Folsom-Cordova Unified School District teacher salaries

Folsom-Cordova Unified School District is a unified school district in Sacramento County, with its district office in Rancho Cordova. A teacher with a full credential starts at $57,260. The largest group (68%) is on the BA+75 OR BA+60+MA OR MA+20 column, which climbs to $117,032 by step 24.

Lowest

$49,961

INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$91,960

  • $5,389 below Sacramento County average
  • $11,592 below California average

Highest

$122,883

PHD with a credential, step 24

Folsom-Cordova Unified average

AveragesSacramento County $97,349, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
1,078
Starting salary
$57,260
BA with a credential, step 1
Median salary
$94,660
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
460th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Does Folsom-Cordova 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

Folsom-Cordova Unified's average of $91,960 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Folsom-Cordova Unified ranks 460th of 828.

Folsom-Cordova Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 14 reporting districts in Sacramento County

Folsom-Cordova Unified ranks 8th of 14, below the middle district.

Folsom-Cordova Unified
$60k$80k$100k

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 Folsom-Cordova Unified's BA column pays $65,029. Experienced teachers joining Folsom-Cordova 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. Folsom-Cordova Unified's columns run from BA to PHD, 5 in all.
Credentialed
Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Folsom-Cordova Unified's credentialed columns start at $57,260.
Without full credential
Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Folsom-Cordova Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $49,961.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Folsom-Cordova Unified?

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

$94,660

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $117,032 on step 24.

$122,883$49,961
Step 1Step 40
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Folsom-Cordova Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 40% of Folsom-Cordova Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 69
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 Folsom-Cordova 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Folsom-Cordova Unified

How much do Folsom-Cordova Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Folsom-Cordova Unified's teacher schedule is $91,960 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $49,961 (INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1) to $122,883 (PHD with a credential, step 24).

What does a new teacher earn at Folsom-Cordova Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $57,260 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $49,961. 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 Folsom-Cordova Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75 OR BA+60+MA OR MA+20 column, where 68% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $117,032. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Folsom-Cordova Unified teacher pay high for California?

Folsom-Cordova Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 460th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th 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.

Keep exploring teacher pay in Sacramento County

Sources for the Folsom-Cordova 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Folsom-Cordova 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.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

How we read the data