Washington Unified School District teacher salaries
Washington Unified School District is a unified school district in Fresno County, with its district office in Fresno. A teacher with a full credential starts at $57,097. The largest group (35%) is on the MA column, which climbs to $115,285 by step 30.
Lowest
$53,000
INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$87,188
- $10,467 below Fresno County average
- $16,364 below California average
Highest
$115,285
MA with a credential, step 30
Washington Unified average
AveragesFresno County $97,655, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 136
- Starting salary
- $57,097
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $86,614
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 531st of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Washington 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
Washington Unified's average of $87,188 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Washington Unified ranks 531st of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 21 reporting districts in Fresno County
Washington Unified ranks 16th 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 Washington Unified's BA+30 column pays $64,764. Experienced teachers joining Washington 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. Washington Unified's columns run from BA+30 to MA, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Washington Unified's credentialed columns start at $57,097.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Washington Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $53,000.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Washington Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$89,338
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $115,285 on step 30.
Washington Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 38% of Washington Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Washington 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 $21,314paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,000
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$60 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Washington Unified
How much do Washington Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Washington Unified's teacher schedule is $87,188 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,000 (INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $115,285 (MA with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Washington Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $57,097 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $53,000. 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 Washington Unified pay scale?
On the MA column, where 35% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $115,285. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Washington Unified teacher pay high for California?
Washington Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 531st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 16th 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Fresno County
Sources for the Washington 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.
- Washington 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.