Chawanakee Unified School District teacher salaries
Chawanakee Unified School District is a unified school district in Madera County, with its district office in O'Neals. A teacher with a full credential starts at $52,121. The largest group (37%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $90,921 by step 20.
Lowest
$47,271
INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$69,696
- $14,408 below Madera County average
- $33,856 below California average
Highest
$90,921
BA+75 with a credential, step 20
Chawanakee Unified average
Madera County average$84,104
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 64
- Starting salary
- $52,121
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $71,454
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 757th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Chawanakee 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
Chawanakee Unified's average of $69,696 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Chawanakee Unified ranks 757th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 9 reporting districts in Madera County
Chawanakee Unified ranks 8th of 9, below the middle district.
Middle district: $77,753
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 Chawanakee Unified's BA+30 column pays $58,695. Experienced teachers joining Chawanakee Unified can be placed as high as step 15.
- 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. Chawanakee 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. Chawanakee Unified's credentialed columns start at $52,121.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Chawanakee Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $47,271.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Chawanakee Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$76,541
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $90,921 on step 20.
Chawanakee Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 22% of Chawanakee Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Chawanakee 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 $11,500paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50027 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$58 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 15
Questions about teacher pay at Chawanakee Unified
How much do Chawanakee Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Chawanakee Unified's teacher schedule is $69,696 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $47,271 (INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $90,921 (BA+75 with a credential, step 20).
What does a new teacher earn at Chawanakee Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $52,121 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $47,271. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Chawanakee Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 37% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 20, where it reaches $90,921. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Chawanakee Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Chawanakee Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,000.
Is Chawanakee Unified teacher pay high for California?
Chawanakee Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 757th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th of 9 in Madera County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $84,104 in Madera County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Madera County
Sources for the Chawanakee 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.
- Chawanakee 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.