Teachers will get their October salaries unusually early. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has already closed the October payroll to start the salary processing and wiring into teachers accounts.
The payroll closed in the morning hours of 15th October, 2025. Payment of salaries early means teachers will be able to attend to their invigilation and supervision roles assigned in various exam centres.
Those not taking part in administration of exams and assessments will be able to use their salaries to travel to their homes to start the long holiday.
Teachers will be invigilating and supervising the KPSEA, KJSEA and KCSE exams with rehearsals set to start this week on 17th October for KCSE exams.
They will require transport fares to take them to the exam centres. Knec does reimburse for this expense but only after conclusion of the exams and assessments.
This is done after the national exams have been administered, marked and results released to the public.
The early payroll closure is also a reaction to an order by the Head of Public Service, Mr Felix Koskei, who directed 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 ordered 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.
Previously teachers used to get salaries from 26th of every month. However there has been a paradigm shift following this new order.
Below are the salaries and allowances payable to teachers from job group B5 to D5 inline with CBA 2025 – 2029.
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 |