Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District teacher salaries

Tahoe-Truckee Unified School District is a unified school district in Placer County, with its district office in Truckee. A teacher with a full credential starts at $67,675. The largest group (61%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $138,430 by step 22.

Lowest

$66,810

PROV/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$109,734

$6,847 above Placer County average
$6,182 above California average

Highest

$138,430

BA+90 with a credential, step 22

Tahoe-Truckee Unified average

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

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 287
Starting salary: $67,675; BA+30 with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $111,621; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 135th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Tahoe-Truckee 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

Tahoe-Truckee Unified's average of $109,734 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Tahoe-Truckee Unified ranks 135th of 828.

Tahoe-Truckee Unified

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 14 reporting districts in Placer County

Tahoe-Truckee Unified ranks 3rd of 14, above the middle district.

Tahoe-Truckee Unified

$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 Tahoe-Truckee Unified's BA+30 column pays $79,168. Experienced teachers joining Tahoe-Truckee 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. Tahoe-Truckee Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+90, 5 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Tahoe-Truckee Unified's credentialed columns start at $67,675.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Tahoe-Truckee Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $66,810.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Tahoe-Truckee Unified?

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

$109,971

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $138,430 on step 22.

$138,430$66,810

Step 1Step 22

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Tahoe-Truckee Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 41% of Tahoe-Truckee Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Tahoe-Truckee Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA+30	BA+45	BA+60	BA+75	BA+90
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Tahoe-Truckee Unified without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	PROV/ PERMIT
1 to 22

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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 Tahoe-Truckee 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 $16,438paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonus$1,000162 full-time equivalents eligible
Doctorate bonus$2,0006 full-time equivalents eligible
Bilingual teaching bonus$1,50015 full-time equivalents eligible
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$2,00035 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school pay$45 an hour
Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year3.35%
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10

Questions about teacher pay at Tahoe-Truckee Unified

How much do Tahoe-Truckee Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Tahoe-Truckee Unified's teacher schedule is $109,734 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $66,810 (PROV/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $138,430 (BA+90 with a credential, step 22).

What does a new teacher earn at Tahoe-Truckee Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $67,675 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $66,810. 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 Tahoe-Truckee Unified pay scale?

On the BA+90 column, where 61% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $138,430. Steps go up with years of service.

Does a master's degree raise pay at Tahoe-Truckee Unified?

Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Tahoe-Truckee Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,000 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,000.

Is Tahoe-Truckee Unified teacher pay high for California?

Tahoe-Truckee Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 135th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd 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 Tahoe-Truckee 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.
Tahoe-Truckee 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.

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