Placer Union High School District teacher salaries

Placer Union High School District is a high school district in Placer County, with its district office in Auburn. A teacher with a full credential starts at $58,836. The largest group (87%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $131,789 by step 24.

Lowest

$58,836

PERMIT/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$110,798

$7,911 above Placer County average
$7,246 above California average

Highest

$131,789

BA+75+MA with a credential, step 24

Placer Union High average

AveragesPlacer County $102,887, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 178
Starting salary: $58,836; CTE/ DSC with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $114,840; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 123rd of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Placer Union High 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

Placer Union High's average of $110,798 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Placer Union High ranks 123rd of 828.

Placer Union High

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 14 reporting districts in Placer County

Placer Union High ranks 2nd of 14, above the middle district.

Placer Union High

$80k$100k

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 Union High's CTE/ DSC column pays $66,995. Experienced teachers joining Placer Union High can be placed as high as step 24.
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 Union High's columns run from CTE/ DSC to BA+75+MA, 5 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Placer Union High's credentialed columns start at $58,836.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Placer Union High pays them on separate columns, starting at $58,836.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Placer Union High?

Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$95,792

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $131,789 on step 24.

$131,789$58,836

Step 1Step 24

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Placer Union High's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 70% of Placer Union High's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Placer Union High credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	CTE/ DSC	BA	BA+45	BA+60	BA+75+MA
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5
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7
8
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10
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22
23
24

Placer Union High without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	PERMIT/ INTERN
1
2
3
4
5

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Full-time equivalents in a cell

Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Placer Union High

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 $11,908paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonusNot reported
Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonusNot reported
Summer school pay$46 an hour
Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year0.86%
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 24

Questions about teacher pay at Placer Union High

How much do Placer Union High teachers make?

The average salary on Placer Union High's teacher schedule is $110,798 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $58,836 (PERMIT/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $131,789 (BA+75+MA with a credential, step 24).

What does a new teacher earn at Placer Union High?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $58,836 (CTE/ DSC column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $58,836. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 24.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Placer Union High pay scale?

On the BA+75+MA column, where 87% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $131,789. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Placer Union High teacher pay high for California?

Placer Union High's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 123rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd 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

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Sources for the Placer Union High 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 Union High'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.

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