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Alabama state teacher salary schedule, 2026-27

FY 2027 Foundation Program State Minimum Salary Schedule, Classroom Teachers. This is the schedule the state itself publishes; districts add local supplements on top.

FY 2027 Foundation Program State Minimum Salary Schedule, Classroom Teachers

Official sourceDocumentAlabama State Department of EducationSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days187
Public school experience \ DegreeBachelor (BS)Master (MS)Education Specialist (ED. S.)Doctoral (DO)Non-Degree (ND)
0 years$48,552$52,913$57,055$61,195$48,552
1 year$48,552$52,913$57,055$61,195$48,552
2 years$48,552$52,913$57,055$61,195$48,552
3 years$50,609$58,200$62,755$67,317$50,609
4 years$50,609$58,200$62,755$67,317$50,609
5 years$50,609$58,200$62,755$67,317$50,609
6 years$52,828$60,750$65,522$70,259$52,828
7 years$52,828$60,750$65,522$70,259$52,828
8 years$52,828$60,750$65,522$70,259$52,828
9 years$54,424$62,586$67,501$72,382$54,424
10 years$54,966$63,211$68,175$73,105$54,966
11 years$55,517$63,843$68,857$73,835$55,517
12 years$56,072$64,482$69,545$74,574$56,072
13 years$56,633$65,125$70,242$75,319$56,633
14 years$57,199$65,777$70,943$76,073$57,199
15 years$57,771$66,436$71,653$76,834$57,771
16 years$58,349$67,099$72,369$77,602$58,349
17 years$58,932$67,770$73,094$78,378$58,932
18 years$59,522$68,448$73,825$79,161$59,522
19 years$60,116$69,132$74,564$79,952$60,116
20 years$60,718$69,824$75,308$80,753$60,718
21 years$61,325$70,522$76,062$81,561$61,325
22 years$61,938$71,228$76,821$82,376$61,938
23 years$62,557$71,939$77,590$83,199$62,557
24 years$63,183$72,659$78,366$84,031$63,183
25 years$63,815$73,385$79,149$84,872$63,815
26 years$64,452$74,119$79,941$85,720$64,452
27 years$65,098$74,860$80,741$86,578$65,098
28 years$65,749$75,609$81,547$87,443$65,749
29 years$66,407$76,365$82,363$88,318$66,407
30 years$67,070$77,129$83,187$89,202$67,070
31 years$67,741$77,900$84,019$90,092$67,741
32 years$68,419$78,679$84,859$90,994$68,419
33 years$69,102$79,466$85,708$91,905$69,102
34 years$69,793$80,260$86,565$92,824$69,793
35 years$70,492$81,063$87,430$93,751$70,492
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Annual salary
$48,552
Per month (12)
$4,046.00
Per work day
$259.64 / 187 days

Worked example as rendered: Bachelor (BS), public school experience 0 years = $48,552 a year, $4,046.00 a month spread over 12 months, $259.64 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.

This is the Foundation Program state minimum salary schedule. It is the floor the state funds and requires; Alabama local boards of education adopt their own salary schedules and may pay above these amounts.

The schedule is for a 187 day contract.

The Non-Degree (ND) lane pays the same amounts as the Bachelor (BS) lane at every step.

The first three steps (0, 1 and 2 years) pay the same amount, as do steps 3 to 5 and steps 6 to 8; the schedule then moves to a yearly step from 9 years on.

The schedule states that the anniversary date of experience determines the appropriate step, and that an employee is entitled to advanced degree pay in the monthly pay period beginning after the State Superintendent recognizes the degree, which must be earned from a regionally accredited institution.

Alabama district schedules indexed

All Alabama districts, with enrollment and what is indexed, are on the Alabama page. Other statewide schedules: Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.