Stockton Unified School District teacher salaries
Stockton Unified School District is a unified school district in San Joaquin County, with its district office in Stockton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $62,864. The largest group (40%) is on the BA+75+MA OR PHD column, which climbs to $113,543 by step 24.
Lowest
$61,234
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$89,985
- $3,167 below San Joaquin County average
- $13,567 below California average
Highest
$113,543
BA+75+MA OR PHD with a credential, step 24
Stockton Unified average
San Joaquin County average$93,152
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,656
- Starting salary
- $62,864
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $93,206
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 490th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Stockton 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
Stockton Unified's average of $89,985 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Stockton Unified ranks 490th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in San Joaquin County
Stockton Unified ranks 7th 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 Stockton Unified's BA column pays $62,864. Experienced teachers joining Stockton Unified can be placed as high as step 22.
- 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. Stockton Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR PHD, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Stockton Unified's credentialed columns start at $62,864.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Stockton Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $61,234.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Stockton Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$96,415
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $113,543 on step 24.
Stockton Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 45% of Stockton Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Stockton 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 $25,829paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,021877 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$4,04132 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,531276 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$6128 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$2,143286 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$45 an hour
- Work days a year187 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 22
Questions about teacher pay at Stockton Unified
How much do Stockton Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Stockton Unified's teacher schedule is $89,985 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,234 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $113,543 (BA+75+MA OR PHD with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Stockton Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $62,864 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $61,234. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 22.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Stockton Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR PHD column, where 40% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $113,543. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Stockton Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Stockton Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,021 on top. For a doctorate it reports $4,041.
Is Stockton Unified teacher pay high for California?
Stockton Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 490th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th 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 Stockton 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.
- Stockton 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.