Annual salary
$60,002
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Monterey Peninsula Unified salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). 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.
- Monterey Peninsula Unified's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $59,277 (II Intern, step 1) and tops out at $119,682 (VII BA+75+MA, step 26), per Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (III BA) starts at $60,002 and reaches $84,042 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 185 work days, which makes the starting cell about $320.42 per day.
- The grid has 6 column columns and 26 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 26.
- Monterey Peninsula Unified enrolled 9,252 students in 2023-24, the 164th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
Transcribed from imageDocumentMonterey Peninsula Unified School DistrictSchool year2025-26Effectivenot printed on the documentWork days185
| Step \ Column | II Intern | III BA | IV BA + 45 / BA+30+MA | V BA + 60 / BA+45+MA | VI BA + 75 / BA+60+MA | VII BA+75+MA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $59,277 | $60,002 | $60,735 | $61,477 | $62,231 | $62,995 |
| 2 | $61,268 | $62,018 | $62,780 | $63,550 | $64,334 | $65,128 |
| 3 | $63,332 | $64,112 | $64,903 | $65,703 | $66,516 | $67,341 |
| 4 | $63,332 | $66,286 | $67,108 | $67,939 | $68,783 | $69,640 |
| 5 | $63,332 | $68,546 | $69,397 | $70,260 | $71,138 | $72,027 |
| 6 | $63,332 | $70,890 | $71,777 | $72,671 | $73,583 | $74,507 |
| 7 | $63,332 | $73,326 | $74,245 | $75,175 | $76,122 | $77,082 |
| 8 | $63,332 | $75,856 | $76,810 | $77,777 | $78,759 | $79,756 |
| 9 | $63,332 | $78,481 | $79,473 | $80,478 | $81,497 | $82,533 |
| 10 | $63,332 | $81,209 | $82,241 | $83,283 | $84,342 | $85,416 |
| 11 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $85,113 | $86,195 | $87,296 | $88,411 |
| 12 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $89,220 | $90,362 | $91,522 |
| 13 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $90,789 | $91,956 | $93,137 |
| 14 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $93,580 | $94,782 |
| 15 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $95,233 | $96,460 |
| 16 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $96,920 | $98,170 |
| 17 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $98,640 | $99,913 |
| 18 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $100,391 | $101,688 |
| 19 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $102,177 | $103,500 |
| 20 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $103,997 | $105,345 |
| 21 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $105,852 | $107,227 |
| 22 | $63,332 | $84,042 | $88,095 | $92,391 | $107,742 | $109,144 |
| 23 | $110,246 | $111,682 | ||||
| 24 | $112,811 | $114,283 | ||||
| 25 | $115,441 | $116,948 | ||||
| 26 | $118,136 | $119,682 |
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Per month (12)
$5,000.17
Per work day
$324.34 / 185 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $62,018 | +$2,016 |
| 3 | $64,112 | +$4,110 |
| 4 | $66,286 | +$6,284 |
| 5 | $68,546 | +$8,544 |
| 6 | $70,890 | +$10,888 |
Worked example as rendered: III BA, step 1 = $60,002 a year, $5,000.17 a month spread over 12 months, $324.34 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.
District's own 2025-2026 Teacher Salary Schedule (Schedule A*), 185-day teacher work year, Board Approved 10/28/2025.
The document states it reflects a 0% increase from 2024-2025.
Column labels combine the roman numeral with the heading printed above it; columns IV to VI each carry two equivalent headings (e.g. BA + 45 or BA+30+MA).
Columns VI and VII continue to step 26; columns II to V end at step 22.
$5,000 BLCAD stipend for unit members in an assignment requiring BLCAD is not included in the grid.
No separate 2026-27 teacher schedule is posted on the district's salary schedules page as of 2026-09-26.
- Soft spot: Scanned PDF with no text layer: numbers OCR'd (tesseract --psm 4) and checked against the 200 dpi page image; OCR misread column V step 8 as 77,077, the image shows 77,777.
- Soft spot: The asterisk on Schedule A* has no footnote visible on the page.
- Soft spot: No effective date printed; left null.
How this schedule moves
On the III BA column a teacher moves from $60,002 at step 1 to $84,042 at step 11: 10 step increases worth $2,404 each on average, 40% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,833, between step 10 and step 11.
11 of the 21 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.
The highest-paid column, VII BA+75+MA, starts at $62,995 and tops out at $119,682, 42% above the top of the III BA column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Monterey Peninsula Unified's starting pay ranks 395th and its top cell ranks 422nd; 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 78th percentile and the top cell at the 83rd percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| II Intern | $59,277 | $63,332 | 2 | 7% |
| III BA | $60,002 | $84,042 | 10 | 40% |
| IV BA + 45 / BA+30+MA | $60,735 | $88,095 | 11 | 45% |
| V BA + 60 / BA+45+MA | $61,477 | $92,391 | 13 | 50% |
| VI BA + 75 / BA+60+MA | $62,231 | $118,136 | 25 | 90% |
| VII BA+75+MA | $62,995 | $119,682 | 25 | 90% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Peninsula Unified | 9,252 | 2025-26 | $60,002 | – | $119,682 |
| Tulare City | 9,253 | 2026-27 | $70,227 | – | $140,731 |
| Saugus Union | 9,192 | 2024-25 | $53,873 | – | $113,895 |
| Westside Union Elementary | 9,138 | 2024-25 | $64,194 | – | $132,656 |
| Berkeley Unified | 9,077 | 2026-27 | $59,622 | – | $125,923 |
| Alameda Unified | 9,061 | 2024-25 | $68,272 | – | $124,990 |
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 Monterey Peninsula Unified?
$60,002 on the column III BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Monterey Peninsula Unified School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $59,277 (II Intern).
What is the top of the Monterey Peninsula Unified salary schedule?
$119,682, at step 26 on VII BA+75+MA (2025-26). 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 Monterey Peninsula Unified salary schedule?
On the III BA column the top figure, $84,042, is reached at step 11, 10 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Tulare Citystarts $70,227
- Saugus Unionstarts $53,873
- Westside Union Elementarystarts $64,194
- Berkeley Unifiedstarts $59,622
- Alameda Unifiedstarts $68,272
- Greenfield Unionstarts $62,353
- Woodland Joint Unifiedstarts $54,750
- Redondo Beach Unifiedstarts $67,023
- Castro Valley Unifiedstarts $70,375
- Arcadia Unifiedstarts $76,742
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