Plumas Unified School District teacher salaries
Plumas Unified School District is a unified school district in Plumas County, with its district office in Quincy. A teacher with a full credential starts at $54,613. The largest group (46%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $105,455 by step 35.
Lowest
$47,167
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$75,135
- about the same as the Plumas County average
- $28,417 below California average
Highest
$105,455
BA+75 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 35
Plumas Unified average
Plumas County average$75,135
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 117
- Starting salary
- $54,613
- CRED with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $72,332
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 704th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Plumas 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.
No
Plumas Unified's average of $75,135 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Plumas Unified ranks 704th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 1 reporting districts in Plumas County
Plumas Unified ranks 1st of 1, above the middle district.
Middle district: $75,135
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 Plumas Unified's CRED column pays $61,108. Experienced teachers joining Plumas Unified can be placed as high as step 15.
- 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. Plumas Unified's columns run from CRED to BA+75 OR MA+15, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Plumas Unified's credentialed columns start at $54,613.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Plumas Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $47,167.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Plumas Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$76,515
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $105,455 on step 35.
Plumas Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Plumas Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+15 continues past step 8.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Plumas 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 $13,068paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$3,00014 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 15
Questions about teacher pay at Plumas Unified
How much do Plumas Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Plumas Unified's teacher schedule is $75,135 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $47,167 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $105,455 (BA+75 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 35).
What does a new teacher earn at Plumas Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $54,613 (CRED column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $47,167. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Plumas Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+15 column, where 46% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 35, where it reaches $105,455. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Plumas Unified teacher pay high for California?
Plumas Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 704th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 1st of 1 in Plumas County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $75,135 in Plumas County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Plumas County
Sources for the Plumas 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.
- Plumas 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.