Castro Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Castro Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Alameda County, with its district office in Castro Valley. A teacher with a full credential starts at $74,435. The largest group (36%) is on the BA+95 column, which climbs to $141,340 by step 27.
Lowest
$70,375
EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$111,563
- $3,594 above Alameda County average
- $8,011 above California average
Highest
$141,340
BA+95 with a credential, step 27
Castro Valley Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Alameda County $107,969
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 500
- Starting salary
- $74,435
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $118,208
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 113th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Castro Valley Unified pay teachers more than the median California district?
Line up all 828 reporting California districts from the lowest average salary to the highest. The one in the middle is the median district: half the districts pay a lower average, half pay a higher one. A median isn't pulled up or down by a few unusually high- or low-paying districts, so it shows what a typical district pays.
Yes
Castro Valley Unified's average of $111,563 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Castro Valley Unified ranks 113th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 19 reporting districts in Alameda County
Castro Valley Unified ranks 8th of 19, above the middle district.
Middle district: $111,218
Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean
Teacher pay in California is set by a grid. Two things place you on it: how long you've taught and how much college you've done.
- Step
- Steps go up with years of service. Step 5 on Castro Valley Unified's BA+30 column pays $77,911. Experienced teachers joining Castro Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 27.
- Column, such as BA+98
- Your bachelor's degree (BA) plus the college semester units you've completed since. BA+98 means a bachelor's plus 98 more units. Castro Valley Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+95, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Castro Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $74,435.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Castro Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $70,375.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Castro Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$123,878
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $141,340 on step 27.
Castro Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 50% of Castro Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 41
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Castro Valley Unified
Bonuses are paid on top of the schedule, in the amounts the district reported.2 Teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.3 Extra pay for coaching, clubs and similar duties isn't part of this report.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $9,250paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,763269 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$4,1337 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,2477 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$54 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 27
Questions about teacher pay at Castro Valley Unified
How much do Castro Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Castro Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $111,563 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $70,375 (EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $141,340 (BA+95 with a credential, step 27).
What does a new teacher earn at Castro Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $74,435 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $70,375. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 27.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Castro Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+95 column, where 36% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 27, where it reaches $141,340. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Castro Valley Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Castro Valley Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,763 on top. For a doctorate it reports $4,133.
Is Castro Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Castro Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 113th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th of 19 in Alameda County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $107,969 in Alameda County.
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Sources for the Castro Valley Unified figures
Salaries are the annual amounts on the district's certificated salary schedule. Following the state's definitions, they leave out extended-year pay, bonuses and extra-curricular pay such as coaching. Counts are full-time equivalents, so two half-time teachers count as one, and they can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. County averages, ranks and percentages are our own arithmetic on these figures; our statewide average matches the state's published $103,552.
- California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: average salary paid, raise on last year, highest starting step. The median salary is our own calculation from source 2.
- Castro Valley Unified's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedule, full-time equivalents per cell, bonuses, health contributions, work days.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.