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Mansfield Independent School District salary schedule, 2026-27

Teacher Matrix (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a degree and years exp. to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

Teacher Matrix (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentMansfield Independent School DistrictSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
Years Exp. \ DegreeBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorate
0$64,700$65,700$66,700
1$66,105$67,139$68,173
2$66,105$67,139$68,173
3$66,487$67,572$68,656
4$66,801$69,385$71,471
5$67,033$69,423$71,632
6$67,214$69,471$71,776
7$67,412$69,784$72,152
8$67,713$70,105$72,492
9$68,031$70,446$72,875
10$68,448$70,880$73,309
11$68,747$71,179$73,608
12$69,049$71,480$73,909
13$69,348$71,790$74,231
14$69,649$72,091$74,530
15$70,169$72,611$75,050
16$70,490$72,933$75,372
17$70,810$73,253$75,693
18$71,132$73,574$76,013
19$71,453$73,896$76,335
20$71,773$74,216$76,656
21$72,760$75,201$77,642
22$73,060$75,502$77,941
23$73,359$75,801$78,242
24$73,662$76,104$78,543
25$73,961$76,404$78,842
26$74,361$76,806$79,248
27$74,761$77,206$79,648
28$75,160$77,604$80,049
29$75,584$78,029$80,471
30$76,188$78,631$81,075
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Annual salary
$64,700
Per month (12)
$5,391.67
Per work day
$345.99 / 187 days

Worked example as rendered: Bachelor's, years exp. 0 = $64,700 a year, $5,391.67 a month spread over 12 months, $345.99 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.

The district publishes this as the Teacher Matrix on a 187-day calendar.

A fourth column prints a retention allotment paid in addition to the salary: no amount at 0 years, $2,123 at 1 year and $2,500 or $5,000 thereafter. It is not reproduced as a lane. The document states the total allotment does not change with the number of days.

The district calls this a hiring schedule for the 2026-2027 school year only and states no salary increases are granted automatically each year.

Unless otherwise specified the district pays on an annualized 12-month basis.

How this schedule moves

On the Bachelor's column a teacher moves from $64,700 at years exp. 0 to $76,188 at years exp. 30: 30 years exp. increases worth $383 each on average, 18% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,405, between years exp. 0 and years exp. 1.

1 of the 30 years exp. moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive years exp.s.

A master's degree is worth $1,000 more than a bachelor's at the first years exp. (1.5%) and $2,443 more at the top of the column (3.2%).

The highest-paid column, Doctorate, starts at $66,700 and tops out at $81,075, 6% above the top of the Bachelor's column.

Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Mansfield Independent School District's starting pay ranks 20th and its top cell ranks 95th; 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 90th percentile and the top cell at the 37th percentile.

Column by column

DegreeFirst years exp.TopYears Exp. moves to topGrowth
Bachelor's$64,700$76,1883018%
Master's$65,700$78,6313020%
Doctorate$66,700$81,0753022%

Against Texas districts of similar size

DistrictStudentsYearStartingMaster's startTop cell
Mansfield Independent School District35,8512026-27$64,700$65,700$81,075
Ysleta Independent School District34,9182026-27$60,500$62,500$80,230
Brownsville Independent School District37,0652026-27$57,000–$80,185
Richardson ISD37,0852026-27$63,000–$91,000
Mesquite Independent School District38,2652026-27$62,000–$80,778
Ector County ISD33,4262026-27$60,750–$76,450

Starting pay is the first years exp. of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-years exp. cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Mansfield Independent School District?

$64,700 on the degree Bachelor's at years exp. 0 of the 2026-27 schedule (Mansfield Independent School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $64,700 (Bachelor's).

What is the top of the Mansfield Independent School District salary schedule?

$81,075, at years exp. 30 on Doctorate (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 Mansfield Independent School District salary schedule?

On the Bachelor's column the top figure, $76,188, is reached at years exp. 30, 30 years exp. increases after years exp. 0 (2026-27 schedule).

How much more does a master's degree pay in Mansfield Independent School District?

$1,000 more at the first years exp.: $65,700 on Master's against $64,700 on Bachelor's (2026-27 schedule).

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