Escalon Unified School District teacher salaries
Escalon Unified School District is a unified school district in San Joaquin County, with its district office in Escalon. A teacher with a full credential starts at $62,283. The largest group (24%) is on the BA+84+MA column, which climbs to $122,722 by step 28.
Lowest
$56,924
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$92,134
- $1,018 below San Joaquin County average
- $11,418 below California average
Highest
$122,722
BA+84+MA with a credential, step 28
Escalon Unified average
AveragesSan Joaquin County $93,152, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 158
- Starting salary
- $62,283
- BA+12 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $93,520
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 454th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Escalon 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
Escalon Unified's average of $92,134 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Escalon Unified ranks 454th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in San Joaquin County
Escalon Unified ranks 6th of 14, above the middle district.
Middle district: $88,735
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 Escalon Unified's BA+12 column pays $64,711. Experienced teachers joining Escalon Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Escalon Unified's columns run from BA+12 to BA+84+MA, 12 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Escalon Unified's credentialed columns start at $62,283.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Escalon Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $56,924.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Escalon Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$96,172
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $122,722 on step 28.
Escalon Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 40% of Escalon Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Escalon 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 $9,600paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,800
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days182 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Escalon Unified
How much do Escalon Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Escalon Unified's teacher schedule is $92,134 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,924 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $122,722 (BA+84+MA with a credential, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Escalon Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $62,283 (BA+12 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $56,924. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Escalon Unified pay scale?
On the BA+84+MA column, where 24% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $122,722. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Escalon Unified teacher pay high for California?
Escalon Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 454th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 6th of 14 in San Joaquin County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $93,152 in San Joaquin County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in San Joaquin County
Sources for the Escalon 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.
- Escalon 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.