Annual salary
$53,350
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Godley ISD salary schedule, 2026-27
Godley ISD professional salary scales, teacher columns (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a contract days and years of service completed to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Godley ISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $53,350 (187 Day Teacher, years of service completed Starting Base) and tops out at $78,336 (197 Day Teacher, years of service completed 30), per Godley Independent School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $285.29 per day.
- The grid has 3 contract days columns and 31 years of service completed rows; the highest cell is reached at years of service completed 30.
- Godley ISD enrolled 3,002 students in 2023-24, the 268th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Godley ISD professional salary scales, teacher columns (2026-27)
Transcribed from imageDocumentGodley Independent School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
| Years of Service Completed \ Contract days | 187 Day Teacher | 190 Day Teacher | 197 Day Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting Base | $53,350 | $54,202 | $56,190 |
| 1 | $54,100 | $54,952 | $56,940 |
| 2 | $54,797 | $55,660 | $57,674 |
| 3 | $58,519 | $56,368 | $61,433 |
| 4 | $59,216 | $57,076 | $62,167 |
| 5 | $63,938 | $57,785 | $66,927 |
| 6 | $64,636 | $58,494 | $67,662 |
| 7 | $65,037 | $58,901 | $68,084 |
| 8 | $65,438 | $59,309 | $68,507 |
| 9 | $65,839 | $59,716 | $68,929 |
| 10 | $66,241 | $60,125 | $69,353 |
| 11 | $66,645 | $60,535 | $69,778 |
| 12 | $67,108 | $61,005 | $70,266 |
| 13 | $67,571 | $61,476 | $70,754 |
| 14 | $68,034 | $61,946 | $71,242 |
| 15 | $68,497 | $62,417 | $71,729 |
| 16 | $68,960 | $62,887 | $72,217 |
| 17 | $69,566 | $63,503 | $72,856 |
| 18 | $70,172 | $64,119 | $73,494 |
| 19 | $70,778 | $64,734 | $74,132 |
| 20 | $71,384 | $65,350 | $74,771 |
| 21 | $71,990 | $65,966 | $75,409 |
| 22 | $72,385 | $66,367 | $75,825 |
| 23 | $72,780 | $66,768 | $76,241 |
| 24 | $73,176 | $67,171 | $76,659 |
| 25 | $73,572 | $67,573 | $77,076 |
| 26 | $73,968 | $67,976 | $77,493 |
| 27 | $74,168 | $68,179 | $77,704 |
| 28 | $74,368 | $68,382 | $77,914 |
| 29 | $74,568 | $68,585 | $78,125 |
| 30 | $74,768 | $68,788 | $78,336 |
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Per month (12)
$4,445.83
Per work day
$285.29 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this contract days
| Years of Service Completed | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $54,100 | +$750 |
| 2 | $54,797 | +$1,447 |
| 3 | $58,519 | +$5,169 |
| 4 | $59,216 | +$5,866 |
| 5 | $63,938 | +$10,588 |
Worked example as rendered: 187 Day Teacher, years of service completed Starting Base = $53,350 a year, $4,445.83 a month spread over 12 months, $285.29 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 1 of the district's professional salary scales. The same page also prints 187 Day Non-Teacher, 190 Day Diagnostician and 197 Day Non-Teacher columns, and page 2 carries 202+ Masters and Counselor, 207 Day Trainer, 207 Day Teacher (Facilitator) and 210 Counselor columns; only the plain teacher columns are reproduced here.
The 207 Day Teacher (Facilitator) column on page 2 starts at $59,029.
- Soft spot: The PDF has no text layer, so the figures were transcribed from a rendered page image.
- Soft spot: The scale itself carries no school year heading; 2026-27 comes from the file name (26-27ProfessionalSalaryScales.pdf) and from the district's payroll page, where it sits with the other 2026-2027 documents.
How this schedule moves
On the 187 Day Teacher column a teacher moves from $53,350 at years of service completed Starting Base to $74,768 at years of service completed 30: 30 years of service completed increases worth $714 each on average, 40% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $4,722, between years of service completed 4 and years of service completed 5.
The highest-paid column, 197 Day Teacher, starts at $56,190 and tops out at $78,336, 5% above the top of the 187 Day Teacher column.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Godley ISD's starting pay ranks 199th and its top cell ranks 138th; 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 58th percentile and the top cell at the 34th percentile.
Column by column
| Contract days | First years of service completed | Top | Years of Service Completed moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 187 Day Teacher | $53,350 | $74,768 | 30 | 40% |
| 190 Day Teacher | $54,202 | $68,788 | 30 | 27% |
| 197 Day Teacher | $56,190 | $78,336 | 30 | 39% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godley ISD | 3,002 | 2026-27 | $53,350 | – | $78,336 |
| Sealy Independent School District | 3,002 | 2026-27 | $55,000.00 | – | $75,570.00 |
| Fredericksburg ISD | 3,005 | 2026-27 | $54,000 | – | $80,300 |
| Athens ISD | 3,008 | 2026-27 | $46,500 | – | $75,750 |
| San Elizario Independent School District | 3,009 | 2026-27 | $59,000.00 | – | $69,096.15 |
| Seminole ISD | 2,986 | 2025-26 | $52,600 | – | $75,650 |
Starting pay is the first years of service completed of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years of service completed cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Godley ISD schedule?
$53,350 at years of service completed Starting Base on 187 Day Teacher, per the 2026-27 schedule (Godley Independent School District).
What is the top of the Godley ISD salary schedule?
$78,336, at years of service completed 30 on 197 Day Teacher (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 Godley ISD salary schedule?
On the 187 Day Teacher column the top figure, $74,768, is reached at years of service completed 30, 30 years of service completed increases after years of service completed Starting Base (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Sealy Independent School Districtstarts $55,000.00
- Fredericksburg ISDstarts $54,000
- Athens ISDstarts $46,500
- San Elizario Independent School Districtstarts $59,000.00
- Seminole ISDstarts $52,600
- Navasota Independent School Districtstarts $52,565
- Rockport-Fulton Independent School Districtstarts $53,000
- China Spring ISDstarts $46,000
- Columbia-Brazoria ISDstarts $57,000
- Taylor ISDstarts $53,500
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