Annual salary
$63,000
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Garland Independent School District salary schedule, 2026-27
Teacher salary schedule / new hire guide (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a lane and creditable years of service (cys) to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Garland Independent School District's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $63,000 (Annualized Salary without TRA, creditable years of service (cys) 0*) and tops out at $80,736 (Annualized Salary with TRA, creditable years of service (cys) 25+), per Garland Independent School District (effective ).
- The grid has 2 lane columns and 26 creditable years of service (cys) rows; the highest cell is reached at creditable years of service (cys) 25+.
- Garland ISD enrolled 51,659 students in 2023-24, the 15th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule / new hire guide (2026-27)
| Creditable Years of Service (CYS) \ Lane | Annualized Salary without TRA | Annualized Salary with TRA |
|---|---|---|
| 0* | $63,000 | $63,000 |
| 1 | $63,967 | $63,967 |
| 2 | $65,450 | $65,450 |
| 3 | $66,119 | $68,619 |
| 4 | $66,442 | $68,942 |
| 5 | $66,753 | $71,753 |
| 6 | $67,063 | $72,063 |
| 7 | $67,357 | $72,357 |
| 8 | $67,723 | $72,723 |
| 9 | $68,090 | $73,090 |
| 10 | $69,352 | $74,352 |
| 11 | $69,745 | $74,745 |
| 12 | $70,059 | $75,059 |
| 13 | $70,369 | $75,369 |
| 14 | $70,680 | $75,680 |
| 15 | $70,990 | $75,990 |
| 16 | $71,319 | $76,319 |
| 17 | $72,873 | $77,873 |
| 18 | $73,208 | $78,208 |
| 19 | $73,664 | $78,664 |
| 20 | $73,977 | $78,977 |
| 21 | $74,287 | $79,287 |
| 22 | $74,549 | $79,549 |
| 23 | $74,958 | $79,958 |
| 24 | $75,420 | $80,420 |
| 25+ | $75,736 | $80,736 |
highest celllowest cell26 creditable years of service (cys) rows x 2 lane columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Per month (12)
$5,250.00
Next 5 steps in this lane
| Creditable Years of Service (CYS) | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $63,967 | +$967 |
| 2 | $65,450 | +$2,450 |
| 3 | $66,119 | +$3,119 |
| 4 | $66,442 | +$3,442 |
| 5 | $66,753 | +$3,753 |
Worked example as rendered: Annualized Salary without TRA, creditable years of service (cys) 0* = $63,000 a year, $5,250.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Classroom teachers with a PEIMS role ID of 087 are the only staff eligible for the Teacher Retention Allotment, which is $2,500 at 3 to 4 years of service and $5,000 from 5 years up and is added to the salary without TRA to give the salary with TRA.
A non-certified instructor is placed at step 0 with an annual salary of $62,000, which is $1,000 less than the certified step 0; that is what the asterisk marks.
Salaries are based on ten months of employment for 2026-2027. Years of experience is total creditable service completed at the end of the 2025-2026 school year.
New teachers to GISD with 25 or more creditable years start at step 25. Continuing GISD teachers above 25 years receive an increase of $2,946 over their previous base salary.
The document also prints a daily rate per step, which is not reproduced as a lane.
Stipends on top: master's degree $1,300, doctorate degree $2,000.
- Soft spot: The schedule does not state a contract day count, so work_days is null.
How this schedule moves
On the Annualized Salary without TRA column a teacher moves from $63,000 at creditable years of service (cys) 0* to $75,736 at creditable years of service (cys) 25+: 25 creditable years of service (cys) increases worth $509 each on average, 20% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,554, between creditable years of service (cys) 16 and creditable years of service (cys) 17.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Garland Independent School District's starting pay ranks 48th and its top cell ranks 100th; 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 87th percentile and the top cell at the 37th percentile.
Column by column
| Lane | First creditable years of service (cys) | Top | Creditable Years of Service (CYS) moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annualized Salary without TRA | $63,000 | $75,736 | 25 | 20% |
| Annualized Salary with TRA | $63,000 | $80,736 | 25 | 28% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garland Independent School District | 51,659 | 2026-27 | $63,000 | – | $80,736 |
| Klein Independent School District | 53,093 | 2026-27 | $63,890 | – | $81,390 |
| El Paso Independent School District | 49,139 | 2026-27 | $58,750 | – | $72,947 |
| Arlington Independent School District | 54,750 | 2026-27 | $66,100 | – | $99,388 |
| Humble ISD | 48,552 | 2026-27 | $68,000 | $69,000 | $81,100 |
| Lewisville ISD | 48,440 | 2026-27 | $64,250 | – | $76,921 |
Starting pay is the first creditable years of service (cys) of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-creditable years of service (cys) cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Garland Independent School District schedule?
$63,000 at creditable years of service (cys) 0* on Annualized Salary without TRA, per the 2026-27 schedule (Garland Independent School District).
What is the top of the Garland Independent School District salary schedule?
$80,736, at creditable years of service (cys) 25+ on Annualized Salary with TRA (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 Garland Independent School District salary schedule?
On the Annualized Salary without TRA column the top figure, $75,736, is reached at creditable years of service (cys) 25+, 25 creditable years of service (cys) increases after creditable years of service (cys) 0* (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Klein Independent School Districtstarts $63,890
- El Paso Independent School Districtstarts $58,750
- Arlington Independent School Districtstarts $66,100
- Humble ISDstarts $68,000
- Lewisville ISDstarts $64,250
- Plano Independent School Districtstarts $63,000
- Pasadena ISDstarts $65,205
- Socorro Independent School Districtstarts $60,500
- Round Rock ISDstarts $56,750
- Aldine Independent School Districtstarts $64,000
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