Annual salary
$83,278
California · salary schedule · 2026-27
San Francisco Unified salary schedule, 2026-27
K-12 Teacher (Fully Credentialed) salary schedule (2026-27). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a pay scale group and pay scale area (verifiable years of service) to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- San Francisco Unified's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $83,278 (B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units, pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 1) and tops out at $137,945 (B8: Bachelors Degree and 60+ semester units, pay scale area (verifiable years of service) Career Increment E (Steps 26-28)), per San Francisco Unified School District, Office of Labor Relations (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units) starts at $83,278 and reaches $97,162 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $447.73 per day.
- The grid has 3 pay scale group columns and 20 pay scale area (verifiable years of service) rows; the highest cell is reached at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) Career Increment E (Steps 26-28).
- San Francisco Unified enrolled 48,736 students in 2023-24, the 7th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
K-12 Teacher (Fully Credentialed) salary schedule (2026-27)
Official sourceDocumentSan Francisco Unified School District, Office of Labor RelationsSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days186
| Pay Scale Area (Verifiable Years of Service) \ Pay Scale Group | B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units | B7: Bachelors Degree and > 30 < 59 semester units | B8: Bachelors Degree and 60+ semester units |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $83,278 | $86,628 | $89,322 |
| 2 | $84,128 | $87,722 | $90,867 |
| 3 | $85,072 | $88,823 | $92,411 |
| 4 | $86,122 | $89,916 | $94,923 |
| 5 | $87,166 | $91,011 | $97,843 |
| 6 | $88,211 | $92,111 | $100,760 |
| 7 | $89,260 | $93,056 | $103,683 |
| 8 | $90,307 | $94,704 | $106,600 |
| 9 | $91,354 | $96,598 | $109,519 |
| 10 | $92,398 | $98,746 | $112,736 |
| 11 | $93,646 | $101,392 | $116,490 |
| 12 | $95,405 | $104,541 | $117,990 |
| 13 | $97,162 | $104,541 | $117,990 |
| 14 | $104,541 | ||
| 15 | $104,541 | ||
| Career Increment A (Steps 14-16) | $121,406 | ||
| Career Increment B (Steps 17-19) | $125,323 | ||
| Career Increment C (Steps 20-22) | $129,453 | ||
| Career Increment D (Steps 23-25) | $133,528 | ||
| Career Increment E (Steps 26-28) | $137,945 |
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Per month (12)
$6,939.83
Per work day
$447.73 / 186 days
Next 5 steps in this pay scale group
| Pay Scale Area (Verifiable Years of Service) | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $84,128 | +$850 |
| 3 | $85,072 | +$1,794 |
| 4 | $86,122 | +$2,844 |
| 5 | $87,166 | +$3,888 |
| 6 | $88,211 | +$4,933 |
Worked example as rendered: B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units, pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 1 = $83,278 a year, $6,939.83 a month spread over 12 months, $447.73 per work day on a 186-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
From the UESF Certificated 2025-2027 salary schedules (CONTRACT TERM 2025-2027, contract July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2027 executed). SFUSD publishes one PDF per pay scale group; this record combines B6, B7 and B8, the K-12 Teacher (Fully Credentialed) groups.
Source files: B6 https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1W3YIWoPLsNpeYkDZB-3mDRWm0Z5LTcUq ; B7 https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1EmCRTKPsCyHU9E_f4uFA8_CI9_rrTkwF ; B8 https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=10YKAxgv33hSK6MxB1TeBEsuuDK_1LGT9 ; service-day key https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1IaokniX2RV6gMx_G3cm3uKcTZE7LihUs
Values are the column 'Total Annual Salary effective 07/01/2026 with Base Salary a 2% and FWEA and QTEA', i.e. base salary (186 days, with the 2% increase) plus the QTEA and FWEA parcel-tax add-ons, which the document says are added to base salary. Base-only figures are in meta.base_salary_rows.
186 service days in 2026-27 per the schedule header (YR 2026:186).
B6 is printed only through step 13 and B7 through step 15. B8 is printed through step 13, then Career Increment A (Steps 14-16) through Career Increment E (Steps 26-28); B8 has no separate step 14 or 15 row, so those cells are null and a B8 teacher at step 14-16 is paid Career Increment A.
Intern, emergency and other non-credentialed teacher groups (C6-C8), deans and head counselors (R6-R8), department heads (S6-S8) and early education groups are separate schedules and are excluded. The prior J-90 record mixed in the intern/emergency lanes.
- Soft spot: The QTEA add-on varies by step and falls at mid steps (e.g. B7 4,303 at step 1 to 716 at step 11), so the total grid rises less steeply than the base grid; totals are still non-decreasing in every lane.
- Soft spot: The Drive links are the files SFUSD links from its UESF Certificated page, not a stable sfusd.edu URL.
How this schedule moves
On the B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units column a teacher moves from $83,278 at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 1 to $97,162 at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 13: 12 pay scale area (verifiable years of service) increases worth $1,157 each on average, 17% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $1,759, between pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 11 and pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 12.
The highest-paid column, B8: Bachelors Degree and 60+ semester units, starts at $89,322 and tops out at $137,945, 42% above the top of the B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, San Francisco Unified's starting pay ranks 13th and its top cell ranks 117th; 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 100th percentile and the top cell at the 94th percentile.
Column by column
| Pay Scale Group | First pay scale area (verifiable years of service) | Top | Pay Scale Area (Verifiable Years of Service) moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units | $83,278 | $97,162 | 12 | 17% |
| B7: Bachelors Degree and > 30 < 59 semester units | $86,628 | $104,541 | 11 | 21% |
| B8: Bachelors Degree and 60+ semester units | $89,322 | $137,945 | 17 | 54% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Unified | 48,736 | 2026-27 | $83,278 | – | $137,945 |
| Corona-Norco Unified | 50,256 | 2024-25 | $75,444 | – | $141,046 |
| San Bernardino City Unified | 44,712 | 2024-25 | $67,927 | – | $136,734 |
| Clovis Unified | 43,291 | 2026-27 | $61,487 | – | $127,049 |
| Kern High | 43,116 | 2025-26 | $64,147 | $64,147 | $137,529 |
| Capistrano Unified | 40,836 | 2025-26 | $66,197 | – | $132,594 |
Starting pay is the first pay scale area (verifiable years of service) of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-pay scale area (verifiable years of service) cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting teacher salary in San Francisco Unified?
$83,278 on the pay scale group B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 1 of the 2026-27 schedule (San Francisco Unified School District, Office of Labor Relations). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $83,278 (B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units).
What is the top of the San Francisco Unified salary schedule?
$137,945, at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) Career Increment E (Steps 26-28) on B8: Bachelors Degree and 60+ semester units (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 San Francisco Unified salary schedule?
On the B6: Bachelors Degree and less than 30 additional semester units column the top figure, $97,162, is reached at pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 13, 12 pay scale area (verifiable years of service) increases after pay scale area (verifiable years of service) 1 (2026-27 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Corona-Norco Unifiedstarts $75,444
- San Bernardino City Unifiedstarts $71,039
- Clovis Unifiedstarts $61,487
- Kern Highstarts $64,147
- Capistrano Unifiedstarts $66,197
- Riverside Unifiedstarts $74,796
- San Juan Unifiedstarts $60,000
- Sacramento City Unifiedstarts $61,429
- Santa Ana Unifiedstarts $72,692
- Garden Grove Unifiedstarts $72,504
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