Scotts Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Scotts Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Santa Cruz County, with its district office in Scotts Valley. A teacher with a full credential starts at $52,653. The largest group (48%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $105,234 by step 30.
Lowest
$52,653
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$78,106
- $9,184 below Santa Cruz County average
- $25,446 below California average
Highest
$105,234
BA+75 with a credential, step 30
Scotts Valley Unified average
Santa Cruz County average$87,290
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 107
- Starting salary
- $52,653
- CRED with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $78,514
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 657th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Scotts Valley 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
Scotts Valley Unified's average of $78,106 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Scotts Valley Unified ranks 657th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 11 reporting districts in Santa Cruz County
Scotts Valley Unified ranks 9th of 11, below the middle district.
Middle district: $85,745
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 Scotts Valley Unified's CRED column pays $61,839. Experienced teachers joining Scotts Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 30.
- 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. Scotts Valley Unified's columns run from CRED to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Scotts Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $52,653.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Scotts Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $52,653.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Scotts Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$81,097
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $105,234 on step 30.
Scotts Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 28% of Scotts Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Scotts Valley 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 $29,116paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50058 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year187 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Scotts Valley Unified
How much do Scotts Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Scotts Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $78,106 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $52,653 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $105,234 (BA+75 with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Scotts Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $52,653 (CRED column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $52,653. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 30.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Scotts Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 48% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $105,234. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Scotts Valley Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Scotts Valley Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top.
Is Scotts Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Scotts Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 657th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th of 11 in Santa Cruz County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $87,290 in Santa Cruz County.
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Sources for the Scotts Valley 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.
- Scotts Valley 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.