Annual salary
$55,586
California · salary schedule · 2026-27
Humboldt County Office of Education salary schedule, 2026-27
Certificated salary schedule, TEA 185 (2026-27). 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.
- Humboldt County Office of Education's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $55,586 (A BA, step 1) and tops out at $91,473 (D BA+75, step 16), per Humboldt County Office of Education (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (A BA) starts at $55,586 and reaches $66,271 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 185 work days, which makes the starting cell about $300.46 per day.
- The grid has 4 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
- Humboldt County Office of Education enrolled 297 students in 2023-24, the 738th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Certificated salary schedule, TEA 185 (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | A BA | B BA+45 | C BA+60 | D BA+75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $55,586 | $57,739 | $59,889 | $62,038 |
| 2 | $57,020 | $59,171 | $61,318 | $63,471 |
| 3 | $58,453 | $60,603 | $62,752 | $64,901 |
| 4 | $59,888 | $62,036 | $64,187 | $66,337 |
| 5 | $60,952 | $63,468 | $65,761 | $68,097 |
| 6 | $62,015 | $64,895 | $67,337 | $69,857 |
| 7 | $63,079 | $66,325 | $68,916 | $71,620 |
| 8 | $64,141 | $67,758 | $70,493 | $73,381 |
| 9 | $65,206 | $71,550 | $74,379 | $78,152 |
| 10 | $66,271 | $73,090 | $76,082 | $80,073 |
| 11 | $74,636 | $77,786 | $81,992 | |
| 12 | $79,488 | $83,913 | ||
| 13 | $81,190 | $85,838 | ||
| 14 | $87,758 | |||
| 15 | $89,679 | |||
| 16 | $91,473 |
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Per month (12)
$4,632.17
Per work day
$300.46 / 185 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $57,020 | +$1,434 |
| 3 | $58,453 | +$2,867 |
| 4 | $59,888 | +$4,302 |
| 5 | $60,952 | +$5,366 |
| 6 | $62,015 | +$6,429 |
Worked example as rendered: A BA, step 1 = $55,586 a year, $4,632.17 a month spread over 12 months, $300.46 per work day on a 185-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Unit Members' Certificated Salary Schedule (TEA 185), effective July 1, 2026; based on 7 hours per day, 185 days per year.
Masters stipend $1,500, Doctorate $2,000 (not in the grid).
Longevity increments of base pay: 4% at 18 years, 6% at 20, 9% at 25, 11% at 30 (not cumulative), not in the grid.
Anyone with less than a preliminary credential is placed in Column A.
Blank cells are where a column ends in the published schedule.
- Soft spot: Published as an embedded Google Sheet on hcoe.org; saved as CSV export of that sheet.
How this schedule moves
On the A BA column a teacher moves from $55,586 at step 1 to $66,271 at step 10: 9 step increases worth $1,187 each on average, 19% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,435, between step 3 and step 4.
The highest-paid column, D BA+75, starts at $62,038 and tops out at $91,473, 38% above the top of the A BA column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Humboldt County Office of Education's starting pay ranks 573rd and its top cell ranks 767th; 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 64th percentile and the top cell at the 49th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A BA | $55,586 | $66,271 | 9 | 19% |
| B BA+45 | $57,739 | $74,636 | 10 | 29% |
| C BA+60 | $59,889 | $81,190 | 12 | 36% |
| D BA+75 | $62,038 | $91,473 | 15 | 47% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt County Office of Education | 297 | 2026-27 | $55,586 | – | $91,473 |
| East Nicolaus Joint Union High | 299 | 2024-25 | $52,061 | – | $96,626 |
| Glenn County Office of Education | 293 | 2024-25 | $55,765 | – | $112,167 |
| Lucerne Elementary | 292 | 2024-25 | $54,102 | – | $99,781 |
| Butte Valley Unified | 302 | 2024-25 | $52,500 | – | $95,157 |
| Sunnyside Union Elementary | 302 | 2024-25 | $61,328 | – | $114,598 |
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 teacher salary in Humboldt County Office of Education?
$55,586 on the column A BA at step 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (Humboldt County Office of Education). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $55,586 (A BA).
What is the top of the Humboldt County Office of Education salary schedule?
$91,473, at step 16 on D BA+75 (2026-27). 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 Humboldt County Office of Education salary schedule?
On the A BA column the top figure, $66,271, is reached at step 10, 9 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- East Nicolaus Joint Union Highstarts $52,061
- Glenn County Office of Educationstarts $55,765
- Lucerne Elementarystarts $54,102
- Butte Valley Unifiedstarts $52,500
- Sunnyside Union Elementarystarts $61,328
- Rio Dell Elementarystarts $47,622
- Buttonwillow Union Elementarystarts $57,644
- Contra Costa County Office of Educationstarts $69,500
- Maple Elementarystarts $53,494
- Pioneer Unionstarts $47,601
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