Natomas Unified School District teacher salaries
Natomas Unified School District is a unified school district in Sacramento County, with its district office in Sacramento. A teacher with a full credential starts at $58,973. The largest group (33%) is on the BA+90+MA column, which climbs to $121,338 by step 20.
Lowest
$56,265
PERMIT/ INTERN/ WAIVER before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$90,931
- $6,418 below Sacramento County average
- $12,621 below California average
Highest
$121,338
BA+90+MA with a credential, step 20
Natomas Unified average
AveragesSacramento County $97,349, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 572
- Starting salary
- $58,973
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $92,209
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 476th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Natomas 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
Natomas Unified's average of $90,931 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Natomas Unified ranks 476th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in Sacramento County
Natomas Unified ranks 9th 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 Natomas Unified's BA column pays $65,664. Experienced teachers joining Natomas Unified can be placed as high as step 20.
- 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. Natomas Unified's columns run from BA to BA+90+MA, 8 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Natomas Unified's credentialed columns start at $58,973.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Natomas Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $56,265.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Natomas Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$99,730
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $121,338 on step 20.
Natomas Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 38% of Natomas Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 85
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Natomas 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 $18,276paid 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$50 an hour
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 20
Questions about teacher pay at Natomas Unified
How much do Natomas Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Natomas Unified's teacher schedule is $90,931 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,265 (PERMIT/ INTERN/ WAIVER before a full credential, step 1) to $121,338 (BA+90+MA with a credential, step 20).
What does a new teacher earn at Natomas Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $58,973 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $56,265. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 20.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Natomas Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90+MA column, where 33% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 20, where it reaches $121,338. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Natomas Unified teacher pay high for California?
Natomas Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 476th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th 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 Natomas 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.
- Natomas 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.