Annual salary
$52,500
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Hays CISD salary schedule, 2026-27
2026-2027 Teacher Hiring Schedule. The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and 2026/2027 years of experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Hays CISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $52,500 (2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days), 2026/2027 years of experience UC0) and tops out at $78,107 (2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days), 2026/2027 years of experience 30+), per Hays Consolidated Independent School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $280.75 per day.
- The grid has 1 column columns and 32 2026/2027 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at 2026/2027 years of experience 30+.
- Hays CISD enrolled 23,313 students in 2023-24, the 58th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
2026-2027 Teacher Hiring Schedule
Official sourceDocumentHays Consolidated Independent School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
| 2026/2027 Years of Experience \ Column | 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days) |
|---|---|
| UC0 | $52,500 |
| 0 | $53,000 |
| 1 | $53,265 |
| 2 | $54,165 |
| 3 | $57,367 |
| 4 | $59,133 |
| 5 | $62,583 |
| 6 | $63,864 |
| 7 | $65,597 |
| 8 | $66,147 |
| 9 | $66,647 |
| 10 | $67,147 |
| 11 | $67,647 |
| 12 | $68,767 |
| 13 | $69,197 |
| 14 | $69,727 |
| 15 | $70,257 |
| 16 | $70,787 |
| 17 | $71,317 |
| 18 | $71,907 |
| 19 | $72,447 |
| 20 | $72,987 |
| 21 | $73,527 |
| 22 | $74,067 |
| 23 | $74,657 |
| 24 | $75,147 |
| 25 | $75,637 |
| 26 | $76,127 |
| 27 | $76,617 |
| 28 | $77,147 |
| 29 | $77,627 |
| 30+ | $78,107 |
highest celllowest cell32 2026/2027 years of experience rows x 1 column columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column
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Per month (12)
$4,375.00
Per work day
$280.75 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| 2026/2027 Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | $53,000 | +$500 |
| 1 | $53,265 | +$765 |
| 2 | $54,165 | +$1,665 |
| 3 | $57,367 | +$4,867 |
| 4 | $59,133 | +$6,633 |
Worked example as rendered: 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days), 2026/2027 years of experience UC0 = $52,500 a year, $4,375.00 a month spread over 12 months, $280.75 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 district's 2026-2027 Compensation Plan, approved 6/29/2026 and marked updated 4/27/2026.
Applies to Teacher, Intervention Teacher, JROTC Instructor and Color Guard Teacher.
The page is laid out as a three-year walk: it prints 2024/2025 district-funded salary, the 2025/2026 Teacher Retention Allotment and SSRA/local funded increase, the 2025/2026 total, then the 2026/2027 SSRA/local increase and TRA that produce the 2026/2027 total. Only the 2026/2027 years of experience and total salary are reproduced here.
The first row is the district's 'UC0' step for an uncertified first-year teacher.
How this schedule moves
On the 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days) column a teacher moves from $52,500 at 2026/2027 years of experience UC0 to $78,107 at 2026/2027 years of experience 30+: 31 2026/2027 years of experience increases worth $826 each on average, 49% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,450, between 2026/2027 years of experience 4 and 2026/2027 years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Hays CISD's starting pay ranks 212th and its top cell ranks 145th; 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 56th percentile and the top cell at the 34th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays CISD | 23,313 | 2026-27 | $52,500 | – | $78,107 |
| McKinney ISD | 23,306 | 2026-27 | $64,700 | – | $98,510 |
| Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD | 23,226 | 2025-26 | $65,000 | $67,000 | $103,278 |
| Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD | 23,462 | 2026-27 | $64,388 | – | $78,489 |
| Judson ISD | 23,848 | 2026-27 | $60,949.36 | – | $80,724.16 |
| La Joya ISD | 23,998 | 2025-26 | $57,200 | – | $71,122 |
Starting pay is the first 2026/2027 years of experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-2026/2027 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 Hays CISD schedule?
$52,500 at 2026/2027 years of experience UC0 on 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days), per the 2026-27 schedule (Hays Consolidated Independent School District).
What is the top of the Hays CISD salary schedule?
$78,107, at 2026/2027 years of experience 30+ on 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days) (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 Hays CISD salary schedule?
On the 2026/2027 Total Salary (187 days) column the top figure, $78,107, is reached at 2026/2027 years of experience 30+, 31 2026/2027 years of experience increases after 2026/2027 years of experience UC0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- McKinney ISDstarts $64,700
- Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISDstarts $65,000
- Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISDstarts $64,388
- Judson ISDstarts $60,949.36
- La Joya ISDstarts $57,200
- Goose Creek CISDstarts $65,275
- Lubbock ISDstarts $50,900.00
- Tomball ISDstarts $61,000
- Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISDstarts $61,000.00
- Birdville ISDstarts $65,000
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