Madera Unified School District teacher salaries
Madera Unified School District is a unified school district in Madera County, with its district office in Madera. Pay starts at $52,709 on the first step. The largest group (54%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $107,743 by step 22.
Lowest
$52,709
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$85,524
- $1,420 above Madera County average
- $18,028 below California average
Highest
$107,743
BA+75, step 22
Madera Unified average
Madera County average$84,104
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,204
- Starting salary
- $52,709
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $87,066
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 559th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Madera 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
Madera Unified's average of $85,524 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Madera Unified ranks 559th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 9 reporting districts in Madera County
Madera Unified ranks 3rd of 9, above 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 Madera Unified's BA column pays $60,837. Experienced teachers joining Madera Unified can be placed as high as step 14.
- 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. Madera Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Madera Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$87,066
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $107,743 on step 22.
Madera Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 31% of Madera Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60, BA+75 continue past step 17.
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- 109
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Madera 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 $20,546paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,500450 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,0007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$60 an hour
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 14
Questions about teacher pay at Madera Unified
How much do Madera Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Madera Unified's teacher schedule is $85,524 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $52,709 (BA, step 1) to $107,743 (BA+75, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Madera Unified?
The schedule starts at $52,709 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 14.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Madera Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 54% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $107,743. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Madera Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Madera Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,000.
Is Madera Unified teacher pay high for California?
Madera Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 559th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd 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 Madera 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.
- Madera 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.