Lake Forest SD 67 · Lake Forest

Full schedule · 2026–27Unverified

Your pay here, year 13

$92,212

2026-27 · source on file

Grades

K–8

District office

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Website

Starting and top pay

Pension: Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois (TRS)
You contribute 9% of salary, before income tax (some contracts have the district pay part of it — check the notes below).
Illinois teachers don't pay into or earn Social Security from teaching.
Tier 2 (hired 2011 or later): full pension at 67 with 10 years, 2.2% of final average salary per year of service.

Step	BA	MA	MA+30	PHD
1	$57,444	$63,188	$67,926	$73,470
2	$59,282	$65,210	$70,100	$75,644
3	$61,179	$67,296	$72,343	$77,887
4	$63,136	$69,450	$74,658	$80,202
5	$65,157	$71,673	$77,047	$82,591
6	$67,241	$73,965	$79,513	$85,057
7	$69,393	$76,332	$82,058	$87,601
8	$71,614	$78,775	$84,683	$90,226
9	$73,905	$81,296	$87,393	$92,936
10	$76,270	$83,897	$90,190	$95,733
11	$78,710	$86,582	$93,076	$98,619
12	$81,229	$89,353	$96,054	$101,597
13	$83,829	$92,212	$99,128	$104,672
14	$86,511	$95,162	$102,300	$107,844
15	$89,280	$98,208	$105,573	$111,116
16		$101,154	$108,741	$114,284
17		$104,188	$112,003	$117,547
18		$107,315	$115,363	$120,906
19		$110,534	$118,824	$124,368
20		$113,849	$122,389	$127,932
21		$116,013	$124,713	$130,257
22		$118,217	$127,084	$132,627
23		$120,463	$129,499	$135,042
24		$122,752	$131,959	$137,502
25			$134,465	$140,009
26			$137,021	$142,564
27			$139,624	$145,168
28			$142,277	$147,821
29			$144,980	$150,524
30			$147,734	$153,278
31			$150,542	$156,085
32			$153,402	$158,945
33			$156,317	$161,860
34			$159,287	$164,830
35			$162,314	$167,857

Note: Read from scanned contract and checked: every PhD value is a constant amount above MA+30, and every lane rises steadily.

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