Ceres Unified School District teacher salaries
Ceres Unified School District is a unified school district in Stanislaus County, with its district office in Ceres. Pay starts at $69,779 on the first step. The largest group (29%) is on the BA+72 column, which climbs to $137,018 by step 32.
Lowest
$69,779
BA+24, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$107,105
- $5,129 above Stanislaus County average
- $3,553 above California average
Highest
$139,451
BA+72+MA, step 32
Ceres Unified average
AveragesStanislaus County $101,976, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 615
- Starting salary
- $69,779
- BA+24, step 1
- Median salary
- $106,438
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 173rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Ceres 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.
Yes
Ceres Unified's average of $107,105 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Ceres Unified ranks 173rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 23 reporting districts in Stanislaus County
Ceres Unified ranks 2nd of 23, above the middle district.
Middle district: $95,041
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 Ceres Unified's BA+24 column pays $75,551. Experienced teachers joining Ceres Unified can be placed as high as step 14.
- 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. Ceres Unified's columns run from BA+24 to BA+72+MA, 9 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Ceres Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$108,992
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $137,018 on step 32.
Ceres Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 28% of Ceres Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+72, BA+72+MA continue past step 13.
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- 5+
- 31
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Ceres 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$9007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,13653 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,704102 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$52 an hour
- Work days a year187 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 14
Questions about teacher pay at Ceres Unified
How much do Ceres Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Ceres Unified's teacher schedule is $107,105 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $69,779 (BA+24, step 1) to $139,451 (BA+72+MA, step 32).
What does a new teacher earn at Ceres Unified?
The schedule starts at $69,779 (BA+24, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 14.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Ceres Unified pay scale?
On the BA+72 column, where 29% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 32, where it reaches $137,018. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Ceres Unified teacher pay high for California?
Ceres Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 173rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd of 23 in Stanislaus County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $101,976 in Stanislaus County.
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Sources for the Ceres 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.
- Ceres 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.