Death Valley 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.

Death Valley Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $52,423 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $103,915 (BA+60, step 30), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective October 15, 2023).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $52,423 and reaches $60,156 at the top of that column.
The schedule is built on 183 work days, which makes the starting cell about $286.46 per day.
The grid has 5 column columns and 30 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
Death Valley Unified enrolled 17 students in 2023-24, the 963rd-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 year2024-25EffectiveOctober 15, 2023Work days183

Step \ Column	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45	BA+60
1	$52,423	$54,782	$57,248	$59,824	$62,517
2	$54,257	$56,700	$59,250	$61,918	$64,705
3	$56,155	$58,684	$61,324	$64,085	$66,970
4	$58,121	$60,737	$63,470	$66,329	$69,313
5	$60,156	$62,863	$65,693	$66,329	$71,741
6		$65,063	$67,992	$68,649	$74,521
7		$67,341	$70,371	$71,052	$76,849
8		$69,698	$72,833	$74,311	$79,540
9		$72,138	$75,383	$76,113	$82,324
10			$78,022	$78,777	$85,206
11				$81,534	$88,187
12				$84,387	$88,187
13					$88,187
14					$88,187
15					$91,274
16					$91,274
17					$91,274
18					$91,274
19					$91,274
20					$94,469
21					$94,469
22					$94,469
23					$94,469
24					$94,469
25					$94,469
26					$94,469
27					$94,469
28					$94,469
29					$94,469
30					$103,915

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$52,423

Per month (12)

$4,368.58

Per work day

$286.46 / 183 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$54,257	+$1,834
3	$56,155	+$3,732
4	$58,121	+$5,698
5	$60,156	+$7,733

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $52,423 a year, $4,368.58 a month spread over 12 months, $286.46 per work day on a 183-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.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Death Valley Unified?

$52,423 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $52,423 (BA).

What is the top of the Death Valley Unified salary schedule?

$103,915, at step 30 on BA+60 (2024-25). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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