Supporting Service Equalized Pay Calculations

Pinellas County Schools utilizes an equlzed pay system for all full-time employees. Equalized pay means that pay is spread out evenly so that employees receive the same paychecks throughout their contract year to include the four weeks of breaks when there are no actual hours worked. Without equalized pay, employees would not receive full paychecks during the week of Thanksgiving, the two weeks of winter break, or the week of spring break. Payroll staff calendars for each employee type are posted at the following link. Payroll Calendars PLEASE NOTE: The formulas below only work for employees who start on the first work day of each school year. Late starters may have their biweekly gross period pay calculated differently.

To calculate your estimated biweekly gross pay and equalzed rate of pay that will appear on your paychecks, enter your hours per day, base hourly rate and appropriate contract days and checks paid from the list below without commas and then click the calculate button. For example, the default figures are for a bus driver working 8.00 hours per day with a base hourly rate of $20.0000 for 194 contract days that will be paid 21.5 paychecks in the 2025-26 school year.

Hours Per Day	Base Hourly Rate	Contract Days	2025-26 Checks Paid

Annualized Salary:
Biweekly Gross Pay:
Biweekly Hours:
Equalized Hourly Rate on Paycheck:

Employee Description	Contract Days	2025-26 Checks Paid
Bus Assistants	192	21.5
Bus Drivers	194	21.5
Food & Nutrition Assistants	193	21.3
Food & Nutrition Managers	196	21.6
10-month Supporting Service/PCS Police	196	21.6
11-month Supporting Service	218	23.5
11.5-month Supporting Service	235	26.1
12-month Supporting Service/PCS Police	247	26.1

Formulas are based on working the entire 2025-2026 school year

Calculations

Annualized Salary = Hours/day times contract days times base hourly rate

Biweekly Gross Pay = Annualized Salary divided by Number of Checks Paid

Biweekly Hours = Hours per day times 10 Days

Equalized Hourly Rate = Biweekly Gross Pay divided by Biweekly Hours