Bellevue Union School District teacher salaries
Bellevue Union School District is an elementary school district in Sonoma County, with its district office in Santa Rosa. Pay starts at $65,947 on the first step. The largest group (30%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $126,651 by step 21.
Lowest
$65,947
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$101,528
- $4,772 above Sonoma County average
- $2,024 below California average
Highest
$128,104
MA, step 21
Bellevue Union average
AveragesSonoma County $96,756, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 79
- Starting salary
- $65,947
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $98,310
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 272nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Bellevue Union 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.
Yes
Bellevue Union's average of $101,528 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Bellevue Union ranks 272nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 28 reporting districts in Sonoma County
Bellevue Union ranks 9th of 28, above the middle district.
Middle district: $96,755
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 Bellevue Union's BA column pays $75,465. Experienced teachers joining Bellevue Union can be placed as high as step 20.
- 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. Bellevue Union's columns run from BA to MA, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Bellevue Union?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$96,662
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,651 on step 21.
Bellevue Union's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 41% of Bellevue Union's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60, BA+75, MA continue past step 12.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Bellevue Union
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 $15,580paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,500
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,50010 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$2,0001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$2,50011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$75 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 20
Questions about teacher pay at Bellevue Union
How much do Bellevue Union teachers make?
The average salary on Bellevue Union's teacher schedule is $101,528 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $65,947 (BA, step 1) to $128,104 (MA, step 21).
What does a new teacher earn at Bellevue Union?
The schedule starts at $65,947 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 20.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Bellevue Union pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 30% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 21, where it reaches $126,651. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Bellevue Union teacher pay high for California?
Bellevue Union's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 272nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th of 28 in Sonoma County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $96,756 in Sonoma County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Sonoma County
Sources for the Bellevue Union 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.
- Bellevue Union'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.