Placer Hills Union Elementary School District teacher salaries
Placer Hills Union Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Placer County, with its district office in Meadow Vista. A teacher with a full credential starts at $56,774. The largest group (47%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $105,700 by step 25.
Lowest
$47,128
/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$78,816
- $24,071 below Placer County average
- $24,736 below California average
Highest
$105,700
BA+75 with a credential, step 25
Placer Hills Union Elementary average
AveragesPlacer County $102,887, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 43
- Starting salary
- $56,774
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $74,007
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 645th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Placer Hills 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
Placer Hills Union Elementary's average of $78,816 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Placer Hills Union Elementary ranks 645th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in Placer County
Placer Hills Union Elementary ranks 12th 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 Placer Hills Union Elementary's BA column pays $61,676. Experienced teachers joining Placer Hills Union Elementary can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Placer Hills Union Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Placer Hills Union Elementary's credentialed columns start at $56,774.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Placer Hills Union Elementary pays them on separate columns, starting at $47,128.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Placer Hills Union Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$78,537
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $105,700 on step 25.
Placer Hills Union Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 38% of Placer Hills Union Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Placer Hills 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonus$1,50010 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,500
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$1,500
- Special education bonus$1,5006 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Placer Hills Union Elementary
How much do Placer Hills Union Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Placer Hills Union Elementary's teacher schedule is $78,816 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $47,128 (/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $105,700 (BA+75 with a credential, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Placer Hills Union Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $56,774 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $47,128. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Placer Hills Union Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 47% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $105,700. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Placer Hills Union Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Placer Hills Union Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,500.
Is Placer Hills Union Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Placer Hills Union Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 645th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 12th 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Placer County
Sources for the Placer Hills 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.
- Placer Hills 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.