Upper Lake Unified School District teacher salaries
Upper Lake Unified School District is a unified school district in Lake County, with its district office in Upper Lake. A teacher with a full credential starts at $55,189. The largest group (43%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $114,383 by step 30.
Lowest
$51,883
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$76,351
- $1,367 below Lake County average
- $27,201 below California average
Highest
$114,383
BA+75 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 30
Upper Lake Unified average
Lake County average$77,718
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 53
- Starting salary
- $55,189
- DSC with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $74,651
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 686th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Upper Lake 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
Upper Lake Unified's average of $76,351 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Upper Lake Unified ranks 686th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 7 reporting districts in Lake County
Upper Lake Unified ranks 5th 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 Upper Lake Unified's DSC column pays $60,208. Experienced teachers joining Upper Lake 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. Upper Lake Unified's columns run from DSC to BA+75 OR MA+15, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Upper Lake Unified's credentialed columns start at $55,189.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Upper Lake Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $51,883.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Upper Lake Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$85,473
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $114,383 on step 30.
Upper Lake Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 19% of Upper Lake Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+15 continues past step 1.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Upper Lake 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 $16,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,0007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Upper Lake Unified
How much do Upper Lake Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Upper Lake Unified's teacher schedule is $76,351 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $51,883 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $114,383 (BA+75 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Upper Lake Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $55,189 (DSC column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $51,883. 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 Upper Lake Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+15 column, where 43% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $114,383. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Upper Lake Unified teacher pay high for California?
Upper Lake Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 686th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 5th 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 Upper Lake 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.
- Upper Lake 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.