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Denison Independent School District salary schedule, 2026-27

2026-2027 Teacher Hiring Schedule. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and years of service to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

2026-2027 Teacher Hiring Schedule

Official sourceDocumentDenison Independent School DistrictSchool year2026-27Effective
Years of Service \ ColumnSalary
0 (no cert)$56,000
0$56,700
1$56,800
2$57,100
3$58,900
4$59,100
5$63,310
6$63,520
7$63,730
8$63,940
9$64,150
10$64,360
11$64,570
12$64,890
13$65,100
14$65,310
15$65,520
16$66,050
17$66,840
18$67,590
19$68,300
20$68,980
21$69,610
22$70,220
23$70,790
24$71,100
25$71,300
26$71,720
27$72,350
28$72,980
29$73,610
30$74,760
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Annual salary
$56,000
Per month (12)
$4,666.67

Worked example as rendered: Salary, years of service 0 (no cert) = $56,000 a year, $4,666.67 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

From the Denison ISD 2026-2027 Compensation Plan. The schedule covers Teacher, Counselor, SLP, Diagnostician, Curriculum and Librarian positions.

The first row, '0 (no cert)', is the rate for a teacher without certification.

All new hires are placed at Step 0 until Human Resources receives and verifies all service records; the hiring schedule applies to 2026-2027 only.

The salary column carries no printed header in the document; it is labelled 'Salary' here.

How this schedule moves

On the Salary column a teacher moves from $56,000 at years of service 0 (no cert) to $74,760 at years of service 30: 31 years of service increases worth $605 each on average, 34% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $4,210, between years of service 4 and years of service 5.

Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Denison Independent School District's starting pay ranks 162nd and its top cell ranks 209th; 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 66th percentile and the top cell at the 29th percentile.

Against Texas districts of similar size

DistrictStudentsYearStartingMaster's startTop cell
Denison Independent School District4,9402026-27$56,000–$74,760
Gregory-Portland Independent School District4,9632026-27$63,000$64,000$83,909
Marshall ISD4,9652026-27$44,000.00–$75,132.82
Brenham ISD4,8652026-27$50,000–$76,673
Whitehouse ISD4,8262026-27$53,000–$71,477
Everman ISD5,1392026-27$63,500–$96,796

Starting pay is the first years of service of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of service cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting salary on the Denison Independent School District schedule?

$56,000 at years of service 0 (no cert) on Salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Denison Independent School District).

What is the top of the Denison Independent School District salary schedule?

$74,760, at years of service 30 on 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 Denison Independent School District salary schedule?

On the Salary column the top figure, $74,760, is reached at years of service 30, 31 years of service increases after years of service 0 (no cert) (2026-27 schedule).

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