Morgan Hill Unified School District teacher salaries

Morgan Hill Unified School District is a unified school district in Santa Clara County, with its district office in Morgan Hill. A teacher with a full credential starts at $72,784. The largest group (67%) is on the BA+60 column, which climbs to $136,327 by step 30.

Lowest

$63,686

BA INTERN before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$105,347

$16,909 below Santa Clara County average
$1,795 above California average

Highest

$136,327

BA+60 with a credential, step 30

Morgan Hill Unified average

California average$103,552

Santa Clara County average$122,256

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 454
Starting salary: $72,784; BA with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $112,049; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 205th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Morgan Hill 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

Morgan Hill Unified's average of $105,347 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Morgan Hill Unified ranks 205th of 828.

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Middle district: $94,573

The 29 reporting districts in Santa Clara County

Morgan Hill Unified ranks 25th of 29, below the middle district.

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Middle district: $117,248

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 Morgan Hill Unified's BA column pays $81,872. Experienced teachers joining Morgan Hill 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. Morgan Hill Unified's columns run from BA to BA+60, 3 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Morgan Hill Unified's credentialed columns start at $72,784.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Morgan Hill Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $63,686.

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

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

$107,739

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $136,327 on step 30.

$136,327$63,686

Step 1Step 30

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Morgan Hill Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 40% of Morgan Hill Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Morgan Hill Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA	BA+45	BA+60
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26 to 27
28
29
30

Only BA+60 continues past step 25.

Morgan Hill Unified without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA INTERN
1
2 to 3

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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 Morgan Hill 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 $15,600paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonus$1,500317 full-time equivalents eligible
Doctorate bonusNot reported
Bilingual teaching bonus$1,50021 full-time equivalents eligible
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$1,50053 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school payNot reported
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 15

Questions about teacher pay at Morgan Hill Unified

How much do Morgan Hill Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Morgan Hill Unified's teacher schedule is $105,347 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $63,686 (BA INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $136,327 (BA+60 with a credential, step 30).

What does a new teacher earn at Morgan Hill Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $72,784 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $63,686. 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 Morgan Hill Unified pay scale?

On the BA+60 column, where 67% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $136,327. Steps go up with years of service.

Does a master's degree raise pay at Morgan Hill Unified?

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

Is Morgan Hill Unified teacher pay high for California?

Morgan Hill Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 205th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 25th of 29 in Santa Clara County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $122,256 in Santa Clara County.

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Sources for the Morgan Hill 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.
Morgan Hill 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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