Annual salary
$60,750
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Ector County ISD salary schedule, 2026-27
2026-2027 New Hire Guide for Certified Classroom Teachers. 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.
- Ector County ISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $60,750 (26-27 New Hire Salary Scale, years of experience 0 - NON Certified) and tops out at $76,450 (26-27 New Hire Salary Scale, years of experience 30+), per Ector County ISD (effective ).
- The grid has 1 column columns and 32 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30+.
- Ector County ISD enrolled 33,426 students in 2023-24, the 37th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
2026-2027 New Hire Guide for Certified Classroom Teachers
| Years of Experience \ Column | 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale |
|---|---|
| 0 - NON Certified | $60,750 |
| 0 - Certified | $61,000 |
| 1 | $61,100 |
| 2 | $61,500 |
| 3 | $63,100 |
| 4 | $63,250 |
| 5 | $66,050 |
| 6 | $66,350 |
| 7 | $66,650 |
| 8 | $67,150 |
| 9 | $67,750 |
| 10 | $68,350 |
| 11 | $68,650 |
| 12 | $68,950 |
| 13 | $69,250 |
| 14 | $69,650 |
| 15 | $70,050 |
| 16 | $70,450 |
| 17 | $70,850 |
| 18 | $71,250 |
| 19 | $71,750 |
| 20 | $72,150 |
| 21 | $72,550 |
| 22 | $72,950 |
| 23 | $73,350 |
| 24 | $74,050 |
| 25 | $74,450 |
| 26 | $74,850 |
| 27 | $75,250 |
| 28 | $75,650 |
| 29 | $76,050 |
| 30+ | $76,450 |
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Per month (12)
$5,062.50
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 0 - Certified | $61,000 | +$250 |
| 1 | $61,100 | +$350 |
| 2 | $61,500 | +$750 |
| 3 | $63,100 | +$2,350 |
| 4 | $63,250 | +$2,500 |
Worked example as rendered: 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale, years of experience 0 - NON Certified = $60,750 a year, $5,062.50 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Page 2 of the district's 2026-2027 Compensation Plan; the guide's own subtitle is 'Teachers starting at $61,000'.
Salaries are based on 10-month employment. The plan states salary advancement is not guaranteed and increases depend on the annual pay-raise budget approved by the Board of Trustees.
Stipends listed with the scale and excluded here: $1,500 Master's Degree general, $2,500 Master's Degree subject-area, $3,650 Doctorate Degree.
The same compensation plan carries a separate New Hire Guide for Teachers with Resident Enhanced Certification starting at $63,200 (page 33), which is not reproduced here.
How this schedule moves
On the 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale column a teacher moves from $60,750 at years of experience 0 - NON Certified to $76,450 at years of experience 30+: 31 years of experience increases worth $506 each on average, 26% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,800, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Ector County ISD's starting pay ranks 82nd and its top cell ranks 176th; 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 80th percentile and the top cell at the 32nd percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County ISD | 33,426 | 2026-27 | $60,750 | – | $76,450 |
| Spring Branch ISD | 33,407 | 2026-27 | $65,000 | – | $87,030 |
| Keller ISD | 33,250 | 2026-27 | $61,408.00 | – | $79,937.00 |
| Corpus Christi ISD | 33,053 | 2026-27 | $54,250.00 | – | $95,423.49 |
| Denton ISD | 32,866 | 2026-27 | $63,500 | – | $89,610 |
| Ysleta Independent School District | 34,918 | 2026-27 | $60,500 | $62,500 | $80,230 |
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 Ector County ISD schedule?
$60,750 at years of experience 0 - NON Certified on 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale, per the 2026-27 schedule (Ector County ISD).
What is the top of the Ector County ISD salary schedule?
$76,450, at years of experience 30+ on 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale (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 Ector County ISD salary schedule?
On the 26-27 New Hire Salary Scale column the top figure, $76,450, is reached at years of experience 30+, 31 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 - NON Certified (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Spring Branch ISDstarts $65,000
- Keller ISDstarts $61,408.00
- Corpus Christi ISDstarts $54,250.00
- Denton ISDstarts $63,500
- Ysleta Independent School Districtstarts $60,500
- Irving ISDstarts $62,618
- Mansfield Independent School Districtstarts $64,700
- Northwest ISDstarts $62,500
- Brownsville Independent School Districtstarts $57,000
- Richardson ISDstarts $63,000
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