Teachers will get their September salaries early than usual. Already the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) closed the September payroll to allow the process of wiring salaries into teachers accounts.

The payroll was closed on 16th September and sources working for TSC Payroll Department say teachers could get their salaries as early as Saturday 20th September.

The September payroll has already been forwarded to the Treasury to allow early payment of salaries.

Teachers got their August salaries early which were mostly spent to pay school fees for their children and relatives, travel expenses to working station and family budget.

The massive August expenses has left many teachers broke and majority are looking forward for rejuvenation through the September pay.

The Commission has heeded to an order by the Head of Public Service, Mr Felix Koskei, who want all government agencies including TSC to submit payrolls to the National Treasury by the 20th of every month.

In a circular dated 24th June 2025, Koskei says all Ministries, Departments, Agencies, and County Governments to process and finalize their monthly payrolls by the 15th of every month.

“To further enhance the efficiency, accuracy, and integrity of the Government payroll management and to safeguard the timely remittance of all statutory deductions including but not limited to Pay As You Earn (PAYE), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Higher Education Loan Board (HELB), National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), pension contributions, and Social Health Authority (SHA), the Government has revised the payroll procession and closure deadline to the 18th day of every month, effective immediately,” read the circular.

He said adherence to this revised schedule will facilitate the timely submission of exchequer requisitions to the National Treasury by the 20th of every month and to ensure that all public officers statutory deductions are up to date and active.

TSC usually closes its payroll exactly on 15th of every month to early processing and actual payment of salaries into teachers accounts.

Below are the salaries and allowances payable to teachers from job group B5 to D5 inline with CBA 2025 – 2029 signed by TSC and teachers unions (Knut, Kuppet and Kusnet).

CONVERSION OF PRIMARY TEACHER II (GRADE B5 – TSCALE 5)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	23,830	1	25,028
2	24,918	2	26,225
3	26,055	3	27,479
4	27,244	4	28,793
5	28,487	5	30,171
6	29,787	6	31,615

CONVERSION OF PRIMARY TEACHER I (GRADE C1 – TSCALE 6)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
	29,787	1	31,105
2	31,147	2	32,561
3	32,569	3	34,085
4	34,055	4	35,680
5	35,609	5	37,350
6	37,234	6	38,900

CONVERSION OF SECONDARY TEACHER II/ LECTURER II/ SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – PRIMARY/SENIOR TEACHER II (GRADE C2- TSCALE 7)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
	38,286	1	39,070
2	40,034	2	40,954
3	41,861	3	42,929
4	43,772	4	45,001
5	45,770	5	46,600
6	47,858	6	49,100

CONVERSION OF SECONDARY TEACHER I/ LECTURER I/ SENIOR SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – PRIMARY/SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER – SECONDARY/SENIOR TEACHER I (GRADE C3 – TSCALE 8)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	45,671	1	46,699
2	48,085	2	49,239
3	50,626	3	51,917
4	53,302	4	54,741
5	56,119	5	57,775
6	59,084	6	60,871

CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER IV/SENIOR LECTURER IV/SENIOR TEACHER-SNE/ SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER SECONDARY/DEPUTY HEADTEACHER Il (GRADE C4 – TSCALE 9)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	52,308	1	56,922
2	54,403	2	59,482
3	56,582	3	62,156
4	58,848
5	61,205	4	64,951
6	63,657	5	67,900
7	66,206	6	70,923
8	68,857

CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER Ill/ SENIOR LECTURER IWHEADTEACHEWSENIOR MASTER – SNE, HEADTEACHEVDEPUTY HEADTEACHER I (GRADE C5 – TSCALE 10)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	62,272	1	67,900
2	64,880	2	71,100
3	67,597	3	72,828
4	70,428	4	75,978
5	73,377	5	78,100
6	76,450	6	79,100
7	79,651	7	81,100

CONVERSION OF SENIOR MASTER Il/ DEPUTY PRINCIPAL III/ SENIOR HEADTEACHER/ SENIOR LECTURER II (GRADE D1 – TSCALE 11)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01 /07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
	78,625	1	79,215
2	80,946	2	81,553
3	83,335	3	83,960
4	85,795	4	86,438
5	88,327	5	88,989
6	90,934	6	91,616
7	93,618	7	94,320
8	96,381	8	97,104

CONVERSION OF DEPUTY PRINCIPAL II AND SENIOR MASTER I (GRADE D2 – TSCALE 12)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	92,496		93,190
2	95,136	2	98,585
3	97,851
4	100,644	3	101,399
5	103,516	4	104,292
6	106,470	5	107,269
7	109,508	6	110,329
8	112,633	7	113,478

CONVERSION OF PRINCIPAL AND DEPUTY PRINCIPAL I (GRADE D3 – TSCALE 13)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01107/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	106,043	1	106,838
2	109,630	2	110,452
3	113,337	3	114,1 87
4	117,170	4	118,049
5	121,132	5	122,040
6	125,229	6	26,168
7	129,463	7	130,434

CONVERSION OF SENIOR PRINCIPAL (GRADE D4 – TSCALE 14)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINTS	SALARY	SALARY POINTS	SALARY
1	118,242	1	119,129
2	121,893	2	126,598
3	125,656
4	129,535	3	130,506
5	133,534	4	134,535
6	37,656	5	138,688
7	141,906	6	142,969
8	146,286	7	147,383

CONVERSION OF CHIEF PRINCIPAL (GRADE D5 – TSCALE 15)

BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2024		BASIC SALARY W.E.F. 01/07/2025
SALARY POINT	SALARY	SALARY POINT	SALARY
1	131,380	1	132,365
2	1 35,436	2	136,452
3	139,617	3	140,664
4	143,927	4	145,006
5	148,370	5	149,483
6	1 52,951	6	154,098
7	157,672	7	158,855
8	162,539	8	163,758

HOUSE ALLOWANCE

Grade	CLUSTER 1 Nairobi	CLUSTER 2 Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kakamega and Kitale Municipalities	CLUSTER 3 AlI other areas
BS	6,750	4,500	3,850
C1	10,000	7,500	5,800
C2	16,500	12,800	9,600
C3	28,000	22,000	16,500
C4	28,000	22,000	16,500
C5	35,000	25,500	18,000
D1	45,000	28,000	21,000
D2	45,000	28,000	21,000
D3	45,000	28,000	21,000
D4	45,000	28,000	21,000
D5	50,000	35,000	25,000

BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE 

Grade	Rates in Kshs. per kilometer
B5	43
C1	43
C2	55
C3	55
C4	55
C5	55
D1	68
D2	68
D3	68
D4	68
D5	80

HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE, COMMUTER ALLOWANCE, ANNUAL LEAVE ALLOWANCE AND DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE

Grade	Hardship Allowance	Commuter Allowance	Annual Leave Allowance	Disability Guide Allowance
B5	6,600	4,000	4,000	20,000
C1	8,200	4,000	4,000	20,000
C2	10,900	5,000	6,000	20,000
C3	12,300	6,000	6,000	20,000
C4	14,650	8,000	6,000	20,000
C5	17,100	8,000	6,000	20,000
D1	27,300	12,000	10,000	20,000
D2	27,300	12,000	10,000	20,000
D3	31,500	14,000	10,000	20,000
D4	31,500	14,000	10,000	20,000
D5	38,100	16,000	10,000	20,000