Round Valley Unified School District teacher salaries

Round Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Mendocino County, with its district office in Covelo. A teacher with a full credential starts at $58,543. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+30 column, which climbs to $64,965 by step 7.

Lowest

$50,022

PERMIT before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$72,483

$8,667 below Mendocino County average
$31,069 below California average

Highest

$125,007

BA+105+MA with a credential, step 32

Round Valley Unified average

Mendocino County average$81,150

California average$103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 29
Starting salary: $58,543; BA+30 with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $64,965; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 737th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Round 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.

Round Valley Unified's average of $72,483 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Round Valley Unified ranks 737th of 828.

Round Valley Unified

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 12 reporting districts in Mendocino County

Round Valley Unified ranks 8th of 12, below the middle district.

Round Valley Unified

$60k$80k

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 Round Valley Unified's BA+30 column pays $62,750. Experienced teachers joining Round Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 32.
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. Round Valley Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+105+MA, 12 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Round Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $58,543.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Round Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $50,022.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Round Valley Unified?

Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$64,965

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $64,965 on step 7.

$125,007$50,022

Step 1Step 32

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Round Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 24% of Round Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Round Valley Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA+30	BA+30+MA	BA+45	BA+45+MA	BA+60	BA+60+MA	BA+75	BA+75+MA	BA+90	BA+90+MA	BA+105	BA+105+MA
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Only BA+90, BA+90+MA, BA+105, BA+105+MA continue past step 30.

Round Valley Unified without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	PERMIT
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Full-time equivalents in a cell

Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Round 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 $13,000paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonusNot reported
Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$2,0003 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school payNot reported
Work days a year188 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year2.6%
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 32

Questions about teacher pay at Round Valley Unified

How much do Round Valley Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Round Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $72,483 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $50,022 (PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $125,007 (BA+105+MA with a credential, step 32).

What does a new teacher earn at Round Valley Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $58,543 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $50,022. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 32.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Round Valley Unified pay scale?

On the BA+30 column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 7, where it reaches $64,965. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Round Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?

Round Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 737th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th 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

Compare all 12 Mendocino County districtsStarting, average and top pay side by side, sortable

Sources for the Round 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.
Round 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.

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