Ceres Unified salary schedule, 2024-25

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

Ceres Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $69,779 (BA+24, step 1) and tops out at $139,451 (BA+72+MA, step 32), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $373.15 per day.
The grid has 9 column columns and 32 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 32.
Ceres Unified enrolled 13,868 students in 2023-24, the 102nd-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25)

Official sourceDocumentCalifornia Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)School year2024-25EffectiveJuly 1, 2024Work days187

Step \ Column	BA+24	BA+36	BA+36+MA	BA+48	BA+48+MA	BA+60	BA+60+MA	BA+72	BA+72+MA
1	$69,779	$74,168	$76,401
2	$70,769	$75,160	$77,392	$79,850	$82,084
3	$72,054	$76,447	$78,682	$81,139	$83,372	$86,140	$88,375
4	$73,656	$78,040	$80,274	$82,739	$84,972	$87,736	$89,970	$93,035	$95,271
5	$75,551	$79,944	$82,176	$84,635	$86,868	$89,635	$91,872	$94,936	$97,169
6	$77,754	$82,140	$84,375	$86,837	$89,071	$91,836	$94,086	$97,135	$99,371
7	$80,263	$84,650	$86,881	$89,342	$91,579	$94,345	$96,580	$99,644	$101,878
8	$83,066	$87,463	$89,695	$92,155	$94,390	$97,156	$99,389	$102,463	$104,696
9	$86,179	$90,577	$92,809	$95,271	$97,502	$100,268	$102,503	$105,572	$107,804
10		$93,995	$96,227	$98,689	$100,921	$103,688	$105,919	$108,992	$111,228
11		$97,716	$99,950	$102,405	$104,637	$107,413	$109,646	$112,714	$114,947
12				$106,438	$108,672	$111,434	$113,669	$116,735	$118,969
13						$115,762	$117,995	$121,067	$123,301
14								$125,705	$127,937
15								$125,705	$127,937
16								$125,705	$127,937
17								$130,733	$133,054
18								$130,733	$133,054
19								$130,733	$133,054
20								$131,990	$134,334
21								$131,990	$134,434
22								$131,990	$134,434
23								$133,247	$135,613
24								$133,247	$135,613
25								$133,247	$135,613
26								$134,504	$136,892
27								$134,504	$136,892
28								$134,504	$136,892
29								$135,761	$138,172
30								$135,761	$138,172
31								$135,761	$138,172
32								$137,018	$139,451

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$69,779

Per month (12)

$5,814.92

Per work day

$373.15 / 187 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$70,769	+$990
3	$72,054	+$2,275
4	$73,656	+$3,877
5	$75,551	+$5,772
6	$77,754	+$7,975

Worked example as rendered: BA+24, step 1 = $69,779 a year, $5,814.92 a month spread over 12 months, $373.15 per work day on a 187-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Reported by the district to the California Department of Education on Form J-90 (Salary and Benefits Schedule for the Certificated Bargaining Unit). Column headings are the district's own, as typed on the form.

Cells the district left blank on the J-90 are shown as blank here.

2024-25 is the final year of Form J-90. California replaced it from 2025-26 with the School Employee Salary and Benefits Data Collection (C-90) under Education Code Section 42238.016; CDE collected that first year between 1 July and 31 August 2026 and its report to the Legislature is due 31 January 2027. Until CDE publishes it, the J-90 above is the most recent statewide California salary data available.

How this schedule moves

On the BA+24 column a teacher moves from $69,779 at step 1 to $86,179 at step 9: 8 step increases worth $2,050 each on average, 24% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $3,113, between step 8 and step 9.

The highest-paid column, BA+72+MA, starts at $95,271 and tops out at $139,451, 62% above the top of the BA+24 column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Ceres Unified's starting pay ranks 106th and its top cell ranks 102nd; the state medians are $59,726 to start and $120,047 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 96th percentile and the top cell at the 95th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
BA+24	$69,779	$86,179	8	24%
BA+36	$74,168	$97,716	10	32%
BA+36+MA	$76,401	$99,950	10	31%
BA+48	$79,850	$106,438	10	33%
BA+48+MA	$82,084	$108,672	10	32%
BA+60	$86,140	$115,762	10	34%
BA+60+MA	$88,375	$117,995	10	34%
BA+72	$93,035	$137,018	28	47%
BA+72+MA	$95,271	$139,451	28	46%

Against California districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Ceres Unified	13,868	2024-25	$69,779	–	$139,451
Tracy Joint Unified	13,846	2024-25	$64,685	–	$125,350
Lancaster Elementary	13,832	2024-25	$58,890	–	$129,672
Walnut Valley Unified	13,815	2025-26	$65,155	–	$146,770
Porterville Unified	13,963	2025-26	$69,430	–	$135,426
Pasadena Unified	13,978	2024-25	$57,464	–	$127,842

Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting salary on the Ceres Unified schedule?

$69,779 at step 1 on BA+24, per the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)).

What is the top of the Ceres Unified salary schedule?

$139,451, at step 32 on BA+72+MA (2024-25). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Ceres Unified salary schedule?

On the BA+24 column the top figure, $86,179, is reached at step 9, 8 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).

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