2025-2026 Salary Information

The District and the United School Employees of Pasco (USEP) are pleased to announce that they have reached tentative agreements on employee salary and benefit packages for the District’s Instructional Staff and School Related Personnel (SRP) for 2025-2026.

All currently employed instructional staff members who earned a year of Pasco service credit for the 2024-2025 school year will receive an average 2.4% base salary increase, plus an additional increase to their respective referendum salary supplement that averages out to an additional 2.17%. This brings the total average increase (base salary plus referendum supplement increases) to 4.57% for the 2025-2026 school year.

• Base salary increase will be determined in part by each employee’s assigned pay plan*:
  • No Year of Service Credit for 24-25/No Evaluation: 1.05% increase to base salary
  • Grandfathered: 2.38% total base salary increase
  • Pay for Performance: Increases are based on the 2024–2025 summative evaluation rating:
    • Highly Effective: 2.77% total base salary increase
    • Effective: 2.38% total base salary increase

*The assigned pay plan determines whether evaluation ratings affect salary increases.

• Instructional staff hired on or after July 1, 2014, are placed on the Pay for Performance plan, where evaluation ratings impact the increase amount.
• Instructional staff hired before July 1, 2014, with a professional service contract are placed on the Grandfathered plan, which does not factor in evaluation ratings.
• Instructional staff on the Grandfathered plan may opt into the Pay for Performance plan during the annual opt-in window.

All currently employed SRP staff members who earned a year of Pasco service credit for the 2024-2025 school year will receive an average 2.47% base salary increase, plus an additional increase to their respective referendum salary supplement that averages out to an additional 2.17%. This brings the total average increase (base salary plus referendum supplement increases) to 4.64% for the 2025-2026 school year.

The District is increasing its per employee contribution towards the cost of the District’s comprehensive health insurance packages by $742 (from $8,700 per employee per year to $9,442 per employee per year).

For all employee types, the District is absorbing a 0.4% increase in FRS contribution rates for all employees.

Funds have been designated to provide NNB, Administrative, and Professional Technical Employees with commensurate salary and benefit increases, and information about these increases has been provided to these groups.

Please view the FAQs below for answers to commonly asked questions.

Salary schedules for 2025-2026 are available here. These are pending Board approval and ratification. 

Creditable Service

It is the employee's responsibility to provide required documentation in order to receive credit for previous work experience.  Refer to this year's salary schedules for current rates of pay.

Instructional and School Related Personnel must complete, sign, and send a Verification of Employment form to each employer in order to receive credit for prior work experience. Salary credit will be applied once verification is received and reviewed by Human Resources. Approved salary credit will be applied retroactively to the first day of employment or the beginning of the school year, whichever is later. Verifications of Employment must be received within six (6) months from the first day of employment to be eligible for retroactive pay.

Non-Instructional Non-Bargaining (NNB), Professional Technical, and Administrative personnel should include all related work experience on their application.  Placement within the range of the appropriate salary schedule will be based on an evaluation of experience, knowledge, and a comparative review of other employees with the same title by Human Resources.

 

Employee Classification Categories

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes standards for minimum wages, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. For the purpose of overtime compensation, employees are classified as either exempt or non-exempt. These exemptions are narrowly defined, and statutory overtime provisions may not be waived for those classified as non-exempt.

Non-Exempt: Employees in non-exempt positions are entitled to receive overtime compensation when they work more than 40 hours in a work week.

Exempt: Employees in exempt positions are not entitled to overtime compensation.

 

Extra Hours/Overtime Pay

Non-exempt employees may be requested by their supervisor to work extra hours at times when workloads or unusual circumstances make it necessary.  Employees will be paid their regular hourly rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of their contracted hours up to 40 hours in a work week.  Employees will be paid one and one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a work week. 

Only actual hours worked in a given workweek are included when determining which hours constitute overtime.  For example, non-work holidays, vacation days, and other leave are not included.  All overtime hours must be approved in advance, and working overtime without prior authorization may result in disciplinary action.

 

Paychecks

For a listing of pay dates and pay periods, view the Payroll Calendars under Finance Services.  Click on the calendar that corresponds to your position.  View your current salary information by viewing your paystub in Employee Self Service.