Foresthill Union Elementary School District teacher salaries
Foresthill Union Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Placer County, with its district office in Foresthill. A teacher with a full credential starts at $54,627. The largest group (30%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $93,058 by step 17.
Lowest
$52,780
INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$73,678
- $29,209 below Placer County average
- $29,874 below California average
Highest
$93,058
BA+75 with a credential, step 17
Foresthill Union Elementary average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Placer County $102,887above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 27
- Starting salary
- $54,627
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $72,697
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 726th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Foresthill Union Elementary 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
Foresthill Union Elementary's average of $73,678 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Foresthill Union Elementary ranks 726th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in Placer County
Foresthill Union Elementary ranks 14th of 14, below the middle district.
Middle district: $98,499
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 Foresthill Union Elementary's BA column pays $60,298. Experienced teachers joining Foresthill Union Elementary can be placed as high as step 17.
- 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. Foresthill Union Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+75, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Foresthill Union Elementary's credentialed columns start at $54,627.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Foresthill Union Elementary pays them on separate columns, starting at $52,780.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Foresthill Union Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$78,286
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $93,058 on step 17.
Foresthill Union Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 15% of Foresthill Union Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Foresthill Union Elementary
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 $10,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,0005 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 17
Questions about teacher pay at Foresthill Union Elementary
How much do Foresthill Union Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Foresthill Union Elementary's teacher schedule is $73,678 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $52,780 (INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $93,058 (BA+75 with a credential, step 17).
What does a new teacher earn at Foresthill Union Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $54,627 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $52,780. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 17.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Foresthill Union Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 30% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 17, where it reaches $93,058. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Foresthill Union Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Foresthill Union Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,000 on top.
Is Foresthill Union Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Foresthill Union Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 726th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 14th of 14 in Placer County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $102,887 in Placer County.
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Sources for the Foresthill Union Elementary 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.
- Foresthill Union Elementary'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.