Davis Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Davis Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Yolo County, with its district office in Davis. Pay starts at $56,837 on the first step. The largest group (52%) is on the BA+90 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $107,257 by step 25.
Lowest
$56,837
BA OR BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$84,313
- $783 below Yolo County average
- $19,239 below California average
Highest
$107,257
BA+90 OR MA+30, step 25
Davis Joint Unified average
Yolo County average$85,096
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 462
- Starting salary
- $56,837
- BA OR BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $86,834
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 571st of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Davis Joint 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
Davis Joint Unified's average of $84,313 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Davis Joint Unified ranks 571st of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 6 reporting districts in Yolo County
Davis Joint Unified ranks 4th of 6, below the middle district.
Middle district: $84,731
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 Davis Joint Unified's BA OR BA+30 column pays $59,236. Experienced teachers joining Davis Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Davis Joint Unified's columns run from BA OR BA+30 to BA+90 OR MA+30, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Davis Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$83,428
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $107,257 on step 25.
Davis Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 46% of Davis Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 67
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Davis Joint 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 $14,535paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,500
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$45 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Davis Joint Unified
How much do Davis Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Davis Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $84,313 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,837 (BA OR BA+30, step 1) to $107,257 (BA+90 OR MA+30, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Davis Joint Unified?
The schedule starts at $56,837 (BA OR BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Davis Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 OR MA+30 column, where 52% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $107,257. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Davis Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Davis Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 571st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 4th of 6 in Yolo County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $85,096 in Yolo County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Yolo County
Sources for the Davis Joint 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.
- Davis Joint 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.