Annual salary
$63,000
Texas · salary schedule · 2025-26
Stafford Municipal School District salary schedule, 2025-26
Certified teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and teaching years completed to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Stafford Municipal School District's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $63,000 (Base Salary, teaching years completed 0) and tops out at $102,646 (Total Compensation, teaching years completed 40), per Stafford Municipal School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $336.90 per day.
- The grid has 3 column columns and 41 teaching years completed rows; the highest cell is reached at teaching years completed 40.
- Stafford MSD enrolled 3,479 students in 2023-24, the 240th-largest district in Texas by NCES enrollment.
Certified teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
| Teaching Years Completed \ Column | Base Salary | Teacher Retention Allotment | Total Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | $63,000 | $63,000 | |
| 1 | $63,900 | $63,900 | |
| 2 | $64,300 | $64,300 | |
| 3 | $64,400 | $4,000 | $68,400 |
| 4 | $64,500 | $4,000 | $68,500 |
| 5 | $64,600 | $8,000 | $72,600 |
| 6 | $65,100 | $8,000 | $73,100 |
| 7 | $65,600 | $8,000 | $73,600 |
| 8 | $66,100 | $8,000 | $74,100 |
| 9 | $66,600 | $8,000 | $74,600 |
| 10 | $67,100 | $8,000 | $75,100 |
| 11 | $67,600 | $8,000 | $75,600 |
| 12 | $68,100 | $8,000 | $76,100 |
| 13 | $68,650 | $8,000 | $76,650 |
| 14 | $69,300 | $8,000 | $77,300 |
| 15 | $69,600 | $8,000 | $77,600 |
| 16 | $69,900 | $8,000 | $77,900 |
| 17 | $70,300 | $8,000 | $78,300 |
| 18 | $70,800 | $8,000 | $78,800 |
| 19 | $71,300 | $8,000 | $79,300 |
| 20 | $71,850 | $8,000 | $79,850 |
| 21 | $72,450 | $8,000 | $80,450 |
| 22 | $73,000 | $8,000 | $81,000 |
| 23 | $73,700 | $8,000 | $81,700 |
| 24 | $74,000 | $8,000 | $82,000 |
| 25 | $75,150 | $8,000 | $83,150 |
| 26 | $76,446 | $8,000 | $84,446 |
| 27 | $77,746 | $8,000 | $85,746 |
| 28 | $79,046 | $8,000 | $87,046 |
| 29 | $80,346 | $8,000 | $88,346 |
| 30 | $82,346 | $8,000 | $90,346 |
| 31 | $82,946 | $8,000 | $90,946 |
| 32 | $84,246 | $8,000 | $92,246 |
| 33 | $85,546 | $8,000 | $93,546 |
| 34 | $86,846 | $8,000 | $94,846 |
| 35 | $88,146 | $8,000 | $96,146 |
| 36 | $89,446 | $8,000 | $97,446 |
| 37 | $90,746 | $8,000 | $98,746 |
| 38 | $92,046 | $8,000 | $100,046 |
| 39 | $93,346 | $8,000 | $101,346 |
| 40 | $94,646 | $8,000 | $102,646 |
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Per month (12)
$5,250.00
Per work day
$336.90 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Teaching Years Completed | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $63,900 | +$900 |
| 2 | $64,300 | +$1,300 |
| 3 | $64,400 | +$1,400 |
| 4 | $64,500 | +$1,500 |
| 5 | $64,600 | +$1,600 |
Worked example as rendered: Base Salary, teaching years completed 0 = $63,000 a year, $5,250.00 a month spread over 12 months, $336.90 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.
Total Compensation is the column a teacher is paid; it is Base Salary plus the Teacher Retention Allotment.
The allotment is blank for 0-2 years, $4,000 at 3-4 years and $8,000 from 5 years on.
Salaries are based on a 187 workday calendar.
The same document prints a separate uncertified-teacher table (flat $53,000 base) and a $51,100 teacher-apprentice rate, which are not included here.
JROTC instructors follow this table; agriculture teachers follow the 226-workday calendar.
- Soft spot: The Teacher Retention Allotment lane holds allotment amounts ($4,000 / $8,000), not salaries, so its values sit below the usual teacher-salary sanity floor by design.
- Soft spot: Stafford MSD is the Fort Bend County municipal district in Stafford, Texas, confirmed from the document header.
- Soft spot: The document's footer contains a typo, 'the 2025-2025 school year'; the title and file both say 2025-2026.
How this schedule moves
On the Base Salary column a teacher moves from $63,000 at teaching years completed 0 to $94,646 at teaching years completed 40: 40 teaching years completed increases worth $791 each on average, 50% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,000, between teaching years completed 29 and teaching years completed 30.
The highest-paid column, Total Compensation, starts at $63,000 and tops out at $102,646, 8% above the top of the Base Salary column.
Among the 299 Texas district schedules indexed here, Stafford Municipal School District's starting pay ranks 48th and its top cell ranks 5th; 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 87th percentile and the top cell at the 64th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First teaching years completed | Top | Teaching Years Completed moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Salary | $63,000 | $94,646 | 40 | 50% |
| Teacher Retention Allotment | $4,000 | $8,000 | 2 | 100% |
| Total Compensation | $63,000 | $102,646 | 40 | 63% |
Against Texas districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stafford Municipal School District | 3,479 | 2025-26 | $63,000 | – | $102,646 |
| La Vernia ISD | 3,467 | 2026-27 | $56,020 | – | $78,397 |
| Big Spring ISD | 3,451 | 2026-27 | $51,000 | $52,000 | $79,600 |
| Bay City ISD | 3,514 | 2025-26 | $50,800 | – | $71,338 |
| Valley View ISD (Hidalgo County) | 3,515 | 2022-23 | $47,000 | – | $65,837 |
| Brownwood ISD | 3,441 | 2026-27 | $48,268 | – | $82,862 |
Starting pay is the first teaching years completed of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-teaching years completed cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Stafford Municipal School District schedule?
$63,000 at teaching years completed 0 on Base Salary, per the 2025-26 schedule (Stafford Municipal School District).
What is the top of the Stafford Municipal School District salary schedule?
$102,646, at teaching years completed 40 on Total Compensation (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 Stafford Municipal School District salary schedule?
On the Base Salary column the top figure, $94,646, is reached at teaching years completed 40, 40 teaching years completed increases after teaching years completed 0 (2025-26 schedule).
Other Texas districts with schedules
- La Vernia ISDstarts $56,020
- Big Spring ISDstarts $51,000
- Bay City ISDstarts $50,800
- Valley View ISD (Hidalgo County)starts $47,000
- Brownwood ISDstarts $48,268
- Calhoun County ISDstarts $33,660
- Lampasas Independent School Districtstarts $52,000
- Pleasanton Independent School Districtstarts $57,008
- Needville ISDstarts $58,000
- Zapata County Independent School Districtstarts $51,000
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