Salinas Union High School District teacher salaries
Salinas Union High School District is a high school district in Monterey County, with its district office in Salinas. A teacher with a full credential starts at $67,311. The largest group (45%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $143,305 by step 34.
Lowest
$61,054
BA INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$107,603
- $9,587 above Monterey County average
- $4,051 above California average
Highest
$143,305
BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 34
Salinas Union High average
AveragesMonterey County $98,016, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 879
- Starting salary
- $67,311
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $110,982
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 164th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Salinas Union High 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.
Yes
Salinas Union High's average of $107,603 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Salinas Union High ranks 164th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Monterey County
Salinas Union High ranks 3rd of 20, above the middle district.
Middle district: $85,002
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 Salinas Union High's BA column pays $78,743. Experienced teachers joining Salinas Union High can be placed as high as step 16.
- 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. Salinas Union High's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Salinas Union High's credentialed columns start at $67,311.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Salinas Union High pays them on separate columns, starting at $61,054.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Salinas Union High?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$110,904
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $143,305 on step 34.
Salinas Union High's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 42% of Salinas Union High's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Salinas Union High
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 $19,562paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,42117 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$65 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 16
Questions about teacher pay at Salinas Union High
How much do Salinas Union High teachers make?
The average salary on Salinas Union High's teacher schedule is $107,603 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,054 (BA INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $143,305 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 34).
What does a new teacher earn at Salinas Union High?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $67,311 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $61,054. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 16.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Salinas Union High pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 45% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 34, where it reaches $143,305. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Salinas Union High teacher pay high for California?
Salinas Union High's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 164th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd of 20 in Monterey County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $98,016 in Monterey County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Monterey County
Sources for the Salinas Union High 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.
- Salinas Union High'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.