Annual salary
$63,500
Texas · salary schedule · 2026-27
Rockwall ISD salary schedule, 2026-27
Teachers/nurses/library media specialists hiring schedule (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a degree and current years experience to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Rockwall ISD's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $63,500 (New Hire Salary, current years experience 0) and tops out at $83,000 (Doctorate, current years experience 25+), per Rockwall Independent School District (effective ).
- On the master's column (Master's Degree) the range is $65,000 to $82,000.
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $339.57 per day.
- The grid has 3 degree columns and 26 current years experience rows; the highest cell is reached at current years experience 25+.
- Rockwall ISD enrolled 18,798 students in 2023-24, the 71st-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Teachers/nurses/library media specialists hiring schedule (2026-27)
| Current Years Experience \ Degree | New Hire Salary | Master's Degree | Doctorate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $63,500 | $65,000 | $66,000 |
| 1 | $64,000 | $65,500 | $66,500 |
| 2 | $64,500 | $66,000 | $67,000 |
| 3 | $67,300 | $68,800 | $69,800 |
| 4 | $67,700 | $69,200 | $70,200 |
| 5 | $70,500 | $72,000 | $73,000 |
| 6 | $71,000 | $72,500 | $73,500 |
| 7 | $71,500 | $73,000 | $74,000 |
| 8 | $72,000 | $73,500 | $74,500 |
| 9 | $72,500 | $74,000 | $75,000 |
| 10 | $73,000 | $74,500 | $75,500 |
| 11 | $73,500 | $75,000 | $76,000 |
| 12 | $74,000 | $75,500 | $76,500 |
| 13 | $74,500 | $76,000 | $77,000 |
| 14 | $75,000 | $76,500 | $77,500 |
| 15 | $75,500 | $77,000 | $78,000 |
| 16 | $76,000 | $77,500 | $78,500 |
| 17 | $76,500 | $78,000 | $79,000 |
| 18 | $77,000 | $78,500 | $79,500 |
| 19 | $77,500 | $79,000 | $80,000 |
| 20 | $78,000 | $79,500 | $80,500 |
| 21 | $78,500 | $80,000 | $81,000 |
| 22 | $79,000 | $80,500 | $81,500 |
| 23 | $79,500 | $81,000 | $82,000 |
| 24 | $80,000 | $81,500 | $82,500 |
| 25+ | $80,500 | $82,000 | $83,000 |
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Per month (12)
$5,291.67
Per work day
$339.57 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this degree
| Current Years Experience | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $64,000 | +$500 |
| 2 | $64,500 | +$1,000 |
| 3 | $67,300 | +$3,800 |
| 4 | $67,700 | +$4,200 |
| 5 | $70,500 | +$7,000 |
Worked example as rendered: New Hire Salary, current years experience 0 = $63,500 a year, $5,291.67 a month spread over 12 months, $339.57 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 7 of the 2026-2027 Rockwall ISD Compensation Plan (revised 8/24/26). Scale covers teachers, nurses and library media specialists.
Stipends listed separately: $1,500 master's, $1,000 doctorate, $4,500 bilingual, $4,000 SLP/diagnostician/school psychologist, $5,000 ACE/Adult Transition/ECSE/BASE special education teacher.
The master's and doctorate columns already include the degree stipend.
- Soft spot: The plan states salary advancement is not guaranteed and that Rockwall ISD does not operate a step schedule for continuing teachers; this grid is the new-hire placement schedule.
How this schedule moves
On the New Hire Salary column a teacher moves from $63,500 at current years experience 0 to $80,500 at current years experience 25+: 25 current years experience increases worth $680 each on average, 27% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,800, between current years experience 2 and current years experience 3.
The highest-paid column, Doctorate, starts at $66,000 and tops out at $83,000, 3% above the top of the New Hire Salary column.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Rockwall ISD's starting pay ranks 42nd and its top cell ranks 71st; 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 88th percentile and the top cell at the 39th percentile.
Column by column
| Degree | First current years experience | Top | Current Years Experience moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hire Salary | $63,500 | $80,500 | 25 | 27% |
| Master's Degree | $65,000 | $82,000 | 25 | 26% |
| Doctorate | $66,000 | $83,000 | 25 | 26% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwall ISD | 18,798 | 2026-27 | $63,500 | $65,000 | $83,000 |
| New Caney ISD | 18,987 | 2026-27 | $67,000 | $68,000 | $76,527 |
| Wylie ISD | 19,231 | 2026-27 | $63,002 | – | $80,306 |
| Tyler ISD | 18,304 | 2026-27 | $50,500.00 | – | $75,000.00 |
| Laredo ISD | 20,592 | 2025-26 | $54,000 | – | $78,007 |
| Forney ISD | 17,002 | 2026-27 | $64,000 | $65,000 | $82,500 |
Starting pay is the first current years experience of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-current years 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 Rockwall ISD schedule?
$63,500 at current years experience 0 on New Hire Salary, per the 2026-27 schedule (Rockwall Independent School District).
What is the top of the Rockwall ISD salary schedule?
$83,000, at current years experience 25+ 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 Rockwall ISD salary schedule?
On the New Hire Salary column the top figure, $80,500, is reached at current years experience 25+, 25 current years experience increases after current years experience 0 (2026-27 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- New Caney ISDstarts $67,000
- Wylie ISDstarts $63,002
- Tyler ISDstarts $50,500.00
- Laredo ISDstarts $54,000
- Forney ISDstarts $64,000
- Crowley ISDstarts $63,810
- Beaumont ISDstarts $55,500
- Harlingen CISDstarts $55,000
- Galena Park ISDstarts $68,250
- Weslaco ISDstarts $58,000
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