 2026-27 | $50,250 | – | $83,889 |
| Greenwood Independent School District | 3,257 | 2026-27 | $56,800 | $57,872 | $85,372 |
| Burnet CISD | 3,285 | 2026-27 | $57,520 | – | $74,600 |
| Henderson ISD | 3,292 | 2026-27 | $46,750 | – | $62,240 |
| Palestine ISD | 3,247 | 2026-27 | $40,000 | – | $74,540 |
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 Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) schedule?
$52,000 at years of experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Chapel Hill ISD).
What is the top of the Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) salary schedule?
$72,120, at years of experience 30 on New Hire Salary (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 Chapel Hill ISD (Smith County) salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $72,120, is reached at years of experience 30, 30 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Burkburnett Independent School Districtstarts $50,250
- Greenwood Independent School Districtstarts $56,800
- Burnet CISDstarts $57,520
- Henderson ISDstarts $46,750
- Palestine ISDstarts $40,000
- Little Cypress-Mauriceville C.I.S.D.starts $49,507
- Lake Worth Independent School Districtstarts $60,000
- Bridge City Independent School Districtstarts $48,750
- Mineral Wells Independent School Districtstarts $45,000
- El Campo ISDstarts $54,000
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