Vallejo City Unified School District teacher salaries
Vallejo City Unified School District is a unified school district in Solano County, with its district office in Vallejo. A teacher with a full credential starts at $62,807. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $111,308 by step 18.
Lowest
$59,813
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$89,179
- $3,682 above Solano County average
- $14,373 below California average
Highest
$111,308
BA+75 before a full credential, step 18
Vallejo City Unified average
Solano County average$85,497
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 481
- Starting salary
- $62,807
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $86,910
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 502nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Vallejo City 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
Vallejo City Unified's average of $89,179 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Vallejo City Unified ranks 502nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 6 reporting districts in Solano County
Vallejo City Unified ranks 3rd of 6, above 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 Vallejo City Unified's BA column pays $63,430. Experienced teachers joining Vallejo City Unified can be placed as high as step 18.
- 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. Vallejo City Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Vallejo City Unified's credentialed columns start at $62,807.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Vallejo City Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $59,813.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Vallejo City Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$87,856
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $111,308 on step 18.
Vallejo City Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 37% of Vallejo City Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Vallejo City 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 $15,750paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,307225 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,30713 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$56 an hour
- Work days a year189 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 18
Questions about teacher pay at Vallejo City Unified
How much do Vallejo City Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Vallejo City Unified's teacher schedule is $89,179 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $59,813 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $111,308 (BA+75 before a full credential, step 18).
What does a new teacher earn at Vallejo City Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $62,807 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $59,813. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 18.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Vallejo City Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 18, where it reaches $111,308. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Vallejo City Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Vallejo City Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,307 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,307.
Is Vallejo City Unified teacher pay high for California?
Vallejo City Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 502nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd 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 Vallejo City 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.
- Vallejo City 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.