Sierra County teacher salaries, 2024-25
Only one district in Sierra County reported its teacher salaries to the state for 2024-25: Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified. Its average salary on the teacher schedule is $73,576, $29,976 below the California average.
First step on the schedule
$45,460
Top of the schedule
$103,007
- Rank in California
- 727th
- of 828 reporting districts by average salary
- Districts reporting
- 1
- Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified
- Full-time equivalents
- 30
- on teacher schedules in the county
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's full teacher salary schedule
Questions about teacher pay in Sierra County
What is the average teacher salary in Sierra County?
$73,576 a year in 2024-25: the average across everyone on Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's teacher salary schedule, the only district in Sierra County that reported to the state. That's $29,976 below the California average of $103,552.
How much do teachers earn on the first step in Sierra County?
On Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's schedule, pay runs from $45,460 on the first step to $103,007 at the top. The first step can be for teachers who don't yet hold a full credential; the district page shows which column it is.
Average teacher salaries in the counties next to Sierra County
Average salary on teacher schedules in each neighbouring county.3
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Sources for the Sierra County figures
Salaries are the annual amounts on each 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 and can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. The county average, medians and rankings are our own arithmetic on these figures, using the same method as the state's published averages.
- Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
- California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: each district's raise on last year.
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2024: which counties border each other.