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2026-27 · District salary guide

School District U-46 teacher salary schedule

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At School District U-46, published bachelor’s starting pay is $60,689 for 2026-27.

Elgin, Illinois · Last verified

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Salary at a glance

Bachelor’s starting pay
$60,689
Bachelor’s maximum
$111,136

District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.

Experience steps & degree lanes

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School District U-46 · 2026-27 annual base salary
StepBachelor’s
1$60,689
2$63,344
3$65,999
4$68,654
5$71,309
6$73,964
7$76,620
8$79,275
9$81,930
10$84,585
11$87,240
12$89,895
13$92,550
14$95,205
15$97,861
16$100,516
17$103,171
18$105,826
19$108,481
20$111,136

Schedule notes

Elgin Agreement 2023-2027 (U-46 / Elgin Teachers Association), Appendix E Tables of Pay, 2026-27 Salary Schedule with TRS, posted on the district's AppliTrack jobs portal. Steps A-T are recorded as steps 1-20. Columns are BA, +10, +20 ... +70 graduate hours; the posted tables do not say which column a master's degree places in, and the full contract link in the document is dead (404), so master's and doctorate fields are null. BA column: $60,689 (step A) to $111,136 (step T). Highest cell on the schedule is $129,722 (+70, step T). Enrollment is ISBE Oct 1, 2025 public enrollment.

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Experience credit and education requirements are set by the district. Check the official schedule for contract length, supplements and rules for moving between lanes. These base amounts are not take-home pay.

Reported district enrollment: 33,027 students. Source.

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