Mendota Unified School District teacher salaries
Mendota Unified School District is a unified school district in Fresno County, with its district office in Mendota. Pay starts at $58,670 on the first step. The largest group (47%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $118,186 by step 25.
Lowest
$58,670
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$93,053
- $4,602 below Fresno County average
- $10,499 below California average
Highest
$118,186
BA+75, step 25
Mendota Unified average
AveragesFresno County $97,655, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 187
- Starting salary
- $58,670
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $92,354
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 440th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Mendota 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
Mendota Unified's average of $93,053 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Mendota Unified ranks 440th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 21 reporting districts in Fresno County
Mendota Unified ranks 10th of 21, above 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 Mendota Unified's BA column pays $69,043. Experienced teachers joining Mendota Unified can be placed as high as step 6.
- 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. Mendota Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Mendota Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$94,951
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $118,186 on step 25.
Mendota Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Mendota Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 19
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Mendota 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$1,72255 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$81419 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$75 an hour
- Work days a year186 days181 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 6
Questions about teacher pay at Mendota Unified
How much do Mendota Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Mendota Unified's teacher schedule is $93,053 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $58,670 (BA, step 1) to $118,186 (BA+75, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Mendota Unified?
The schedule starts at $58,670 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 6.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Mendota Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 47% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $118,186. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Mendota Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Mendota Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,722 on top.
Is Mendota Unified teacher pay high for California?
Mendota Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 440th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 10th 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 Mendota 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.
- Mendota 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.