Tracy Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Tracy Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in San Joaquin County, with its district office in Tracy. A teacher with a full credential starts at $67,718. The largest group (58%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $125,350 by step 22.
Lowest
$64,685
BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$99,038
- $5,886 above San Joaquin County average
- $4,514 below California average
Highest
$125,350
BA+75 with a credential, step 22
Tracy Joint Unified average
AveragesSan Joaquin County $93,152, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 675
- Starting salary
- $67,718
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $98,665
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 315th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Tracy Joint 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
Tracy Joint Unified's average of $99,038 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Tracy Joint Unified ranks 315th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 14 reporting districts in San Joaquin County
Tracy Joint Unified ranks 1st 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 Tracy Joint Unified's BA+30 column pays $75,035. Experienced teachers joining Tracy Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 15.
- 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. Tracy Joint Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Tracy Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $67,718.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Tracy Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $64,685.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Tracy Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$98,655
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $125,350 on step 22.
Tracy Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 47% of Tracy Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75 EMERG/ INTERN continues past step 30.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Tracy Joint 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 $10,007paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,499
- Doctorate bonus$2,499
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,499
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$3,385
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 15
Questions about teacher pay at Tracy Joint Unified
How much do Tracy Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Tracy Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $99,038 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $64,685 (BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $125,350 (BA+75 with a credential, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Tracy Joint Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $67,718 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $64,685. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Tracy Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 58% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $125,350. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Tracy Joint Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Tracy Joint Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,499 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,499.
Is Tracy Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Tracy Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 315th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 1st 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 Tracy Joint 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.
- Tracy Joint 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.