Gateway Unified School District teacher salaries
Gateway Unified School District is a unified school district in Shasta County, with its district office in Redding. A teacher with a full credential starts at $55,208. The largest group (57%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $111,715 by step 30.
Lowest
$53,647
/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$82,674
- $1,287 below Shasta County average
- $20,878 below California average
Highest
$111,715
BA+75 with a credential, step 30
Gateway Unified average
Shasta County average$83,961
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 106
- Starting salary
- $55,208
- BA OR BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $88,989
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 599th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Gateway 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
Gateway Unified's average of $82,674 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Gateway Unified ranks 599th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Shasta County
Gateway Unified ranks 5th of 20, above the middle district.
Middle district: $81,003
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 Gateway Unified's BA OR BA+30 column pays $63,123. Experienced teachers joining Gateway 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. Gateway Unified's columns run from BA OR BA+30 to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Gateway Unified's credentialed columns start at $55,208.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Gateway Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $53,647.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Gateway Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$83,072
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $111,715 on step 30.
Gateway Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 44% of Gateway Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Gateway 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 $11,500paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,50030 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,5002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$55 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 30
Questions about teacher pay at Gateway Unified
How much do Gateway Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Gateway Unified's teacher schedule is $82,674 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,647 (/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $111,715 (BA+75 with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Gateway Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $55,208 (BA OR BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $53,647. 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 Gateway Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 57% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $111,715. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Gateway Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Gateway Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,500.
Is Gateway Unified teacher pay high for California?
Gateway Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 599th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 5th of 20 in Shasta County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $83,961 in Shasta County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Shasta County
Sources for the Gateway 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.
- Gateway 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.