Coast Community College District faculty salary schedule, 2026-27

The full-time faculty schedule and the part-time (adjunct) hourly rates as Coast Community College District publishes them, every cell. Pick a column and step in the calculator to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure.

Coast Community College District runs 3 colleges: Coastline College, Golden West College, Orange Coast College.
The 2026-27 full-time faculty schedule starts at $71,388 (Column I, step 1) and tops out at $170,190 (Column V, step 26), per Coast Community College District.
The schedule is built on 175 contract days, about $407.93 per day at the starting cell.
The grid has 5 column columns and 26 step rows.
Part-time (adjunct) faculty are paid $79.00/hr to $150.17/hr on the 2026-27 hourly schedule, per Coast Community College District.
This is a California community college district, not a K-12 district: its faculty bargain separately from the school districts in the same county, and pay is set by the district's own agreement.

Full-time faculty salary schedule (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentCoast Community College DistrictSchool year2026-27Effectivenot printed on the documentWork days175

Step \ Column	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV	Column V
1	$71,388	$81,020	$87,420	$93,796	$100,291
2	$74,951	$84,601	$90,983	$97,368	$103,865
3	$78,528	$88,160	$94,551	$100,931	$107,427
4	$82,092	$91,736	$98,129	$104,500	$111,005
5	$85,657	$95,289	$101,690	$108,066	$114,570
6	$89,227	$98,866	$105,261	$111,638	$118,142
7	$92,791	$102,436	$108,819	$115,196	$121,707
8	$96,360	$106,002	$112,400	$118,772	$125,283
9	$99,933	$109,574	$115,960	$122,333	$128,843
10	$103,494	$113,135	$119,530	$125,909	$132,405
11		$116,696	$123,094	$129,474	$135,982
12		$120,271	$126,664	$133,037	$139,540
13			$130,227	$136,609	$143,117
14				$136,609	$143,117
15				$142,027	$148,534
16				$142,027	$148,534
17				$147,437	$153,947
18				$147,437	$153,947
19				$147,437	$153,947
20				$152,858	$159,361
21					$159,361
22					$159,361
23					$164,775
24					$164,775
25					$164,775
26					$170,190

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$71,388

Per month (12)

$5,949.00

Per work day

$407.93 / 175 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$74,951	+$3,563
3	$78,528	+$7,140
4	$82,092	+$10,704
5	$85,657	+$14,269
6	$89,227	+$17,839

Worked example as rendered: Column I, step 1 = $71,388 a year, $5,949.00 a month spread over 12 months, $407.93 per work day on a 175-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

FT Faculty 175 Days (AA Salary Schedule), 2026-2027, units annual; effective 2026-2027 academic year (4.31% COLA/SCFF increase).

Doctoral stipend: $4,164.

Several columns repeat the same amount across consecutive steps, as printed. A 12-month 221-day schedule (A2) is published separately.

Soft spot: Column requirements are not printed on the schedule.
Soft spot: No effective day is printed beyond "2026-2027 Academic Year".

Part-time faculty hourly rates (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentCoast Community College DistrictSchool year2026-27Effectivenot printed on the document

Step \ Grade	Rate I	Rate II	Rate III
1	$79.00	$85.44	$92.06
2	$85.44	$92.06	$97.56
3	$92.06	$97.56	$103.50
4	$97.56	$103.50	$109.94
5	$103.50	$109.94	$117.06
6	$109.94	$117.06	$124.61
7	$117.06	$124.61	$132.39
8	$117.06	$124.61	$132.39
9	$117.06	$124.61	$132.39
10	$124.67	$132.72	$141.06
11	$124.67	$132.72	$141.06
12	$124.67	$132.72	$141.06
13	$124.67	$132.72	$141.06
14	$124.67	$132.72	$141.06
15	$132.83	$141.33	$150.17

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PT Instructor, Counselor, and Librarian (BB Salary Schedule) 2026-2027, listed by the district as "CFE Part Time Faculty": pay rate for the semester lecture hour. Each hourly rate equals the printed per-LHE amount divided by 18, and every row checks.

Per-LHE amounts: Grade I $1,422-$2,391, Grade II $1,538-$2,544, Grade III $1,657-$2,703.

Hourly lab rates are a separate table in the same document.

Soft spot: Hourly rates are printed to three decimal places (e.g. $79.000, $85.444); stored as printed.
Soft spot: The district also publishes a second part-time schedule (CC, "Part Time Faculty", CCA, effective July 1, 2026) with per-LHE instructional rates of $1,540-$3,034; which part-time faculty fall under BB versus CC is not stated on the salary schedule page.
Soft spot: Steps 7-9 and 10-14 repeat the same rate, as printed.

Questions people ask

What is the starting salary for full-time faculty at Coast Community College District?

$71,388 on Column I at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Coast Community College District). Placement depends on degrees and experience, which is what the column and step encode.

What is the top of the Coast Community College District faculty salary schedule?

$170,190, at step 26 on Column V (2026-27), before any doctoral stipend, overload or extra-duty pay not printed on the grid.

How much does Coast Community College District pay adjunct faculty?

$79.00/hr at the lowest grade and step, up to $150.17/hr at the highest, on the 2026-27 part-time faculty schedule (Coast Community College District). These are lecture-hour rates; see the notes under the table for other assignments.

Other California community college districts

All indexed community colleges: California · every state. K-12 teacher schedules for the same area are on the California page.