Yosemite Unified School District teacher salaries
Yosemite Unified School District is a unified school district in Madera County, with its district office in Oakhurst. Pay starts at $53,832 on the first step. The largest group (36%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $96,556 by step 28.
Lowest
$53,832
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$77,327
- $6,777 below Madera County average
- $26,225 below California average
Highest
$96,556
BA+90, step 28
Yosemite Unified average
Madera County average$84,104
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 77
- Starting salary
- $53,832
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $79,991
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 675th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Yosemite 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
Yosemite Unified's average of $77,327 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Yosemite Unified ranks 675th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 9 reporting districts in Madera County
Yosemite Unified ranks 6th 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 Yosemite Unified's BA column pays $60,627. Experienced teachers joining Yosemite Unified can be placed as high as step 17.
- 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. Yosemite Unified's columns run from BA to BA+90, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Yosemite Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$78,969
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $96,556 on step 28.
Yosemite Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 32% of Yosemite Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+90 continues past step 22.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Yosemite 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 $10,520paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,25029 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,750
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,2509 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$41 an hour
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 17
Questions about teacher pay at Yosemite Unified
How much do Yosemite Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Yosemite Unified's teacher schedule is $77,327 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,832 (BA, step 1) to $96,556 (BA+90, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Yosemite Unified?
The schedule starts at $53,832 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 17.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Yosemite Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 36% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $96,556. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Yosemite Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Yosemite Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,250 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,750.
Is Yosemite Unified teacher pay high for California?
Yosemite Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 675th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 6th 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.
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Sources for the Yosemite 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.
- Yosemite 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.