Napa Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Napa Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Napa County, with its district office in Napa. A teacher with a full credential starts at $72,509. The largest group (62%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $126,977 by step 24.
Lowest
$69,598
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$105,930
- $8,854 below Napa County average
- $2,378 above California average
Highest
$126,977
BA+75 with a credential, step 24
Napa Valley Unified average
California average$103,552
Napa County average$114,784
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 762
- Starting salary
- $72,509
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $111,756
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 195th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Napa 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.
Yes
Napa Valley Unified's average of $105,930 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Napa Valley Unified ranks 195th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 3 reporting districts in Napa County
Napa Valley Unified ranks 3rd of 3, below 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 Napa Valley Unified's BA column pays $72,514. Experienced teachers joining Napa Valley 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. Napa Valley Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Napa Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $72,509.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Napa Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $69,598.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Napa Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$101,276
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,977 on step 24.
Napa Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 52% of Napa Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Napa 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 $5,100paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,406379 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,59910 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,50049 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$1,5994 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$76 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Napa Valley Unified
How much do Napa Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Napa Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $105,930 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $69,598 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $126,977 (BA+75 with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Napa Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $72,509 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $69,598. 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 Napa Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 62% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $126,977. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Napa Valley Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Napa Valley Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,406 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,599.
Is Napa Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Napa Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 195th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Napa County
Sources for the Napa 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.
- Napa 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.