Calistoga Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Calistoga Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Napa County, with its district office in Calistoga. A teacher with a full credential starts at $91,566. The largest group (44%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $159,013 by step 24.
Lowest
$85,458
EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$140,386
- $25,602 above Napa County average
- $36,834 above California average
Highest
$159,013
BA+75+MA with a credential, step 24
Calistoga Joint Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Napa County $114,784
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 57
- Starting salary
- $91,566
- BA OR BA+15 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $144,026
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 14th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Calistoga 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.
Yes
Calistoga Joint Unified's average of $140,386 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Calistoga Joint Unified ranks 14th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 3 reporting districts in Napa County
Calistoga Joint Unified ranks 2nd of 3, above the middle district.
Middle district: $140,386
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 Calistoga Joint Unified's BA OR BA+15 column pays $99,060. Experienced teachers joining Calistoga Joint 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. Calistoga Joint Unified's columns run from BA OR BA+15 to BA+75+MA, 8 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Calistoga Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $91,566.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Calistoga Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $85,458.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Calistoga Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$136,531
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $159,013 on step 24.
Calistoga Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 51% of Calistoga Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Calistoga 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 planUp to $21,600paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$861
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,525
- National Board Certification bonus$1,525
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$70 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Calistoga Joint Unified
How much do Calistoga Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Calistoga Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $140,386 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $85,458 (EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $159,013 (BA+75+MA with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Calistoga Joint Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $91,566 (BA OR BA+15 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $85,458. 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 Calistoga Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA column, where 44% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $159,013. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Calistoga Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Calistoga Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 14th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd of 3 in Napa County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $114,784 in Napa County.
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Sources for the Calistoga 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.
- Calistoga 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.