Kelseyville Unified School District teacher salaries
Kelseyville Unified School District is a unified school district in Lake County, with its district office in Kelseyville. Pay starts at $51,563 on the first step. The largest group (27%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $100,220 by step 25.
Lowest
$51,563
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$73,505
- $4,213 below Lake County average
- $30,047 below California average
Highest
$100,220
BA+90, step 25
Kelseyville Unified average
Lake County average$77,718
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 99
- Starting salary
- $51,563
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $70,716
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 728th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Kelseyville 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
Kelseyville Unified's average of $73,505 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Kelseyville Unified ranks 728th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 7 reporting districts in Lake County
Kelseyville Unified ranks 6th of 7, below the middle district.
Middle district: $78,633
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 Kelseyville Unified's BA column pays $51,563. Experienced teachers joining Kelseyville Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Kelseyville Unified's columns run from BA to BA+90, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Kelseyville Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$82,568
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $100,220 on step 25.
Kelseyville Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 28% of Kelseyville Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+30, BA+45, BA+60, BA+75, BA+90 continue past step 6.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Kelseyville 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 $18,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50027 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,500
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,0004 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$2,50011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$50 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Kelseyville Unified
How much do Kelseyville Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Kelseyville Unified's teacher schedule is $73,505 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $51,563 (BA, step 1) to $100,220 (BA+90, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Kelseyville Unified?
The schedule starts at $51,563 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Kelseyville Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 27% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $100,220. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Kelseyville Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Kelseyville Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,500.
Is Kelseyville Unified teacher pay high for California?
Kelseyville Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 728th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 6th of 7 in Lake County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $77,718 in Lake County.
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Sources for the Kelseyville 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.
- Kelseyville 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.