Trinity County teacher salaries by district, 2024-25

The average salary on teacher schedules in Trinity County is $77,504 across 5 reporting districts, $26,048 below the California average. Sort, filter and search every one of them below.

Lowest salary on a schedule

$43,003

Southern Trinity Joint Unified

Average salary on Trinity County teacher schedules1

$77,504

California average: $103,552

Highest salary on a schedule

$104,023

Mountain Valley Unified

Median district
$77,870
Half the county's districts pay a lower average
Districts reporting
5
4 in the table below
Full-time equivalents
75
on teacher schedules in the county
Raise on last year
3% and 2%2
Southern Trinity Joint Unified and Mountain Valley Unified, the only districts reporting a raise

What stands out in Trinity County teacher salaries

Compare teacher salaries in every Trinity County district

Average, lowest and highest salary on each district's teacher schedule. Click a column to sort it.

Showing all 4 districts, highest average salary first.

Trinity Alps Unified$78,021$48,683$100,0360%38
Southern Trinity Joint Unified$77,870$43,003$90,9173%9
Mountain Valley Unified$77,259$52,756$104,0232%19
Burnt Ranch Elementary$70,466$48,000$85,4430%6

A raise of 0% can also mean the district left that question blank; the state's file doesn't tell the two apart. Districts without a link have fewer than 20 full-time equivalents, too few for a page of their own. Districts with fewer than 5 are left out to protect privacy.

Questions about teacher pay in Trinity County

What is the average teacher salary in Trinity County?

$77,504 a year in 2024-25: the average across everyone on the teacher salary schedules of 5 reporting districts in Trinity County. That's $26,048 below the California average of $103,552. The median Trinity County district pays $77,870 on average.

How much do teachers earn on the first step in Trinity County?

Across the county's districts, the median lowest salary on the schedule is $48,342 and the median top salary is $95,477. In some districts the first step is for teachers who don't yet hold a full credential; each district page shows which column it is.

Average teacher salaries in the counties next to Trinity County

Average salary on teacher schedules in each neighbouring county.3

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Sources for the Trinity County figures

Salaries are the annual amounts on each 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 and can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. The county average, medians and rankings are our own arithmetic on these figures, using the same method as the state's published averages.

  1. Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
  2. California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: each district's raise on last year.
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2024: which counties border each other.

How we read the data