Center Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Center Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Sacramento County, with its district office in Antelope. Pay starts at $61,000 on the first step. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+25 OR PHD column, which climbs to $113,593 by step 22.
Lowest
$61,000
BA/, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$87,509
- $9,840 below Sacramento County average
- $16,043 below California average
Highest
$113,593
BA+75 OR MA+25 OR PHD, step 22
Center Joint Unified average
AveragesSacramento County $97,349, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 240
- Starting salary
- $61,000
- BA/, step 1
- Median salary
- $85,738
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 525th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Center Joint 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
Center Joint Unified's average of $87,509 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Center Joint Unified ranks 525th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in Sacramento County
Center Joint Unified ranks 11th of 14, below the middle district.
Middle district: $92,602
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 Center Joint Unified's BA/ column pays $67,333. Experienced teachers joining Center Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 22.
- 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. Center Joint Unified's columns run from BA/ to BA+75 OR MA+25 OR PHD, 4 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Center Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$84,463
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $113,593 on step 22.
Center Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 42% of Center Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 51
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Center Joint 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 $18,192paid 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$47 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 22
Questions about teacher pay at Center Joint Unified
How much do Center Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Center Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $87,509 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,000 (BA/, step 1) to $113,593 (BA+75 OR MA+25 OR PHD, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Center Joint Unified?
The schedule starts at $61,000 (BA/, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 22.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Center Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+25 OR PHD column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $113,593. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Center Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Center Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 525th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 11th of 14 in Sacramento County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $97,349 in Sacramento County.
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Sources for the Center Joint 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.
- Center Joint 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.