Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District teacher salaries
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District is a unified school district in Sonoma County, with its district office in Rohnert Park. A teacher with a full credential starts at $57,586. The largest group (55%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $104,805 by step 24.
Lowest
$53,271
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$81,976
- $14,780 below Sonoma County average
- $21,576 below California average
Highest
$104,805
BA+75 before a full credential, step 24
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified average
AveragesSonoma County $96,756, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 272
- Starting salary
- $57,586
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $81,843
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 611th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Cotati-Rohnert Park 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
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's average of $81,976 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified ranks 611th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 28 reporting districts in Sonoma County
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified ranks 25th of 28, below 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. Experienced teachers joining Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified can be placed as high as step 21.
- 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. Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's credentialed columns start at $57,586.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $53,271.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$84,154
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $104,805 on step 24.
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Cotati-Rohnert Park 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 $26,395paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,41682 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,835
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$1,416
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 21
Questions about teacher pay at Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified
How much do Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's teacher schedule is $81,976 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,271 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $104,805 (BA+75 before a full credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $57,586 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $53,271. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 21.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 55% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $104,805. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,416 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,835.
Is Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified teacher pay high for California?
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 611th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 25th 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.
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Sources for the Cotati-Rohnert Park 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.
- Cotati-Rohnert Park 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.