TSC New CBA 2025-2029: New Salary Scales and Allowances
TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION
TSC/ADM/192A/VOL.X/51
Date: 31st July, 2025
CIRCULAR NO: 7/2025
TO: Principals, Diploma Teacher Training Colleges
Principals, Primary Teacher Training Colleges
Principals, Special Needs Education Institutions
Principals, Secondary Schools
Head Teachers, Primary Schools
The Director, Kenya Institute of Special Education
IMPLEMENTATION OF PHASE 1 OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 2025-2029 FOR TEACHERS
1. Introduction
On 1 8 th July 2025, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) signed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) with the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) and Kenya Union of Special Needs Education Teachers (KUSNET).
The agreement has reviewed the terms and conditions of teachers including remuneration payable to teachers. The CBA will be implemented in four (4) phases with effect from 1 st July 2025 to 30th June, 2029.
2. Application
This Circular shall apply to all teachers employed by the Commission and are in service as at 1 st July, 2025.
3. Implementation Period
This Circular is effective from 1 st July, 2025 to 30th June, 2026.
4. Incremental Dates
Teachers converting into the new salary scales will retain their current incremental dates. However, where the incremental date falls on 1 st July, 2025, teachers will be granted their annual increment on the existing salary scales then convert to the new salary points with effect from the same date.
5. Annual Salary Increment
Annual salary increment for all teachers will continue to apply as provided for in the Code of Regulations for Teachers (2015).
6. Grading and Salary Structure
The current grading structure and designations will continue to apply as set out in Table 1. The salary conversion tables are as set out in tables 2-12 attached to this Circular.
7. Allowances
i) House Allowance rates are categorised in three (3) clusters namely: –
- Cluster 1: Nairobi City
- Cluster 2: Mombasa, Kisumu and Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi and Kitale municipalities.
- Cluster 3: All other areas.
The rates for payment of House Allowance are set out in Appendix A.
ii) The Baggage Allowance has been reviewed as per Appendix B.
iii) Hardship, Commuter, Leave and Disability Guide Allowance shall be paid, where appropriate, as set out in Appendix C.
iv) All other allowances shall be paid as per the provisions of the Code of Regulations for Teachers (2015).
E. J. MITEI (MS)
AG. COMMISSION SECRETARY/CEO
| 1. | Chief Principal | T-Scale 15 | |
| 2. | Senior Principal | T-Scale 14 | |
| 3. | Principal | T-Scale 13 | |
| Deputy Principal I | |||
| 4. | Deputy Principal Il | T-Scale 12 | |
| Senior Master I | |||
| Senior Lecturer I | |||
| 5. | Senior Master Il | DI | T-Scale 11 |
| Deputy Principal Ill | |||
| Senior Head teacher | |||
| Senior Lecturer Il | |||
| Curriculum Support Officer I | |||
| 6. | T-Scale 10 | ||
| Senior Master Ill | |||
| Senior Lecturer Ill | |||
| Head teacher | |||
| Deputy Head teacher I | |||
| Curriculum Support Officer Il | |||
| 7. | Senior Lecturer IV | T-Scale 9 | |
| Senior Master IV | |||
| SNE Senior Teacher — Primary | |||
| SNE Teacher I – Secondary | |||
| Deputy Head teacher Il | |||
| 8. | Secondary Teacher I | T-Scale 8 | |
| Lecturer I | |||
| SNE Teacher I – Primary | |||
| SNE Teacher Il – Secondary | |||
| Senior Teacher I | |||
| 9. | Secondary Teacher Il – u T Graduate | T-Scale 7 | |
| Secondary Teacher Il | |||
| Secondary Teacher Il — Technical Certificate | |||
| SNE Teacher Il — Primary | |||
| Lecturer Il | |||
| Senior Teacher Il | |||
| 10. | Secondary Teacher Ill — u T Certificate | T-Scale 6 | |
| Secondary Teacher Ill | |||
| Lecturer Ill | |||
| Primary Teacher I | |||
| 11 . | Primary Teacher Il | T-Scale 5 |
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 | TSC Scale | CLUSTER 1 Nairobi |
CLUSTER 2 Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru Cities, Nyeri, Eldoret, Thika, Kisii, Malindi, Kakamega and Kitale Municipalities |
CLUSTER 3 AlI other areas |
| BS | 5 | 6,750 | 4,500 | 3,850 |
| C1 | 6 | 10,000 | 7,500 | 5,800 |
| C2 | 7 | 16,500 | 12,800 | 9,600 |
| C3 | 8 | 28,000 | 22,000 | 16,500 |
| C4 | 9 | 28,000 | 22,000 | 16,500 |
| C5 | 10 | 35,000 | 25,500 | 18,000 |
| D1 | 11 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D2 | 12 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D3 | 13 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D4 | 14 | 45,000 | 28,000 | 21,000 |
| D5 | 15 | 50,000 | 35,000 | 25,000 |
BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | TSC Scale | Rates in Kshs. per kilometer |
| B5 | 5 | 43 |
| C1 | 6 | 43 |
| C2 | 7 | 55 |
| C3 | 8 | 55 |
| C4 | 9 | 55 |
| C5 | 10 | 55 |
| D1 | 11 | 68 |
| D2 | 12 | 68 |
| D3 | 13 | 68 |
| D4 | 14 | 68 |
| D5 | 15 | 80 |
HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE, COMMUTER ALLOWANCE, ANNUAL LEAVE ALLOWANCE AND DISABILITY GUIDE ALLOWANCE
| Grade | TSC Scale | Hardship Allowance | Commuter Allowance | Annual Leave Allowance | Disability Guide Allowance |
| B5 | 5 | 6,600 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |
| C1 | 6 | 8,200 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 20,000 |
| C2 | 7 | 10,900 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C3 | 8 | 12,300 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C4 | 9 | 14,650 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| C5 | 10 | 17,100 | 8,000 | 6,000 | 20,000 |
| D1 | 1 1 | 27,300 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D2 | 12 | 27,300 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D3 | 13 | 31,500 | 14,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D4 | 14 | 31,500 | 14,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| D5 | 15 | 38,100 | 16,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |