Pierce Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Pierce Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Colusa County, with its district office in Arbuckle. A teacher with a full credential starts at $63,397. The largest group (40%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $116,206 by step 22.
Lowest
$54,839
BA/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$84,222
- $1,388 below Colusa County average
- $19,330 below California average
Highest
$116,206
BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 22
Pierce Joint Unified average
Colusa County average$85,610
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 77
- Starting salary
- $63,397
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $80,789
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 573rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Pierce Joint 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.
No
Pierce Joint Unified's average of $84,222 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Pierce Joint Unified ranks 573rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 5 reporting districts in Colusa County
Pierce Joint Unified ranks 3rd of 5, above the middle district.
Middle district: $84,222
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 Pierce Joint Unified's BA+30 column pays $67,942. Experienced teachers joining Pierce Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 16.
- 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. Pierce Joint Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75 OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Pierce Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $63,397.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Pierce Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $54,839.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Pierce Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$88,471
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $116,206 on step 22.
Pierce Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 36% of Pierce Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Pierce Joint 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 $12,800paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50017 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,0008 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$1,000
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 16
Questions about teacher pay at Pierce Joint Unified
How much do Pierce Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Pierce Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $84,222 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $54,839 (BA/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $116,206 (BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Pierce Joint Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $63,397 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $54,839. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 16.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Pierce Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, where 40% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $116,206. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Pierce Joint Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Pierce Joint Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top.
Is Pierce Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Pierce Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 573rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd of 5 in Colusa County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $85,610 in Colusa County.
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Sources for the Pierce Joint 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.
- Pierce Joint 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.