Manteca Unified School District teacher salaries
Manteca Unified School District is a unified school district in San Joaquin County, with its district office in Manteca. Pay starts at $65,521 on the first step. The largest group (36%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $125,430 by step 28.
Lowest
$65,521
BA+15, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$96,903
- $3,751 above San Joaquin County average
- $6,649 below California average
Highest
$125,430
BA+75+MA, step 28
Manteca Unified average
AveragesSan Joaquin County $93,152, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,221
- Starting salary
- $65,521
- BA+15, step 1
- Median salary
- $102,086
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 351st of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Manteca 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
Manteca Unified's average of $96,903 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Manteca Unified ranks 351st of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in San Joaquin County
Manteca Unified ranks 2nd 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 Manteca Unified's BA+15 column pays $68,107. Experienced teachers joining Manteca Unified can be placed as high as step 28.
- 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. Manteca Unified's columns run from BA+15 to BA+75+MA, 9 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Manteca Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$102,593
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $125,430 on step 28.
Manteca Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 44% of Manteca Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 135
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Manteca 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 $11,398paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$5,0001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$6,000154 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$52 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.91%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 28
Questions about teacher pay at Manteca Unified
How much do Manteca Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Manteca Unified's teacher schedule is $96,903 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $65,521 (BA+15, step 1) to $125,430 (BA+75+MA, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Manteca Unified?
The schedule starts at $65,521 (BA+15, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 28.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Manteca Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA column, where 36% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $125,430. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Manteca Unified teacher pay high for California?
Manteca Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 351st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd 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 Manteca 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.
- Manteca 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.