Annual salary
$60,000
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
San Juan Unified salary schedule, 2025-26
Credentialed teachers 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.
- San Juan Unified's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $60,000 (I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units, step 1) and tops out at $126,000 (V: Requirements of Column IV + 150 Continuing Education hours, step 20), per San Juan Unified School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $322.58 per day.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 20 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 20.
- San Juan Unified enrolled 38,488 students in 2023-24, the 13th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Credentialed teachers salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Column | I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units | II: BA + 30 Semester Units or MA* | III: BA + 45 Semester Units or MA* + 15 Sem. Units | IV: BA + 75 Semester Units or BA + 60 Sem. Units w/ MA* or MA* + 30 Semester Units | V: Requirements of Column IV + 150 Continuing Education hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000 | $61,000 | $62,500 | $64,500 | $65,500 |
| 2 | $60,500 | $62,000 | $63,000 | $65,000 | $66,000 |
| 3 | $61,000 | $62,500 | $65,000 | $65,500 | $67,000 |
| 4 | $61,500 | $63,000 | $66,000 | $66,500 | $71,000 |
| 5 | $62,000 | $64,000 | $70,000 | $71,000 | $73,500 |
| 6 | $62,500 | $65,000 | $70,500 | $71,500 | $78,000 |
| 7 | $63,000 | $66,000 | $71,000 | $75,000 | $82,000 |
| 8 | $63,000 | $70,000 | $74,000 | $79,500 | $86,000 |
| 9 | $63,000 | $71,000 | $78,000 | $86,000 | $92,000 |
| 10 | $63,000 | $72,000 | $79,000 | $89,000 | $95,000 |
| 11 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $79,000 | $92,000 | $98,000 |
| 12 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $79,000 | $94,000 | $100,000 |
| 13 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $79,000 | $95,000 | $102,000 |
| 14 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $79,000 | $96,000 | $105,000 |
| 15 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $81,500 | $99,000 | $107,000 |
| 16 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $81,500 | $101,000 | $109,000 |
| 17 | $63,000 | $73,000 | $81,500 | $102,000 | $110,000 |
| 18 | $64,000 | $73,500 | $81,500 | $103,000 | $115,000 |
| 19 | $64,000 | $73,500 | $81,500 | $104,000 | $117,000 |
| 20 | $66,100 | $77,000 | $84,500 | $106,000 | $126,000 |
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Per month (12)
$5,000.00
Per work day
$322.58 / 186 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $60,500 | +$500 |
| 3 | $61,000 | +$1,000 |
| 4 | $61,500 | +$1,500 |
| 5 | $62,000 | +$2,000 |
| 6 | $62,500 | +$2,500 |
Worked example as rendered: I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units, step 1 = $60,000 a year, $5,000.00 a month spread over 12 months, $322.58 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.
Schedule titled 'Credentialed Teachers/ Nurses/ Counselors, SLP's/ Teacher Librarians/ Social Workers Salary Schedule 2025-2026', linked as '2025-26 TK-12 Salary Schedule'.
Board Approval Date: May 14, 2024. Salary schedule is based on a 186 day work year.
Column V requires 150 hours of Continuing Education earned while employed with the district; new hires are not eligible.
Outside experience credit is capped at placement on Step 11.
MA* marks a Master's degree; column placement is based on upper division/graduate units earned after the Bachelor's or Master's.
Separate Adult Education, ECE and guest teacher schedules exist and are excluded.
- Soft spot: No 2026-27 TK-12 schedule is posted as of 2026-09-26. The SJTA contract runs 2023-2026, so 2026-27 pay may still be in bargaining; this 2025-26 grid is the latest the district publishes.
- Soft spot: The PDF was created July 2024 (board approval May 14, 2024), i.e. the 2025-26 year of the multi-year agreement was set in advance; any later 2025-26 reopener adjustment would not be reflected here.
How this schedule moves
On the I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units column a teacher moves from $60,000 at step 1 to $66,100 at step 20: 19 step increases worth $321 each on average, 10% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,100, between step 19 and step 20.
11 of the 19 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.
The highest-paid column, V: Requirements of Column IV + 150 Continuing Education hours, starts at $65,500 and tops out at $126,000, 91% above the top of the I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, San Juan Unified's starting pay ranks 396th and its top cell ranks 306th; 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 88th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units | $60,000 | $66,100 | 19 | 10% |
| II: BA + 30 Semester Units or MA* | $61,000 | $77,000 | 19 | 26% |
| III: BA + 45 Semester Units or MA* + 15 Sem. Units | $62,500 | $84,500 | 19 | 35% |
| IV: BA + 75 Semester Units or BA + 60 Sem. Units w/ MA* or MA* + 30 Semester Units | $64,500 | $106,000 | 19 | 64% |
| V: Requirements of Column IV + 150 Continuing Education hours | $65,500 | $126,000 | 19 | 92% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Unified | 38,488 | 2025-26 | $60,000 | – | $126,000 |
| Sacramento City Unified | 38,268 | 2024-25 | $61,429 | – | $132,487 |
| Riverside Unified | 38,855 | 2026-27 | $74,796 | – | $144,274 |
| Santa Ana Unified | 38,031 | 2026-27 | $72,692 | $74,695 | $142,258 |
| Garden Grove Unified | 37,763 | 2024-25 | $72,504 | – | $141,634 |
| Irvine Unified | 37,731 | 2024-25 | $59,726 | – | $137,884 |
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 salary on the San Juan Unified schedule?
$60,000 at step 1 on I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units, per the 2025-26 schedule (San Juan Unified School District).
What is the top of the San Juan Unified salary schedule?
$126,000, at step 20 on V: Requirements of Column IV + 150 Continuing Education hours (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 San Juan Unified salary schedule?
On the I: BA + 0 - 29 Semester Units column the top figure, $66,100, is reached at step 20, 19 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Sacramento City Unifiedstarts $61,429
- Riverside Unifiedstarts $74,796
- Santa Ana Unifiedstarts $72,692
- Garden Grove Unifiedstarts $72,504
- Irvine Unifiedstarts $59,726
- Capistrano Unifiedstarts $66,197
- Sweetwater Union Highstarts $58,029
- Poway Unifiedstarts $58,959
- Stockton Unifiedstarts $62,306
- Oakland Unifiedstarts $62,696
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