Modoc Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Modoc Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Modoc County, with its district office in Alturas. A teacher with a full credential starts at $52,999. The largest group (38%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $100,509 by step 35.
Lowest
$50,999
INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$68,393
- $3,668 below Modoc County average
- $35,159 below California average
Highest
$100,509
BA+75 with a credential, step 35
Modoc Joint Unified average
Modoc County average$72,061
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 49
- Starting salary
- $52,999
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $63,276
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 768th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Modoc Joint 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
Modoc Joint Unified's average of $68,393 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Modoc Joint Unified ranks 768th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 4 reporting districts in Modoc County
Modoc Joint Unified ranks 3rd of 4, below the middle district.
Middle district: $76,200
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 Modoc Joint Unified's BA+30 column pays $58,873. Experienced teachers joining Modoc Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 30.
- 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. Modoc Joint Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Modoc Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $52,999.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Modoc Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $50,999.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Modoc Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$70,603
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $100,509 on step 35.
Modoc Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 28% of Modoc Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Modoc Joint 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonus$2,00021 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$2,500
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$36 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Modoc Joint Unified
How much do Modoc Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Modoc Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $68,393 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $50,999 (INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $100,509 (BA+75 with a credential, step 35).
What does a new teacher earn at Modoc Joint Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $52,999 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $50,999. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 30.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Modoc Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 38% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 35, where it reaches $100,509. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Modoc Joint Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Modoc Joint Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,000 on top.
Is Modoc Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Modoc Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 768th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd of 4 in Modoc County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $72,061 in Modoc County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Modoc County
Sources for the Modoc Joint 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.
- Modoc Joint 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.