Woodlake Unified School District teacher salaries
Woodlake Unified School District is a unified school district in Tulare County, with its district office in Woodlake. A teacher with a full credential starts at $61,328. The largest group (52%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $119,062 by step 24.
Lowest
$61,328
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$97,689
- $915 below Tulare County average
- $5,863 below California average
Highest
$119,062
BA+75 with a credential, step 24
Woodlake Unified average
AveragesTulare County $98,604, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 113
- Starting salary
- $61,328
- BA<30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $98,613
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 334th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Woodlake 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
Woodlake Unified's average of $97,689 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Woodlake Unified ranks 334th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 38 reporting districts in Tulare County
Woodlake Unified ranks 13th of 38, above the middle district.
Middle district: $93,328
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 Woodlake Unified's BA<30 column pays $66,087. Experienced teachers joining Woodlake Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
- 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. Woodlake Unified's columns run from BA<30 to BA+75, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Woodlake Unified's credentialed columns start at $61,328.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Woodlake Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $61,328.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Woodlake Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$100,952
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $119,062 on step 24.
Woodlake Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 36% of Woodlake Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 12
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Woodlake 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 bonus$1,00041 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$59 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at Woodlake Unified
How much do Woodlake Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Woodlake Unified's teacher schedule is $97,689 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,328 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $119,062 (BA+75 with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Woodlake Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $61,328 (BA<30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $61,328. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Woodlake Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 52% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $119,062. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Woodlake Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Woodlake Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,000 on top.
Is Woodlake Unified teacher pay high for California?
Woodlake Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 334th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 13th of 38 in Tulare County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $98,604 in Tulare County.
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Sources for the Woodlake 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.
- Woodlake 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.