Mississippi state teacher salary schedule, 2025-26

MSFF minimum teacher salary schedule, FY 2025-26 (MS Code 37-19-7). This is the schedule the state itself publishes; districts add local supplements on top.

Mississippi's 2025-26 state teacher salary schedule runs from $41,500 (Class A, years of experience 0) to $71,400 (Class AAAA, years of experience 35+), per Mississippi Department of Education, Office of School Financial Services (effective July 1, 2025).
Bachelor's lane (Class A): $41,500 at 0 years of experience to $60,800 at the top.
Master's lane (Class AA): $43,000 to $66,250.
The grid has 4 lanes and 36 years of experience rows.

MSFF minimum teacher salary schedule, FY 2025-26 (MS Code 37-19-7)

Official sourceDocumentMississippi Department of Education, Office of School Financial ServicesSchool year2025-26EffectiveJuly 1, 2025

Years of experience \ Certification level	Class AAAA	Class AAA	Class AA	Class A
0	$45,500	$44,000	$43,000	$41,500
1	$46,100	$44,550	$43,525	$41,900
2	$46,700	$45,100	$44,050	$42,300
3	$47,300	$45,650	$44,575	$42,700
4	$47,900	$46,200	$45,100	$43,100
5	$49,250	$47,500	$46,350	$44,300
6	$49,850	$48,050	$46,875	$44,700
7	$50,450	$48,600	$47,400	$45,100
8	$51,050	$49,150	$47,925	$45,500
9	$51,650	$49,700	$48,450	$45,900
10	$53,000	$51,000	$49,700	$47,100
11	$53,600	$51,550	$50,225	$47,500
12	$54,200	$52,100	$50,750	$47,900
13	$54,800	$52,650	$51,275	$48,300
14	$55,400	$53,200	$51,800	$48,700
15	$56,750	$54,500	$53,050	$49,900
16	$57,350	$55,050	$53,575	$50,300
17	$57,950	$55,600	$54,100	$50,700
18	$58,550	$56,150	$54,625	$51,100
19	$59,150	$56,700	$55,150	$51,500
20	$60,500	$58,000	$56,400	$52,700
21	$61,100	$58,550	$56,925	$53,100
22	$61,700	$59,100	$57,450	$53,500
23	$62,300	$59,650	$57,975	$53,900
24	$62,900	$60,200	$58,500	$54,300
25	$65,400	$62,700	$61,000	$56,800
26	$66,000	$63,250	$61,525	$57,200
27	$66,600	$63,800	$62,050	$57,600
28	$67,200	$64,350	$62,575	$58,000
29	$67,800	$64,900	$63,100	$58,400
30	$68,400	$65,450	$63,625	$58,800
31	$69,000	$66,000	$64,150	$59,200
32	$69,600	$66,550	$64,675	$59,600
33	$70,200	$67,100	$65,200	$60,000
34	$70,800	$67,650	$65,725	$60,400
35+	$71,400	$68,200	$66,250	$60,800

highest celllowest cell36 years of experience rows x 4 certification level columnshover or tap a cell to trace its row and column

Find my cell

Certification level

Years of experience

Annual salary

$41,500

Per month (12)

$3,458.33

Next 5 steps in this certification level

Years of experience	Salary	vs. selected
1	$41,900	+$400
2	$42,300	+$800
3	$42,700	+$1,200
4	$43,100	+$1,600
5	$44,300	+$2,800

Worked example as rendered: Class A, years of experience 0 = $41,500 a year, $3,458.33 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Class A is a bachelor's-level license, AA master's, AAA specialist, AAAA doctorate.

These are the state minimums funded through the Mississippi Student Funding Formula; districts may pay local supplements above them.

Mississippi district schedules indexed

DeSoto County Schools2026-27

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