Colton Joint Unified School District teacher salaries

Colton Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in San Bernardino County, with its district office in Colton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $72,646. The largest group (65%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+45 column, which climbs to $131,357 by step 25.

Lowest

$64,136

NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$106,961

  • about the same as the San Bernardino County average
  • $3,409 above California average

Highest

$131,357

BA+75 OR MA+45 with a credential, step 25

Colton Joint Unified average

AveragesCalifornia $103,552, San Bernardino County $106,829

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
1,141
Starting salary
$72,646
BA with a credential, step 1
Median salary
$109,456
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
178th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Does Colton 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.

Yes

Colton Joint Unified's average of $106,961 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Colton Joint Unified ranks 178th of 828.

Colton Joint Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 33 reporting districts in San Bernardino County

Colton Joint Unified ranks 13th of 33, above the middle district.

Colton Joint Unified
$80k$100k$120k

Middle district: $103,690

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 Colton Joint Unified's BA column pays $78,819. Experienced teachers joining Colton Joint 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. Colton Joint Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75 OR MA+45, 4 in all.
Credentialed
Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Colton Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $72,646.
Without full credential
Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Colton Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $64,136.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Colton Joint Unified?

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

$105,529

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $131,357 on step 25.

$131,357$64,136
Step 1Step 25
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Colton Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Colton Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 173
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 Colton 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Colton Joint Unified

How much do Colton Joint Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Colton Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $106,961 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $64,136 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $131,357 (BA+75 OR MA+45 with a credential, step 25).

What does a new teacher earn at Colton Joint Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $72,646 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $64,136. 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 Colton Joint Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75 OR MA+45 column, where 65% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $131,357. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Colton Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?

Colton Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 178th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 13th of 33 in San Bernardino County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $106,829 in San Bernardino County.

Keep exploring teacher pay in San Bernardino County

Sources for the Colton 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.

  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. Colton 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.
  3. 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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