Saint Helena Unified School District teacher salaries
Saint Helena Unified School District is a unified school district in Napa County, with its district office in St. Helena. Pay starts at $89,803 on the first step. The largest group (84%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $185,413 by step 21.
Lowest
$89,803
CRED, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$169,801
- $55,017 above Napa County average
- $66,249 above California average
Highest
$185,413
BA+90, step 21
Saint Helena Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Napa County $114,784
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 96
- Starting salary
- $89,803
- CRED, step 1
- Median salary
- $180,891
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 2nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Saint Helena 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
Saint Helena Unified's average of $169,801 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Saint Helena Unified ranks 2nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 3 reporting districts in Napa County
Saint Helena Unified ranks 1st 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. Experienced teachers joining Saint Helena Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
- 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. Saint Helena Unified's columns run from CRED to BA+90, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Saint Helena Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$141,312
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $185,413 on step 21.
Saint Helena Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 81% of Saint Helena Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 41
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Saint Helena 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 $34,393paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,26357 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,2633 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$2,2633 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$84 an hour
- Work days a year186 days182 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year5.67%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at Saint Helena Unified
How much do Saint Helena Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Saint Helena Unified's teacher schedule is $169,801 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $89,803 (CRED, step 1) to $185,413 (BA+90, step 21).
What does a new teacher earn at Saint Helena Unified?
The schedule starts at $89,803 (CRED, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Saint Helena Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 84% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 21, where it reaches $185,413. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Saint Helena Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Saint Helena Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,263 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,263.
Is Saint Helena Unified teacher pay high for California?
Saint Helena Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 2nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 1st 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 Saint Helena 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.
- Saint Helena 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.