Soledad Unified School District teacher salaries
Soledad Unified School District is a unified school district in Monterey County, with its district office in Soledad. A teacher with a full credential starts at $61,138. The largest group (46%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED column, which climbs to $126,084 by step 29.
Lowest
$58,538
BA<30 before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$87,038
- $10,978 below Monterey County average
- $16,514 below California average
Highest
$126,084
BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED with a credential, step 29
Soledad Unified average
AveragesMonterey County $98,016, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 240
- Starting salary
- $61,138
- BA<60 OR MA+CRED with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $86,824
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 533rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Soledad 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
Soledad Unified's average of $87,038 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Soledad Unified ranks 533rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Monterey County
Soledad Unified ranks 9th 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 Soledad Unified's BA<60 OR MA+CRED column pays $70,301. Experienced teachers joining Soledad Unified 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. Soledad Unified's columns run from BA<60 OR MA+CRED to BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED, 3 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Soledad Unified's credentialed columns start at $61,138.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Soledad Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $58,538.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Soledad Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$89,945
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,084 on step 29.
Soledad Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 33% of Soledad Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Soledad 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 $38,969paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,00012 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$48 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2.9%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 16
Questions about teacher pay at Soledad Unified
How much do Soledad Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Soledad Unified's teacher schedule is $87,038 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $58,538 (BA<30 before a full credential, step 1) to $126,084 (BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED with a credential, step 29).
What does a new teacher earn at Soledad Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $61,138 (BA<60 OR MA+CRED column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $58,538. 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 Soledad Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED column, where 46% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $126,084. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Soledad Unified teacher pay high for California?
Soledad Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 533rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th 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 Soledad 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.
- Soledad 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.