Mendocino Unified School District teacher salaries
Mendocino Unified School District is a unified school district in Mendocino County, with its district office in Mendocino. Pay starts at $45,006 on the first step. The largest group (41%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $94,441 by step 25.
Lowest
$45,006
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$76,345
- $4,805 below Mendocino County average
- $27,207 below California average
Highest
$94,441
BA+90, step 25
Mendocino Unified average
Mendocino County average$81,150
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 36
- Starting salary
- $45,006
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $75,948
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 687th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Mendocino 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
Mendocino Unified's average of $76,345 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Mendocino Unified ranks 687th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 12 reporting districts in Mendocino County
Mendocino Unified ranks 4th of 12, above 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 Mendocino Unified's BA column pays $50,867. Experienced teachers joining Mendocino 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. Mendocino Unified's columns run from BA to BA+90, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Mendocino Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$74,663
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $94,441 on step 25.
Mendocino Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 31% of Mendocino Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Mendocino 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 $11,023paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,5001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,6001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$48 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Mendocino Unified
How much do Mendocino Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Mendocino Unified's teacher schedule is $76,345 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $45,006 (BA, step 1) to $94,441 (BA+90, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Mendocino Unified?
The schedule starts at $45,006 (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 Mendocino Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 41% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $94,441. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Mendocino Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Mendocino Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,600.
Is Mendocino Unified teacher pay high for California?
Mendocino Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 687th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 4th 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 Mendocino 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.
- Mendocino 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.