Annual salary
$61,600
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Midland ISD salary schedule, 2026-27
2026-2027 Teacher Pay Plan. 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.
- Midland ISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $61,600 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 0) and tops out at $80,222 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 30+), per Midland Independent School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $329.41 per day.
- The grid has 1 column columns and 31 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30+.
- Midland ISD enrolled 28,752 students in 2023-24, the 48th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
2026-2027 Teacher Pay Plan
| Years of Experience \ Column | New Hire Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $61,600 |
| 1 | $62,152 |
| 2 | $63,052 |
| 3 | $64,120 |
| 4 | $65,172 |
| 5 | $67,420 |
| 6 | $68,522 |
| 7 | $68,922 |
| 8 | $69,402 |
| 9 | $70,522 |
| 10 | $70,822 |
| 11 | $71,122 |
| 12 | $71,422 |
| 13 | $71,822 |
| 14 | $72,222 |
| 15 | $72,722 |
| 16 | $73,222 |
| 17 | $73,722 |
| 18 | $74,222 |
| 19 | $74,722 |
| 20 | $75,222 |
| 21 | $75,722 |
| 22 | $76,222 |
| 23 | $76,722 |
| 24 | $77,222 |
| 25 | $77,722 |
| 26 | $78,222 |
| 27 | $78,722 |
| 28 | $79,222 |
| 29 | $79,722 |
| 30+ | $80,222 |
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Per month (12)
$5,133.33
Per work day
$329.41 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $62,152 | +$552 |
| 2 | $63,052 | +$1,452 |
| 3 | $64,120 | +$2,520 |
| 4 | $65,172 | +$3,572 |
| 5 | $67,420 | +$5,820 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, years of experience 0 = $61,600 a year, $5,133.33 a month spread over 12 months, $329.41 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 5 of the 2026-2027 Compensation Manual. The annual salary is based on a 10-month calendar and teachers are on a 187-day work calendar for 2026-2027.
The pay plan is a new-hire placement schedule; current employees receive increases based on board-approved raises. New-hire teachers are capped at step 30.
A separate three-band District of Innovation (DOI) teachers-only scale is printed alongside it ($61,500 for 0-2 years, $64,000 for 3-4, $66,500 for 5+) and is not reproduced here.
Master's degree pay is handled through the manual's stipend section.
- Soft spot: The district links this manual as a Google Drive file rather than as a file on its own domain; the landing page is the district's salary information page.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $61,600 at years of experience 0 to $80,222 at years of experience 30+: 30 years of experience increases worth $621 each on average, 30% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,248, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Midland ISD's starting pay ranks 70th and its top cell ranks 115th; 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 83rd percentile and the top cell at the 36th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midland ISD | 28,752 | 2026-27 | $61,600 | – | $80,222 |
| Prosper ISD | 28,467 | 2026-27 | $63,600 | – | $98,926 |
| Comal ISD | 29,263 | 2026-27 | $56,000 | – | $91,464 |
| Amarillo Independent School District | 29,729 | 2026-27 | $55,488 | $55,888 | $78,985 |
| Alvin Independent School District | 29,740 | 2026-27 | $67,450 | $68,450 | $82,685 |
| Northwest ISD | 30,736 | 2026-27 | $62,500 | – | $80,368 |
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 Midland ISD schedule?
$61,600 at years of experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Midland Independent School District).
What is the top of the Midland ISD salary schedule?
$80,222, at years of experience 30+ 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 Midland ISD salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $80,222, is reached at years of experience 30+, 30 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Prosper ISDstarts $63,600
- Comal ISDstarts $56,000
- Amarillo Independent School Districtstarts $55,488
- Alvin Independent School Districtstarts $67,450
- Northwest ISDstarts $62,500
- Grand Prairie ISDstarts $65,280
- Irving ISDstarts $62,618
- Pflugerville ISDstarts $57,700.00
- Denton ISDstarts $63,500
- Corpus Christi ISDstarts $54,250.00
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