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Highest paying school districts in Kentucky

Ranked from the districts' own published salary schedules, not from survey averages or self-reported figures. Every row links to that district's full step-and-lane grid and the document it was read from.

Highest starting salary on the bachelor's column

DistrictYearStartingColumnEnrollment
1. Kenton County2025-26$51,232Rank III13,945
2. Boone County2025-26$50,548Rank III20,356
3. Fayette County2025-26$50,051Rank III41,697
4. Mercer County2025-26$50,000Rank III2,724
5. Jefferson County2025-26$49,479.56Rank III94,793
6. Oldham County2025-26$48,770Rank III12,135
7. Simpson County2025-26$48,148Rank III3,048
8. Ludlow Independent2025-26$48,000Rank III813
9. Carroll County2025-26$47,643Rank III1,965
10. Fort Thomas Independent2025-26$47,493Rank III3,167
11. Pikeville Independent2025-26$47,349Rank III1,177
12. Bardstown Independent2025-26$47,308Rank III2,778
13. Covington Independent2025-26$47,285Rank III3,585
14. Campbell County2025-26$47,250Rank III5,180
15. Hardin County2025-26$47,041Rank III14,714
16. Marion County2025-26$47,000Rank III3,129
17. Warren County2025-26$47,000Rank III18,164
18. Bowling Green Independent2025-26$46,800Rank III4,526
19. Anchorage Independent2025-26$46,618.57Rank III399
20. Barren County2025-26$46,608Rank III5,072
21. Caverna Independent2025-26$46,603Rank III638
22. Jessamine County2025-26$46,369Rank III8,397
23. Gallatin County2025-26$46,367Rank III1,482
24. Nelson County2025-26$46,362Rank III4,412
25. Dayton Independent2025-26$46,305Rank III870

Highest cell anywhere on the schedule

The top of a schedule is normally the most senior step of the highest education column, so this is what a long-serving teacher with the most credits can reach, not a typical salary.

DistrictYearTop cellColumnEnrollment
1. Todd County2025-26$125,000.00Rank I, Step III1,884
2. Fayette County2025-26$104,426Rank I, Step II41,697
3. Jefferson County2025-26$99,924.76Rank I, Step II94,793
4. Shelby County2025-26$96,933Rank I, Step II6,964
5. Anchorage Independent2025-26$96,403.49Rank I, Step II399
6. Kenton County2025-26$93,981Rank I13,945
7. Bardstown Independent2025-26$89,783Rank I, Step II2,778
8. Simpson County2025-26$89,206Rank I, Step II3,048
9. Fort Thomas Independent2025-26$89,057Rank I3,167
10. Bullitt County2025-26$88,518Rank I12,954
11. Nelson County2025-26$88,361Rank I, Step II4,412
12. Carroll County2025-26$88,306Rank I1,965
13. Campbell County2025-26$87,791Rank I5,180
14. Boone County2025-26$87,645Rank I20,356
15. Erlanger-Elsmere Independent2025-26$87,586Rank I2,399
16. Oldham County2025-26$87,501Rank I12,135
17. Hardin County2025-26$86,850Rank I14,714
18. Clinton County2025-26$85,000.00Rank V, Step III1,536
19. Newport Independent2025-26$84,931Rank I, Step II1,393
20. Anderson County2025-26$84,733Rank I, Step II3,751
21. Clark County2025-26$84,467Rank I, Step II5,390
22. Scott County2025-26$84,376Rank I, Step II9,873
23. Jessamine County2025-26$84,079Rank I8,397
24. Ludlow Independent2025-26$84,000Rank I813
25. Bellevue Independent2025-26$83,991.35Rank I593

Coverage grows as more Kentucky schedules are parsed. See all 171 Kentucky districts, or the national rankings.