Source Note: All figures on this page come from the signed Easton Area School District – Easton Area Education Association agreement dated April 19, 2022, term July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025 (Article III). Salary figures below are the 2024-25 "Year 3" schedule, the last year defined in that agreement.
📋 Contract Status: Contract on file: July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2025. Successor status unconfirmed — no successor agreement is in our source set, and a public-source check on September 28, 2026 found no Pennsylvania report of a settled successor. (Reports of an "Easton contract settled May 2025 / 2023–2026" trace to Easton, Massachusetts, a different district.) Do not read this as a claim that Easton teachers currently lack a contract.
📊 At a Glance — 2024-25 Contract Year
$62,930
BA Starting Salary Step 1 (2024–25)
$96,690
MA Top Salary (Step 15) 2024–25 · PhD lane tops at $104,850
15 steps
Steps to Maximum (in-line with region)
Step only
Annual Raises Art. V: one step movement/yr, no % COLA
1.2× salary
Life Insurance (rounded up to next $1,000)
4 days
Personal Days (highest in region)
$50/day
Sick Payout ($50/day post-2014)
$2,500/yr
NBC Stipend (National Board Certification)
💰 Salary Schedule Details
One schedule for all hires: Easton uses a single 15-step salary schedule — there is no separate pre-2014 / post-2014 salary track. (The 2014 hire date does matter, but only for the sick/personal-day retirement payout formula and for retiree-healthcare age.) Column movement: one column every 24 months; beginning in year two of the contract, one column every 12 months. Notification window is September and January only (Article V).
⚠️ Correction (Sept 28, 2026): An earlier version of this page showed a two-column BA/MA table whose Steps 2–15 did not come from the Easton contract (its Step 15 BA figure, $103,788, is actually Nazareth's top step). The table below is transcribed cell-by-cell from the 2024-2025 Year 3 Salary Schedule, printed p.18 of the CBA.
Step
Bachelors
B+15
Masters
M+15
M+30
M+45
PhD
1
$62,930
$63,440
$66,500
$68,795
$71,090
$73,385
$75,680
2
$63,746
$64,256
$68,336
$70,631
$72,926
$75,221
$77,516
3
$64,970
$65,480
$69,560
$71,855
$74,150
$76,445
$78,740
4
$65,990
$66,500
$71,192
$73,487
$75,782
$78,077
$80,372
5
$67,520
$68,030
$73,130
$75,425
$77,720
$80,015
$82,310
6
$69,050
$69,560
$75,170
$77,465
$79,760
$82,055
$84,350
7
$70,070
$70,580
$76,700
$78,995
$81,290
$83,585
$85,880
8
$71,600
$72,110
$78,740
$81,035
$83,330
$85,625
$87,920
9
$73,130
$73,640
$80,780
$83,075
$85,370
$87,665
$89,960
10
$74,660
$75,170
$82,820
$85,115
$87,410
$89,705
$92,000
11
$76,190
$76,700
$84,860
$87,155
$89,450
$91,745
$94,040
12
$77,210
$77,720
$86,900
$89,195
$91,490
$93,785
$96,080
13
$79,250
$79,760
$89,450
$91,745
$94,040
$96,335
$98,630
14
$80,780
$81,545
$91,745
$94,040
$96,335
$98,630
$100,925
15 (Top)
$84,450
$85,980
$96,690
$98,730
$100,770
$102,810
$104,850
Read the lane, not just the ceiling: Easton's top-of-scale $104,850 is the PhD lane. The Masters-lane maximum is $96,690. Comparisons against other districts' "MA max" must use $96,690.
