Butte County Office of Education teacher salaries
Butte County Office of Education is a county office of education in Butte County, with its district office in Oroville. A teacher with a full credential starts at $56,048. The largest group (72%) is on the BA+60 OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $121,149 by step 26.
Lowest
$50,681
EMERG/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$93,591
- $5,362 above Butte County average
- $9,961 below California average
Highest
$121,149
BA+60 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 26
Butte County Office of Education average
Butte County average$88,229
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 103
- Starting salary
- $56,048
- BA/ DCS with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $100,838
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 428th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Butte County Office of Education 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.
No
Butte County Office of Education's average of $93,591 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Butte County Office of Education ranks 428th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 13 reporting districts in Butte County
Butte County Office of Education ranks 5th of 13, above the middle district.
Middle district: $90,738
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 Butte County Office of Education's BA/ DCS column pays $64,455. Experienced teachers joining Butte County Office of Education can be placed as high as step 2.
- 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. Butte County Office of Education's columns run from BA/ DCS to BA+60 OR MA+15, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Butte County Office of Education's credentialed columns start at $56,048.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Butte County Office of Education pays them on separate columns, starting at $50,681.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Butte County Office of Education?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$85,478
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $121,149 on step 26.
Butte County Office of Education's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 54% of Butte County Office of Education's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Butte County Office of Education
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 $15,087paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,20024 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year183 days183 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 2
Questions about teacher pay at Butte County Office of Education
How much do Butte County Office of Education teachers make?
The average salary on Butte County Office of Education's teacher schedule is $93,591 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $50,681 (EMERG/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $121,149 (BA+60 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Butte County Office of Education?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $56,048 (BA/ DCS column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $50,681. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 2.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Butte County Office of Education pay scale?
On the BA+60 OR MA+15 column, where 72% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $121,149. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Butte County Office of Education?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Butte County Office of Education reports a master's bonus of $1,200 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,000.
Is Butte County Office of Education teacher pay high for California?
Butte County Office of Education's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 428th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 5th of 13 in Butte County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $88,229 in Butte County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Butte County
Sources for the Butte County Office of Education 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.
- Butte County Office of Education'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.