Fort Bragg Unified School District teacher salaries
Fort Bragg Unified School District is a unified school district in Mendocino County, with its district office in Fort Bragg. Pay starts at $55,330 on the first step. The largest group (22%) is on the BA+30 column, which climbs to $62,187 by step 5.
Lowest
$55,330
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$72,562
- $8,588 below Mendocino County average
- $30,990 below California average
Highest
$101,952
BA+105+10YRS, step 27
Fort Bragg Unified average
Mendocino County average$81,150
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 112
- Starting salary
- $55,330
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $71,785
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 735th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Fort Bragg 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
Fort Bragg Unified's average of $72,562 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Fort Bragg Unified ranks 735th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 12 reporting districts in Mendocino County
Fort Bragg Unified ranks 7th 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. Experienced teachers joining Fort Bragg Unified can be placed as high as step 10.
- 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. Fort Bragg Unified's columns run from BA to BA+105+10YRS, 8 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Fort Bragg Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$62,187
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $62,187 on step 5.
Fort Bragg Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 27% of Fort Bragg Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+30, BA+45, BA+60, BA+75, BA+90, BA+105, BA+105+10YRS continue past step 3.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Fort Bragg 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 $12,844paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,80446 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,405
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$50 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Fort Bragg Unified
How much do Fort Bragg Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Fort Bragg Unified's teacher schedule is $72,562 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $55,330 (BA, step 1) to $101,952 (BA+105+10YRS, step 27).
What does a new teacher earn at Fort Bragg Unified?
The schedule starts at $55,330 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 10.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Fort Bragg Unified pay scale?
On the BA+30 column, where 22% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 5, where it reaches $62,187. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Fort Bragg Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Fort Bragg Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,804 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,405.
Is Fort Bragg Unified teacher pay high for California?
Fort Bragg Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 735th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th 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 Fort Bragg 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.
- Fort Bragg 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.