Fontana Unified School District teacher salaries
Fontana Unified School District is a unified school district in San Bernardino County, with its district office in Fontana. A teacher with a full credential starts at $64,367. The largest group (72%) is on the BA+70 OR BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $132,186 by step 30.
Lowest
$60,343
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$107,209
- about the same as the San Bernardino County average
- $3,657 above California average
Highest
$132,186
BA+70 OR BA+60+MA with a credential, step 30
Fontana Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, San Bernardino County $106,829
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,911
- Starting salary
- $64,367
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $115,802
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 172nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Fontana 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
Fontana Unified's average of $107,209 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Fontana Unified ranks 172nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 33 reporting districts in San Bernardino County
Fontana Unified ranks 11th of 33, above the middle district.
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 Fontana Unified's BA column pays $71,757. Experienced teachers joining Fontana 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. Fontana Unified's columns run from BA to BA+70 OR BA+60+MA, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Fontana Unified's credentialed columns start at $64,367.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Fontana Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $60,343.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Fontana Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$101,689
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $132,186 on step 30.
Fontana Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 44% of Fontana Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 229
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Fontana 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 $23,031paid 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$60 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year6%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Fontana Unified
How much do Fontana Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Fontana Unified's teacher schedule is $107,209 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,343 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $132,186 (BA+70 OR BA+60+MA with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Fontana Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $64,367 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $60,343. 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 Fontana Unified pay scale?
On the BA+70 OR BA+60+MA column, where 72% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $132,186. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Fontana Unified teacher pay high for California?
Fontana Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 172nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 11th 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 Fontana 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.
- Fontana 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.