Anderson Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Anderson Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Mendocino County, with its district office in Boonville. Pay starts at $56,585 on the first step. The largest group (34%) is on the MA column, which climbs to $97,234 by step 25.
Lowest
$56,585
BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$70,420
- $10,730 below Mendocino County average
- $33,132 below California average
Highest
$97,234
MA, step 25
Anderson Valley Unified average
Mendocino County average$81,150
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 32
- Starting salary
- $56,585
- BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $69,464
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 753rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Anderson Valley 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
Anderson Valley Unified's average of $70,420 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Anderson Valley Unified ranks 753rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 12 reporting districts in Mendocino County
Anderson Valley Unified ranks 9th of 12, below the middle district.
Middle district: $73,216
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 Anderson Valley Unified's BA+30 column pays $60,965. Experienced teachers joining Anderson Valley 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. Anderson Valley Unified's columns run from BA+30 to MA, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Anderson Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$73,463
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $97,234 on step 25.
Anderson Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 16% of Anderson Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Anderson Valley 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 $15,968paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$500
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,5002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year187 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year6%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Anderson Valley Unified
How much do Anderson Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Anderson Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $70,420 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,585 (BA+30, step 1) to $97,234 (MA, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Anderson Valley Unified?
The schedule starts at $56,585 (BA+30, 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 Anderson Valley Unified pay scale?
On the MA column, where 34% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $97,234. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Anderson Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Anderson Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 753rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th of 12 in Mendocino County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $81,150 in Mendocino County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Mendocino County
Sources for the Anderson Valley 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.
- Anderson Valley 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.