Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 18-114.15 – Minimum Salary Schedule

A. Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, certified personnel, as defined in Section 26-103 of this title, in the public schools of this state shall receive in salary and fringe benefits not less than the amounts specified in the following schedule:
MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE
National
Years of Experience Bachelor’s Degree Board Certification Master’s Degree Doctor’s Degree
0 $41,601 $42,759 $42,991 $44,381
1 $42,035 $43,193 $43,425 $44,815
2 $42,469 $43,628 $43,859 $45,249
3 $42,904 $44,062 $44,294 $45,684
4 $43,338 $44,496 $44,728 $46,118
5 $44,810 $45,968 $46,200 $47,590
6 $45,273 $46,432 $46,663 $48,054
7 $45,737 $46,895 $47,127 $48,517
8 $46,200 $47,358 $47,590 $48,980
9 $46,663 $47,822 $48,054 $49,444
10 $48,684 $49,844 $50,568 $52,945
11 $49,177 $50,336 $51,061 $53,438
12 $49,670 $50,829 $51,554 $53,931
13 $50,162 $51,322 $52,047 $54,424
14 $50,655 $51,815 $52,539 $54,916
15 $52,167 $53,327 $54,052 $56,430
16 $52,660 $53,820 $54,545 $56,923
17 $53,153 $54,313 $55,038 $57,416
18 $53,646 $54,806 $55,531 $57,909
19 $54,139 $55,299 $56,024 $58,402
20 $54,652 $55,813 $56,538 $58,917
21 $55,145 $56,306 $57,031 $59,410
22 $55,639 $56,799 $57,524 $59,903
23 $56,132 $57,292 $58,018 $60,397
24 $56,625 $57,785 $58,511 $60,890
25 $58,049 $59,232 $59,971 $62,395
26 $58,542 $59,725 $60,464 $62,888
27 $59,035 $60,218 $60,957 $63,381
28 $59,528 $60,711 $61,450 $63,874
29 $60,021 $61,204 $61,943 $64,367
30 $60,541 $61,724 $62,463 $64,887
31 $61,001 $62,184 $62,923 $65,347
32 $61,494 $62,677 $63,416 $65,840
33 $61,987 $63,170 $63,909 $66,333
34 $62,480 $63,663 $64,402 $66,826
35 $62,973 $64,156 $64,895 $67,319
Master’s Degree + Years of Experience National Board Certification
0 $44,149
1 $44,583
2 $45,018
3 $45,452
4 $45,886
5 $47,358
6 $47,822
7 $48,285
8 $48,749
9 $49,212
10 $51,728
11 $52,221
12 $52,713
13 $53,206
14 $53,699
15 $55,212
16 $55,705
17 $56,198
18 $56,691
19 $57,184
20 $57,698
21 $58,192
22 $58,685
23 $59,178
24 $59,671
25 $61,153
26 $61,646
27 $62,139
28 $62,632
29 $63,125
30 $63,645
31 $64,105
32 $64,598
33 $65,091
34 $65,584
35 $66,077
B.
1. 1. When determining the minimum salary schedule, “fringe benefits” shall mean all or part of retirement benefits, excluding the contributions made pursuant to subsection A of Section 17-108.1 of this title and the flexible benefit allowance pursuant to Section 26-105 of this title from the flexible benefit allowance funds disbursed by the State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education pursuant to Section 26-104 of this title.
2. 2. If a school district intends to provide retirement benefits to a teacher such that the teacher’s salary would be less than the amounts set forth in the minimum salary schedule specified in subsection A of this section, the district shall be required to provide written notification to the teacher prior to his or her employment or, if already employed by the district, no later than thirty (30) days prior to the date the district elects to provide retirement benefits such that the teacher’s salary would be less than the minimum salary schedule.
C. Any of the degrees referred to in this section shall be from a college recognized by the State Board of Education. The Board shall accept teaching experience from out-of-state school districts that are accredited by the state board of education or appropriate state accrediting agency for the districts. The Board shall accept teaching experience from out-of-country schools that are accredited or otherwise endorsed by the appropriate national or regional accrediting or endorsement authority. Out-of-country certification documentation in a language other than English shall be analyzed by an educational credential evaluation service in accordance with industry standards and guidelines and approved by the State Department of Education. The person seeking to have credit granted for out-of-country teaching experience shall be responsible for all costs of the analysis by a credential evaluation service. The Board shall accept teaching experience from primary and secondary schools that are operated by the United States Department of Defense or are affiliated with the United States Department of State.
D. For the purpose of state salary increments and retirement, no teacher shall be granted credit for more than five (5) years of active duty in the military service, as defined in Section 17-113 of this title, or out-of-state or out-of-country teaching experience as a certified teacher or its equivalent. Nothing in this section shall prohibit boards of education from crediting more years of experience on district salary schedules than those allowed for state purposes.
E. The State Board of Education shall recognize, for purposes of certification and salary increments, all the years of experience of a:
1. 1. Certified teacher who teaches in the educational program of the Department of Corrections, beginning with fiscal year 1981;
2. 2. Vocational rehabilitation counselor under the Department of Human Services if the counselor was employed as a certified teacher by the State Department of Education when the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation was transferred from the State Board of Career and Technology Education or the State Board of Education to the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission on July 1, 1968;
3. 3. Vocational rehabilitation counselor which were completed while employed by the Department of Human Services if such counselor was certified as a teacher or was eligible for certification as a teacher in this state;
4. 4. Certified teacher which were completed while employed by the Child Study Center located at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, if the teacher was certified as a teacher in this state; and
5. 5. Certified school psychologist or psychometrist which were completed while employed as a doctoral intern, psychological assistant, or psychologist with any agency of this state if the experience primarily involved work with persons of school- or preschool-age and if the person was, at the time the experience was acquired, certified as, or eligible for certification as, a school psychologist or psychometrist.
F. The provisions of this section shall not apply to teachers who have entered into postretirement employment with a public school in this state and are still receiving a monthly retirement benefit.
G. Persons employed as classroom instructional employees of technology center school districts supervised by the State Board of Career and Technology Education shall receive a salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step level indicated for the persons, provided they remain employed by the same technology center school district, unless the hours or the duties of the classroom instructional employees are reduced proportionately.
H. Persons employed as correctional teachers or vocational instructors by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Section 510.6a of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes or persons employed as teachers by the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall receive a salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step level indicated for the persons, provided they remain employed by the same Department of Corrections or Office of Juvenile Affairs facility, unless the hours or the duties of the correctional teachers, vocational instructors, or teachers are reduced proportionately.
I. Persons employed as teachers by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services shall receive a salary increase amount equal to the amount indicated in subsection A of this section for the step level indicated for the persons, provided they remain employed by the State Department of Rehabilitation Services, unless the hours or the duties of the teachers are reduced proportionately.
J. Notwithstanding the definition of certified personnel described in subsection A of this section, the provisions of this section shall not apply to supervisors, school board members, board of trustee members, commandant of cadets, deans, assistant or vice principals, assistant superintendents, executive assistants, chief financial officers, instructional program directors, managers, noninstructional program directors, principals or heads of schools, chief executive officers, and heads of charter schools.

Laws 2023, SB 1119, c. 289, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2023; Amended by Laws 2025, HB 1465, c. 78, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 2025, as amended by Laws 2025, HB 1087, c. 480, § 2, emerg. eff. July 1, 2025 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2026, SB 201, c. 232, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2026 (superseded document available).