Annual salary
$55,500
Texas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Port Arthur ISD salary schedule, 2025-26
New hire guide for teachers (2025-26). 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.
- Port Arthur ISD's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $55,500 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 0) and tops out at $72,635 (New Hire Salary, years of experience 30+), per Port Arthur ISD (effective ).
- The grid has 1 column columns and 31 years of experience rows; the highest cell is reached at years of experience 30+.
- Port Arthur ISD enrolled 8,155 students in 2023-24, the 140th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
New hire guide for teachers (2025-26)
| Years of Experience \ Column | New Hire Salary |
|---|---|
| 0 | $55,500 |
| 1 | $55,900 |
| 2 | $56,135 |
| 3 | $56,435 |
| 4 | $56,735 |
| 5 | $59,535 |
| 6 | $59,835 |
| 7 | $60,435 |
| 8 | $61,035 |
| 9 | $61,635 |
| 10 | $62,235 |
| 11 | $62,835 |
| 12 | $63,435 |
| 13 | $64,035 |
| 14 | $64,635 |
| 15 | $65,235 |
| 16 | $65,835 |
| 17 | $66,435 |
| 18 | $67,035 |
| 19 | $67,635 |
| 20 | $68,235 |
| 21 | $68,835 |
| 22 | $69,435 |
| 23 | $69,835 |
| 24 | $70,235 |
| 25 | $70,635 |
| 26 | $71,035 |
| 27 | $71,435 |
| 28 | $71,835 |
| 29 | $72,235 |
| 30+ | $72,635 |
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Per month (12)
$4,625.00
Next 5 steps in this column
| Years of Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,900 | +$400 |
| 2 | $56,135 | +$635 |
| 3 | $56,435 | +$935 |
| 4 | $56,735 | +$1,235 |
| 5 | $59,535 | +$4,035 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, years of experience 0 = $55,500 a year, $4,625.00 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Titled '2025-2026 New Hire Guide for Teachers', $55,500 starting; salaries are based on 10-month employment.
Stipends listed separately: $1,480 master's degree (general), $1,200 doctorate (subject area).
- Soft spot: The district links this file from Google Drive rather than hosting it on paisd.org, so the direct URL may rotate.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $55,500 at years of experience 0 to $72,635 at years of experience 30+: 30 years of experience increases worth $571 each on average, 31% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,800, between years of experience 4 and years of experience 5.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Port Arthur ISD's starting pay ranks 168th and its top cell ranks 243rd; 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 64th percentile and the top cell at the 27th percentile.
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Arthur ISD | 8,155 | 2025-26 | $55,500 | – | $72,635 |
| Aledo ISD | 8,161 | 2026-27 | $63,000 | – | $80,405 |
| Weatherford ISD | 8,203 | 2026-27 | $58,500 | – | $77,131 |
| Longview ISD | 8,104 | 2026-27 | $55,000 | $56,000 | $72,475 |
| Little Elm ISD | 8,211 | 2026-27 | $60,200 | – | $74,960 |
| Carroll ISD | 8,292 | 2026-27 | $60,000 | – | $74,118 |
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 Port Arthur ISD schedule?
$55,500 at years of experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2025-26 schedule (Port Arthur ISD).
What is the top of the Port Arthur ISD salary schedule?
$72,635, at years of experience 30+ on New Hire Salary (2025-26). 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 Port Arthur ISD salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $72,635, is reached at years of experience 30+, 30 years of experience increases after years of experience 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- Aledo ISDstarts $63,000
- Weatherford ISDstarts $58,500
- Longview ISDstarts $55,000
- Little Elm ISDstarts $60,200
- Carroll ISDstarts $60,000
- San Marcos Consolidated Independent School Districtstarts $55,400
- Granbury Independent School Districtstarts $62,250
- Edgewood Independent School District (San Antonio)starts $58,500
- Roscoe Collegiate ISDstarts $45,450
- Fort Stockton ISDstarts $64,178
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