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San Luis Obispo County Office of Education salary schedule, 2026-27

Certificated Teacher/Therapist/School Nurse salary schedule (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.

Certificated Teacher/Therapist/School Nurse salary schedule (2026-27)

Official sourceDocumentSan Luis Obispo County Office of EducationSchool year2026-27EffectiveWork days186
Step \ ColumnPre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional)Column I: B.A. < 45 Semester units Fully CredentialedColumn II: B.A. + 45 Semester units or M.A. Fully CredentialedColumn III: B.A.+ 60 Semester units or MA + 15 Semester units Fully Credentialed
1$60,658$60,658$60,658$60,658
2$60,658$60,658$60,658$62,478
3$60,658$60,658$62,478$64,352
4$60,658$62,478$64,352$66,283
5$62,478$64,352$66,283$68,271
6 $66,283$68,271$70,319
7 $68,271$70,319$72,429
8 $70,319$72,429$74,602
9 $72,429$74,602$76,840
10 $74,602$76,840$79,145
11  $79,145$81,519
12  $81,519$83,965
13  $83,965$86,484
14  $86,484$89,078
15  $89,078$91,751
16  $91,751$94,503
17  $94,503$97,338
18  $97,338$100,258
19  $100,258$103,266
20  $103,266$106,364
21  $106,364$109,555
22  $109,555$112,842
23  $112,842$116,227
24  $116,227$119,714
25  $119,714$123,305
26  $123,305$127,004
27  $127,004$130,815
28  $130,815$134,739
29  $134,739$138,781
30  $138,781$142,945
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Annual salary
$60,658
Per month (12)
$5,054.83
Per work day
$326.12 / 186 days

Worked example as rendered: Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional), step 1 = $60,658 a year, $5,054.83 a month spread over 12 months, $326.12 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.

Salary Schedule Effective 7/1/26 - 6/30/27, approved by the County Superintendent May 26, 2026; reflects a 3% increase effective July 1, 2026 (and a 3% increase retroactive to July 1, 2025).

Based on 186 duty days including 3 staff development days; 7 hour daily work schedule.

$600 annual Doctorate stipend not included.

Applies to teachers, therapists and school nurses.

How this schedule moves

On the Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional) column a teacher moves from $60,658 at step 1 to $62,478 at step 5: 4 step increases worth $455 each on average, 3% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,820, between step 4 and step 5.

3 of the 4 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.

The highest-paid column, Column III: B.A.+ 60 Semester units or MA + 15 Semester units Fully Credentialed, starts at $60,658 and tops out at $142,945, 129% above the top of the Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional) column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education's starting pay ranks 375th and its top cell ranks 75th; 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 80th percentile and the top cell at the 96th percentile.

Column by column

ColumnFirst stepTopStep moves to topGrowth
Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional)$60,658$62,47843%
Column I: B.A. < 45 Semester units Fully Credentialed$60,658$74,602923%
Column II: B.A. + 45 Semester units or M.A. Fully Credentialed$60,658$138,78129129%
Column III: B.A.+ 60 Semester units or MA + 15 Semester units Fully Credentialed$60,658$142,94529136%

Against California districts of similar size

DistrictStudentsYearStartingMaster's startTop cell
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education3342026-27$60,658–$142,945
Bayshore Elementary3372024-25$65,704–$129,021
Le Grand Union Elementary3302024-25$62,283–$106,088
Springville Union Elementary3292024-25$56,675–$105,781
South Fork Union3402024-25$55,761–$98,058
Mountain Valley Unified3402024-25$52,756–$104,023

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 Luis Obispo County Office of Education schedule?

$60,658 at step 1 on Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional), per the 2026-27 schedule (San Luis Obispo County Office of Education).

What is the top of the San Luis Obispo County Office of Education salary schedule?

$142,945, at step 30 on Column III: B.A.+ 60 Semester units or MA + 15 Semester units Fully Credentialed (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 Luis Obispo County Office of Education salary schedule?

On the Pre-Credential (Emergency/Provisional) column the top figure, $62,478, is reached at step 5, 4 step increases after step 1 (2026-27 schedule).

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