Mississippi Code
Chapter 19 - Teacher Compensation
§ 37-19-7. Scale of teachers' salaries; experience increases; salary supplement for certain school employees

2019-2020 MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
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It is the intent of the Legislature that any state funds made available for salaries of licensed personnel in excess of the funds paid for such salaries for the 1986-1987 school year shall be paid to licensed personnel pursuant to a personnel appraisal and compensation system implemented by the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall have the authority to adopt and amend rules and regulations as are necessary to establish, administer and maintain the system.
All teachers employed on a full-time basis shall be paid a minimum salary in accordance with the above scale. However, no school district shall receive any funds under this section for any school year during which the local supplement paid to any individual teacher shall have been reduced to a sum less than that paid to that individual teacher for performing the same duties from local supplement during the immediately preceding school year. The amount actually spent for the purposes of group health and/or life insurance shall be considered as a part of the aggregate amount of local supplement but shall not be considered a part of the amount of individual local supplement.
The level of professional training of each teacher to be used in establishing the salary allotment for the teachers for each year shall be determined by the type of valid teacher's license issued to those teachers on or before October 1 of the current school year. Provided, however, that school districts are authorized, in their discretion, to negotiate the salary levels applicable to certificated employees who are receiving retirement benefits from the retirement system of another state, and the annual experience increment provided above in Section 37-19-7 shall not be applicable to any such retired certificated employee.
Effective July 1, 2016, if funds are available for that purpose, any licensed teacher who has met the requirements and acquired a Master Teacher Certificate from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and who is employed in a public school district located in one (1) of the following counties: Claiborne, Adams, Jefferson, Wilkinson, Amite, Bolivar, Coahoma, Leflore, Quitman, Sharkey, Issaquena, Sunflower, Washington, Holmes, Yazoo and Tallahatchie. The salary supplement awarded under the provisions of this subsection (3) shall be in addition to the salary supplement awarded under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.
Teachers who meet the qualifications for a salary supplement under this subsection (3) who are assigned for less than one (1) full year or less than full time for the school year shall receive the salary supplement in a prorated manner, with the portion of the teacher's assignment to the critical geographic area to be determined as of June 15th of the school year.
Years Exp. AAAA AAA AA A 0 40,608.00 39,444.00 38,280.00 35,890.00 1 40,608.00 39,444.00 38,280.00 35,890.00 2 40,608.00 39,444.00 38,280.00 35,890.00 3 41,402.00 40,171.00 38,940.00 36,385.00 4 42,196.00 40,898.00 39,600.00 36,880.00 5 42,990.00 41,625.00 40,260.00 37,375.00 6 43,784.00 42,352.00 40,920.00 37,870.00 7 44,578.00 43,079.00 41,580.00 38,365.00 8 45,372.00 43,806.00 42,240.00 38,860.00 9 46,166.00 44,533.00 42,900.00 39,355.00 10 46,960.00 45,260.00 43,560.00 39,850.00 11 47,754.00 45,987.00 44,220.00 40,345.00 12 48,548.00 46,714.00 44,880.00 40,840.00 13 49,342.00 47,441.00 45,540.00 41,335.00 14 50,136.00 48,168.00 46,200.00 41,830.00 15 50,930.00 48,895.00 46,860.00 42,325.00 16 51,724.00 49,622.00 47,520.00 42,820.00 17 52,518.00 50,349.00 48,180.00 43,315.00 18 53,312.00 51,076.00 48,840.00 43,810.00 19 54,106.00 51,803.00 49,500.00 44,305.00 20 54,900.00 52,530.00 50,160.00 44,800.00 21 55,694.00 53,257.00 50,820.00 45,295.00 22 56,488.00 53,984.00 51,480.00 45,790.00 23 57,282.00 54,711.00 52,140.00 46,285.00 24 58,076.00 55,438.00 52,800.00 46,780.00 25 60,930.00 58,225.00 55,520.00 49,335.00 26 61,724.00 58,952.00 56,180.00 49,830.00 27 62,518.00 59,679.00 56,840.00 50,325.00 28 63,312.00 60,406.00 57,500.00 50,820.00 29 64,106.00 61,133.00 58,160.00 51,315.00 30 64,900.00 61,860.00 58,820.00 51,810.00 31 65,694.00 62,587.00 59,480.00 52,305.00 32 66,488.00 63,314.00 60,140.00 52,800.00 33 67,282.00 64,041.00 60,800.00 53,295.00 34 68,076.00 64,768.00 61,460.00 53,790.00 35 & above 68,870.00 65,495.00 62,120.00 54,285.00