🏥 Healthcare & Benefits
Medical Plan
Hired before July 1, 2016: choice of traditional indemnity plan or PPO
Hired on/after July 1, 2016: PPO only
Deductibles: Traditional major medical $700 · PPO $300/$600/$900
PPO copays: $30 primary care · $40 specialist · $50 urgent care
Prescription: $10/$35/$50 retail · $20/$70/$100 mail order · $100 Rx deductible
Employee premium contribution (annual): Single $1,930 · 2-party $2,060 · Family $2,190
Dental & Vision
Dental: separate board-paid group plan — $1,500 per person per calendar year maximum
Dental dependents covered to age 23 (unmarried full-time students)
Vision: no vision provision located in the CBA on file — unverified
Life Insurance
1.2× salary
Group life + AD&D, face amount = 1.2 times salary
Amounts rounded up to the next $1,000
At Step 1 MA ($66,500): $80,000 · At Step 15 MA ($96,690): $117,000
Health Opt-Out Payment
$0
No provision for health coverage waiver
Teachers with outside coverage receive nothing
Disability Insurance
Income protection (55% salary)
Max $1,500/pay period
Waits 30 days or exhausted sick days
Coverage: ~1 year
Tuition Reimbursement
Reimbursed at the East Stroudsburg University (ESU) credit rate
6 credits/year (July 1 – June 30)
9 credits/year for Level I certificate holders in the Bachelors / B+15 columns
Sabbatical for professional development: up to 18 graduate credits/year
Requires grade of "B" or higher (passing grade if pass/fail)
No flat dollar cap in the contract
⏰ Working Conditions
Provision
Value
School Day
162 student days at 7h 40m · 18 student days at 7h 20m + a 60-minute meeting (September–May, no more than 2 per month)
Work Year
187 days (2022-23) · 188 days (2023-24 and 2024-25), including 180 student days
Non-Student / In-Service Days
7 days (2022-23) · 8 days (2023-24, 2024-25), each 5 hours 30 minutes
After-School Meetings
Built into the 18 extended days (no extra compensation, no separate after-hours obligation)
Teaching Load
5–6 classes (subject to building needs)
Class Size
No contractual limits specified
Department Chair Stipend
Not addressed in current contract
Extra Duty Rate
Varies by role; curriculum writing compensated
📅 Leave Provisions & Sick Days
Sick Leave
10 days/year
Unlimited accumulation
Family sick use: 5–10 days/year
Payout at retirement: $50/day (post-2014 hires)
Pre-2014 hires: 25% of final salary × days (can exceed $15K)
Personal Days
4 days/year
Highest in region (most others have 3)
Cumulative (no annual limit)
Max 5 used per year
10% building limit; waived in retirement year
Bereavement Leave
Up to 5 days immediate family
1 day for friend funeral
Superintendent may extend
Other Leaves
Professional development: 7–8 in-service days
Court appearance: As needed
Union business: As negotiated
📚 Professional Development
In-Service Days
7 days (2022-23) / 8 days (2023-24, 2024-25), each 5 hours 30 minutes
3 district-directed before the first student day · 1 member-directed set-up day · Election Day · a spring day · TBD remote day(s)
Plus 18 student days with a built-in 60-minute meeting slot
All within the work year (no extra compensation)
NBC Stipend
$2,500/year
For National Board Certified teachers
Career ladder advantage
Tuition Reimbursement
ESU credit rate, 6 credits/year (9 for Level I in the BA / B+15 columns)
Grade of "B" or higher required
Pre-approval required; submit within 30 days of final grade
⭐ Key Highlights & Competitive Position
✓ Strengths: 4 personal days (more than the 3 offered at Nazareth, Northampton, Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg), $2,500 NBC stipend, life insurance indexed at 1.2× salary rather than a flat cap, tuition at the ESU rate with no flat dollar cap, and a 15-step schedule in line with Northampton and Parkland.
⚠ Gaps: No health opt-out payment (unlike Northampton's $4,800/yr). No percentage COLA in this contract — Article V provides step movement only in each of the three years. Pre-2014 hires have a separate, more complex 25%-of-salary sick payout. No class size limits and no department chair stipend in the agreement.
🔴 Areas of Concern: BA starting pay ($62,930) is $452 below Stroudsburg ($63,382) — though it is above Northampton ($61,255) and Nazareth ($56,253). MA starting pay ($66,500) is $9,922 below Stroudsburg ($76,422). The Masters ceiling of $96,690 sits below Nazareth's $101,877 and East Stroudsburg's $98,255 (2024-25) but above Northampton and Stroudsburg. Sick payout at $50/day for post-2014 hires is low — below Northampton ($90/day) and Stroudsburg ($100/day), though above Nazareth's $40/day.
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