Ripon Unified School District teacher salaries

Ripon Unified School District is a unified school district in San Joaquin County, with its district office in Ripon. A teacher with a full credential starts at $58,283. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+72 column, which climbs to $110,709 by step 21.

Lowest

$56,000

INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$83,470

$9,682 below San Joaquin County average
$20,082 below California average

Highest

$110,709

BA+72 with a credential, step 21

Ripon Unified average

San Joaquin County average$93,152

California average$103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 174
Starting salary: $58,283; BA+24 with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $83,078; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 587th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Ripon 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.

Ripon Unified's average of $83,470 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Ripon Unified ranks 587th of 828.

Ripon Unified

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Middle district: $94,573

The 14 reporting districts in San Joaquin County

Ripon Unified ranks 13th of 14, below the middle district.

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$80k$100k

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 Ripon Unified's BA+24 column pays $63,708. Experienced teachers joining Ripon Unified can be placed as high as step 21.
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. Ripon Unified's columns run from BA+24 to BA+72, 5 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Ripon Unified's credentialed columns start at $58,283.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Ripon Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $56,000.

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

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Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$86,531

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $110,709 on step 21.

$110,709$56,000

Step 1Step 21

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Ripon Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Ripon Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Ripon Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA+24	BA+36	BA+48	BA+60	BA+72
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Only BA+72 continues past step 20.

Ripon Unified without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	INTERN/ EMERG
1 to 2

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Full-time equivalents in a cell

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 Ripon 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 $12,064paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonus$1,50056 full-time equivalents eligible
Doctorate bonus$2,5001 full-time equivalents eligible
Bilingual teaching bonus$2,0004 full-time equivalents eligible
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$2,50017 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school pay$45 an hour
Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 21

Questions about teacher pay at Ripon Unified

How much do Ripon Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Ripon Unified's teacher schedule is $83,470 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,000 (INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1) to $110,709 (BA+72 with a credential, step 21).

What does a new teacher earn at Ripon Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $58,283 (BA+24 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $56,000. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 21.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Ripon Unified pay scale?

On the BA+72 column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 21, where it reaches $110,709. Steps go up with years of service.

Does a master's degree raise pay at Ripon Unified?

Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Ripon Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,500.

Is Ripon Unified teacher pay high for California?

Ripon Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 587th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 13th 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

Compare all 14 San Joaquin County districtsStarting, average and top pay side by side, sortable

Sources for the Ripon 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.
Ripon 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.

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