Caruthers Unified School District teacher salaries
Caruthers Unified School District is a unified school district in Fresno County, with its district office in Caruthers. A teacher with a full credential starts at $63,952. The largest group (50%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $121,971 by step 30.
Lowest
$59,770
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$90,196
- $7,459 below Fresno County average
- $13,356 below California average
Highest
$121,971
BA+75 with a credential, step 30
Caruthers Unified average
AveragesFresno County $97,655, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 96
- Starting salary
- $63,952
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $84,203
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 486th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Caruthers 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
Caruthers Unified's average of $90,196 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Caruthers Unified ranks 486th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 21 reporting districts in Fresno County
Caruthers Unified ranks 14th of 21, below the middle district.
Middle district: $92,536
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 Caruthers Unified's BA+30 column pays $69,936. Experienced teachers joining Caruthers Unified can be placed as high as step 30.
- 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. Caruthers Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Caruthers Unified's credentialed columns start at $63,952.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Caruthers Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $59,770.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Caruthers Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$90,172
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $121,971 on step 30.
Caruthers Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Caruthers Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 15
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Caruthers 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonus$2,01637 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,2927 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$60 an hour
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year9.4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Caruthers Unified
How much do Caruthers Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Caruthers Unified's teacher schedule is $90,196 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $59,770 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $121,971 (BA+75 with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Caruthers Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $63,952 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $59,770. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 30.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Caruthers Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 50% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $121,971. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Caruthers Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Caruthers Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,016 on top.
Is Caruthers Unified teacher pay high for California?
Caruthers Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 486th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 14th of 21 in Fresno County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $97,655 in Fresno County.
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Sources for the Caruthers 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.
- Caruthers 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.