Mountain Elementary 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.

Mountain Elementary's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $49,952 (BA+30, step 1) and tops out at $114,288 (BA+75, step 25), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
The schedule is built on 185 work days, which makes the starting cell about $270.01 per day.
The grid has 4 column columns and 25 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 25.
Mountain Elementary enrolled 163 students in 2023-24, the 827th-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 days185

Step \ Column	BA+30	BA+45	BA+60	BA+75
1	$49,952	$52,995	$54,584	$56,222
2	$51,451	$54,584	$56,222	$57,909
3	$52,995	$56,222	$57,909	$59,646
4	$54,584	$57,909	$59,646	$61,435
5	$56,222	$59,646	$61,435	$63,278
6	$57,909	$61,435	$63,278	$65,177
7	$59,646	$63,278	$65,177	$67,132
8	$61,435	$65,177	$67,132	$69,146
9	$63,278	$67,132	$69,146	$71,220
10	$65,177	$69,146	$71,220	$73,357
11	$67,132	$71,220	$73,357	$75,558
12	$69,146	$73,357	$75,558	$77,824
13	$71,220	$75,558	$77,824	$80,159
14		$77,824	$80,159	$82,564
15			$82,564	$85,041
16				$87,592
17				$90,220
18				$92,926
19				$95,714
20				$98,586
21				$101,543
22				$104,589
23				$107,727
24				$110,959
25				$114,288

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Find my cell

Column

Step

Annual salary

$49,952

Per month (12)

$4,162.67

Per work day

$270.01 / 185 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$51,451	+$1,499
3	$52,995	+$3,043
4	$54,584	+$4,632
5	$56,222	+$6,270
6	$57,909	+$7,957

Worked example as rendered: BA+30, step 1 = $49,952 a year, $4,162.67 a month spread over 12 months, $270.01 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.

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 salary on the Mountain Elementary schedule?

$49,952 at step 1 on BA+30, per the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)).

What is the top of the Mountain Elementary salary schedule?

$114,288, at step 25 on BA+75 (2024-25). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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