The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) has started to pay teachers August salaries on time before schools reopen on Monday next week.
Both primary and secondary schools will be reporting for third term on Monday, 25th August, 2025 which has nine weeks.
Some teachers will be travelling long distances to report to their station of work after a three week August holiday.
Early salaries means teachers will be able to pay for their transport fare among other bills like food and school fees for their children.
A number of banks including Family Bank have already paid teachers salaries by close of business, Tuesday 19th August 2025.
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 closed its payroll exactly on 15th August paving way for early processing and actual payment of salaries into teachers accounts.
OPENING CLOSING DURATION
Term I 6th January, 2025 4th April, 2025 13 Weeks
Half term 26th February, 2025 2nd March, 2025 5 Days
April Holiday 7th April, 2025 25th April, 2025 3 Weeks
Term II 28h April, 2025 1st August, 2025 14 Weeks
Half term 25th June, 2025 29th June, 2025 5 Days
August Holiday 4th August, 2025 22nd August, 2025 3 Weeks
Term III 25th August, 2025 24th October, 2025 9 Weeks
KPSEA 27th October, 2025 30th October, 2025 4 Days
KILEA 27th October, 2025 31st October, 2025 5 Days
KJSEA & KPLEA 27th October, 2025 6th November, 2025 9 Days
KCSE (Form Fours only) 3rd November, 2025 21st November, 2025 3 Weeks
December Holiday 27th October, 2025, 2nd January, 2026 10 Weeks
KPSEA — Kenya Primary Education Assessment.
KILEA — Kenya Intermediate Level Education Assessment.
KJSEA -Kenya Junior School Education Assessment.
KPLEA — Kenya Pre-Vocational Izvcl Educaüon Assessment
The payment of teachers salaries will continue till Wednesday 20th August 2025 when most banks and Saccos will have effected payment 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