San Miguel Joint Union School District teacher salaries
San Miguel Joint Union School District is an elementary school district in San Luis Obispo County, with its district office in San Miguel. Pay starts at $53,800 on the first step. The largest group (43%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $107,479 by step 25.
Lowest
$53,800
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$82,854
- $5,094 below San Luis Obispo County average
- $20,698 below California average
Highest
$107,479
BA+75 OR MA+30, step 25
San Miguel Joint Union average
San Luis Obispo County average$87,948
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 42
- Starting salary
- $53,800
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $87,190
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 594th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does San Miguel Joint Union 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
San Miguel Joint Union's average of $82,854 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
San Miguel Joint Union ranks 594th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 11 reporting districts in San Luis Obispo County
San Miguel Joint Union ranks 8th of 11, below the middle district.
Middle district: $86,653
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 San Miguel Joint Union's BA column pays $53,800. Experienced teachers joining San Miguel Joint Union can be placed as high as step 12.
- 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. San Miguel Joint Union's columns run from BA to BA+75 OR MA+30, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at San Miguel Joint Union?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$87,190
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $107,479 on step 25.
San Miguel Joint Union's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 33% of San Miguel Joint Union's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at San Miguel Joint Union
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 $12,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$41 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 12
Questions about teacher pay at San Miguel Joint Union
How much do San Miguel Joint Union teachers make?
The average salary on San Miguel Joint Union's teacher schedule is $82,854 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,800 (BA, step 1) to $107,479 (BA+75 OR MA+30, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at San Miguel Joint Union?
The schedule starts at $53,800 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 12.
How long does it take to reach the top of the San Miguel Joint Union pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, where 43% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $107,479. Steps go up with years of service.
Is San Miguel Joint Union teacher pay high for California?
San Miguel Joint Union's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 594th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th of 11 in San Luis Obispo County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $87,948 in San Luis Obispo County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in San Luis Obispo County
Sources for the San Miguel Joint Union 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.
- San Miguel Joint Union'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.