Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Sierra County, with its district office in Loyalton. Pay starts at $45,460 on the first step. The largest group (63%) is on the BA+75 OR BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $103,007 by step 25.
Lowest
$45,460
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$73,576
- about the same as the Sierra County average
- $29,976 below California average
Highest
$103,007
BA+75 OR BA+60+MA, step 25
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified average
Sierra County average$73,576
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 30
- Starting salary
- $45,460
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $71,122
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 727th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Sierra-Plumas Joint 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
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's average of $73,576 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified ranks 727th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 1 reporting districts in Sierra County
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified ranks 1st of 1, above the middle district.
Middle district: $73,576
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 Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's BA column pays $47,761. Experienced teachers joining Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 16.
- 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. Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75 OR BA+60+MA, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$71,122
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $103,007 on step 25.
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 33% of Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75 OR BA+60+MA continues past step 20.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Sierra-Plumas Joint 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 $17,537paid 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 payNot reported
- Work days a year182 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 16
Questions about teacher pay at Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified
How much do Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $73,576 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $45,460 (BA, step 1) to $103,007 (BA+75 OR BA+60+MA, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified?
The schedule starts at $45,460 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 16.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR BA+60+MA column, where 63% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $103,007. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Sierra-Plumas Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 727th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 1st of 1 in Sierra County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $73,576 in Sierra County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Sierra County
Sources for the Sierra-Plumas Joint 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.
- Sierra-Plumas Joint 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.