Vacaville Unified School District teacher salaries
Vacaville Unified School District is a unified school district in Solano County, with its district office in Vacaville. A teacher with a full credential starts at $58,891. The largest group (33%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $112,761 by step 28.
Lowest
$57,948
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$82,041
- $3,456 below Solano County average
- $21,511 below California average
Highest
$112,761
BA+75 with a credential, step 28
Vacaville Unified average
Solano County average$85,497
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 578
- Starting salary
- $58,891
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $82,776
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 610th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Vacaville 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
Vacaville Unified's average of $82,041 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Vacaville Unified ranks 610th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 6 reporting districts in Solano County
Vacaville Unified ranks 5th of 6, below the middle district.
Middle district: $86,111
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 Vacaville Unified's BA column pays $59,985. Experienced teachers joining Vacaville Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Vacaville Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Vacaville Unified's credentialed columns start at $58,891.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Vacaville Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $57,948.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Vacaville Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$82,776
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $112,761 on step 28.
Vacaville Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 40% of Vacaville Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+30, BA+45 continue past step 28.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Vacaville 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 $13,355paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,8261 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,8261 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$3,7101 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$3,6061 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.25%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Vacaville Unified
How much do Vacaville Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Vacaville Unified's teacher schedule is $82,041 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $57,948 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $112,761 (BA+75 with a credential, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Vacaville Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $58,891 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $57,948. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Vacaville Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 33% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $112,761. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Vacaville Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Vacaville Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,826 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,826.
Is Vacaville Unified teacher pay high for California?
Vacaville Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 610th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 5th of 6 in Solano County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $85,497 in Solano County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Solano County
Sources for the Vacaville 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.
- Vacaville 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.