TSC set to start payment of teachers July salaries with CBA increment

Teachers Arena July 23, 2025 TSC News 4 Comments

Teachers countrywide are set to start receiving their July salaries at the end of this week as the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) escalates payroll activities to include salary increment following a recent signing of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with teacher unions.

Sources from the Commission have indicated that TSC will pay teachers salaries by Saturday this week which will include benefits arising from the CBA.

Already the July payroll is closed an indication that the Commission has completed major IPPD activities for the month of July.

The signing of the CBA 2025 – 2029 between TSC and the three teachers unions will usher salary changes for teachers beginning July 2025.

After signing the CBA with KNUT, KUPPET and KUSNET on 18th July the Commission embarked on making changes in the July payroll for teachers to enjoy the benefits.

“After the long journey of detailed and thorough negotiations, we are delighted to inform our more than 400,000 teachers that we have a CBA deal for the period 2025-2029, which we have signed with the elected representatives of KNUT, KUSNET, and KUPPET today,” said TSC Chairperson Jamleck Muturi in a press statement.

However a number of third party deductions including unions dues, Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and Housing Levy will increase.

TSC has awarded the lowest teacher in grade B5 with a basic salary increment of sh. 7,313 spread in four years.

The teacher who used to earn a minimum of sh. 23,830 basic salary will now get sh. 28,620 per month.

TSC KENYA New Salary Increments (2024/2025) – Phase 1

Here’s the new July pay after the first phase of increments:

✅ Scale 5(B5): Ksh 23,830 ➡ Ksh 25,027 (+1,197)

✅ Scale 6 (C1): Ksh 29,787 ➡ Ksh 31,174 (+1,387)

✅ Scale 7(C2): Ksh 38,266 ➡ Ksh 39,054 (+788)

✅ Scale 8(C3): Ksh 45,671 ➡ Ksh 46,698 (+1,027)

✅ Scale 9(C4): Ksh 52,308 ➡ Ksh 53,877 (+1,569)

✅ Scale 10(C5): Ksh 62,272 ➡ Ksh 64,140 (+1,868)

✅ Scale 11(D1): Ksh 78,625 ➡ Ksh 79,214 (+589)

✅ Scale 12(D2): Ksh 92,496 ➡ Ksh 93,189 (+693)

✅ Scale 13(D3): Ksh 106,043 ➡ Ksh 106,838 (+795)

✅ Scale 14(D4): Ksh 118,242 ➡ Ksh 119,128 (+886)

✅ Scale 15 (D5): Ksh 131,380 ➡ Ksh 132,365 (+985)

Kuppet, Knut and Kusnet have appended their signature into the deal to usher in new salary changes in July payroll.

The Commission has however not revised the allowances paid to teachers which unions wanted raised to cushion teachers from effects of inflation.

The Commission has only introduced and increased the rates for payment of Baggage Allowance.

A Baggage Allowance is an allowance given to public servants on transfers to ferry their household goods from one station to another.

Example. Teachers current station is in Nairobi then he gets transferred to Busia county. The teacher is required to write a letter requesting for baggage allowance.

The ministry of transport will compute the total kilometers from Nairobi to Busia then you are paid the allowance

However all other existing allowances will remain unchanged as TSC plans to review the Career Progression Guidelines (CPG) in June 2026.

The Commission thanked President William Ruto for support announcing a raft of goodies to be unveiled in the 2025/2026 Financial Year. These include;

a) Recruitment of additional teachers at a cost of Sh2.4 Billion. Already, the Kenya Kwanza Government has recruited a total of 76,000 teachers in a span of just two and half years;

b) Promotion of teachers across all cadres at a cost of Sh1 Billion, and;

c) Re-tooling of Senior School teachers at a cost of Sh950 Million.

The TSC and unions deal signed on Friday 18th July will cost government sh33.75 billion for a period of four years.

The first phase of the new CBA will be effective from 1^st July, 2025 at a cost of 8.4 billion in salaries and allowances, with more than Sh1.2 billion being employer’s contribution to the teacher’s Pension Scheme and other statutory deductions.

In order to address the concerns raised by teachers through their unions, and after elaborate negotiations, the Commission awarded a salary increment of up to 29.5% for the various cadres of staff.

BASIC SALARY CBA 2025 – 2029

Grade	TSC Scale	Basic Pay Minimum	Basic Pay Maximum
B5	5	28,620	37,100
C1	6	35,336	47,261
C2	7	41,420	57,230
C3	8	49,781	66,233
C4	9	58,585	77,120
C5	10	69,745	96,130
D1	11	80,984	99,272
D2	12	95,271	116,012
D3	13	109,224	133,347
D4	14	121,789	150,675
D5	15	135,321	167,415

COMMUTER ALLOWANCE

Grade	Commuter Allowance p.m
B5	4,000
C1	4,000
C2	5,000
C3	6,000
C4	8,000
C5	8,000
D1	12,000
D2	12,000
D3	14,000
D4	14,000
D5	16,000

DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE

Grade	Disability Guide Allowance p.m
B5	20,000
C1	20,000
C2	20,000
C3	20,000
C4	20,000
C5	20,000
D1	20,000
D2	20,000
D3	20,000
D4	20,000
D5	20,000

LEAVE ALLOWANCE (paid once a year in Jnauary)

Grade	Annual Leave Allowance
B5	4,000
C1	4,000
C2	6,000
C3	6,000
C4	6,000
cs	6,000
D1	10,000
D2	10,000
D3	10,000
D4	10,000
D5	10,000

HOUSE ALLOWANCE

Grade	TSC Scale	Hse1 Nairobi	Hse2 -Major Municipalities- Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii and Kitale	Hse3 -Other former Minor Municipalities	Hse4 – alI other areas
BS	5	6,750	4,500	3,850	3,200
C1	6	10,000	7,500	5,800	4,200
C2	7	16,500	12,800	9,600	7,500
C3	8	28,000	22,000	16,500	13,000
C4	9	28,000	22,000	16,500	13,000
C5	10	35,000	25,500	18,000	15,400
D1	11	45,000	28,000	21,000	16,800
D2	12	45,000	28,000	21,000	16,800
D3	13	45,000	28,000	21,000	16,800
D4	14	45,000	28,000	21,000	16,800
D5	15	50,000	35,000	25,000	20,000

HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE

Grade	Hardship Allowance
B5	6,600
C1	8,200
C2	10,900
C3	12,300
C4	14,650
C5	17,100
D1	27,300
D2	27,300
D3	31,500
D4	31,500
D5	38,100

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