Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District teacher salaries
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District is a unified school district in Tuolumne County, with its district office in Groveland. Pay starts at $55,272 on the first step. The largest group (41%) is on the BA+30 column, which climbs to $69,514 by step 13.
Lowest
$55,272
BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$69,087
- $6,282 below Tuolumne County average
- $34,465 below California average
Highest
$100,425
BA+90, step 35
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified average
Tuolumne County average$75,369
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 27
- Starting salary
- $55,272
- BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $66,387
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 762nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Big Oak Flat-Groveland 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
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's average of $69,087 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified ranks 762nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 9 reporting districts in Tuolumne County
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified ranks 7th of 9, below the middle district.
Middle district: $72,017
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 Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's BA+30 column pays $55,952. Experienced teachers joining Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified can be placed as high as step 13.
- 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. Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+90, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$64,080
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $69,514 on step 13.
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 31% of Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Big Oak Flat-Groveland 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 $14,010paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,3826 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$40 an hour
- Work days a year182 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 13
Questions about teacher pay at Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified
How much do Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's teacher schedule is $69,087 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $55,272 (BA+30, step 1) to $100,425 (BA+90, step 35).
What does a new teacher earn at Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
The schedule starts at $55,272 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 13.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified pay scale?
On the BA+30 column, where 41% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 13, where it reaches $69,514. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,382 on top.
Is Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified teacher pay high for California?
Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 762nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th of 9 in Tuolumne County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $75,369 in Tuolumne County.
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Sources for the Big Oak Flat-Groveland 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.
- Big Oak Flat-Groveland 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.