Annual salary
$56,750
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Elgin ISD salary schedule, 2026-27
Teachers and media specialists pay scale (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.
- Elgin ISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $56,750 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 0) and tops out at $73,180 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 25+), per Elgin Independent School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $303.48 per day.
- The grid has 1 column columns and 26 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 25+.
- Elgin ISD enrolled 5,715 students in 2023-24, the 178th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Teachers and media specialists pay scale (2026-27)
Transcribed from imageDocumentElgin Independent School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
| Years of Experience \ Column | New Hire Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $56,750 |
| 1 | $57,433 |
| 2 | $58,733 |
| 3 | $59,865 |
| 4 | $60,170 |
| 5 | $62,930 |
| 6 | $63,180 |
| 7 | $63,430 |
| 8 | $63,680 |
| 9 | $64,180 |
| 10 | $65,180 |
| 11 | $65,680 |
| 12 | $66,180 |
| 13 | $66,680 |
| 14 | $67,180 |
| 15 | $67,680 |
| 16 | $68,180 |
| 17 | $68,680 |
| 18 | $69,180 |
| 19 | $69,680 |
| 20 | $70,180 |
| 21 | $70,680 |
| 22 | $71,180 |
| 23 | $71,680 |
| 24 | $72,180 |
| 25+ | $73,180 |
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Per month (12)
$4,729.17
Per work day
$303.48 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $57,433 | +$683 |
| 2 | $58,733 | +$1,983 |
| 3 | $59,865 | +$3,115 |
| 4 | $60,170 | +$3,420 |
| 5 | $62,930 | +$6,180 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, years of experience 0 = $56,750 a year, $4,729.17 a month spread over 12 months, $303.48 per work day on a 187-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Page 2 of the Elgin ISD 2026-2027 Compensation Plan, approved by the school board on June 15, 2026.
The table also prints a daily rate beside each annual figure; every annual figure equals the daily rate times 187.
Separate one-row scales cover uncertified teachers ($55,760), classroom instructors ($42,024), preservice residents ($20,000) and clinical teachers.
Advanced degree stipends: $1,500 master's, $2,000 doctorate. Continuing teachers beyond step 25 receive an increase of $1,300.
Strength and conditioning coaches and athletic trainers are paid on this scale.
- Soft spot: The PDF uses subset fonts whose digits do not extract as text, so the page was rendered and read as an image; every annual value was checked against the printed daily rate times 187 days.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $56,750 at years of experience 0 to $73,180 at years of experience 25+: 25 years of experience increases worth $657 each on average, 29% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,760, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Elgin ISD's starting pay ranks 154th and its top cell ranks 235th; 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 68th percentile and the top cell at the 27th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin ISD | 5,715 | 2026-27 | $56,750 | – | $73,180 |
| Flour Bluff ISD | 5,665 | 2026-27 | $53,000 | $54,500 | $67,950 |
| Dayton ISD | 5,787 | 2026-27 | $62,750 | – | $71,950 |
| Nacogdoches ISD | 5,863 | 2026-27 | $50,500 | – | $68,138 |
| Canutillo Independent School District | 5,904 | 2026-27 | $60,500 | – | $71,700 |
| Wylie ISD | 5,507 | 2026-27 | $51,000 | – | $81,500 |
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 Elgin ISD schedule?
$56,750 at years of experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Elgin Independent School District).
What is the top of the Elgin ISD salary schedule?
$73,180, at years of experience 25+ 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 Elgin ISD salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $73,180, is reached at years of experience 25+, 25 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Flour Bluff ISDstarts $53,000
- Dayton ISDstarts $62,750
- Nacogdoches ISDstarts $50,500
- Canutillo Independent School Districtstarts $60,500
- Wylie ISDstarts $51,000
- Roma ISDstarts $33,660
- Anna ISDstarts $58,000
- DeSoto ISDstarts $58,500
- Greenville ISDstarts $56,635
- Argyle Independent School Districtstarts $62,300
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