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Sanger Unified salary schedule, 2026-27
Certificated 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.
- Sanger Unified's 2026-27 salary schedule starts at $63,436 (AA, step 1) and tops out at $107,476 (D (+75 units), step 14), per Sanger Unified School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 185 work days, which makes the starting cell about $342.90 per day.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 14 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 14.
- Sanger Unified enrolled 13,250 students in 2023-24, the 112th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Certificated salary schedule (2026-27)
| Step \ Column | AA | A (+30 units) | B (+45 units) | C (+60 units) | D (+75 units) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $63,436 | $66,575 | $67,925 | $69,922 | $71,992 |
| 2 | $67,925 | $69,922 | $71,992 | $74,131 | |
| 3 | $69,922 | $71,992 | $74,131 | $76,344 | |
| 4 | $71,992 | $74,131 | $76,344 | $78,635 | |
| 5 | $74,131 | $76,344 | $78,635 | $81,007 | |
| 6 | $76,344 | $78,635 | $81,007 | $83,461 | |
| 7 | $78,635 | $81,007 | $83,461 | $86,001 | |
| 8 | $81,007 | $83,461 | $86,001 | $88,630 | |
| 9 | $83,461 | $86,001 | $88,630 | $91,351 | |
| 10 | $86,828 | $89,481 | $92,229 | $95,071 | |
| 11 | $89,481 | $92,229 | $95,071 | $98,016 | |
| 12 | $89,481 | $92,229 | $98,016 | $101,060 | |
| 13 | $89,481 | $92,229 | $101,060 | $104,213 | |
| 14 | $89,481 | $92,229 | $101,060 | $107,476 |
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
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Worked example as rendered: AA, step 1 = $63,436 a year, $5,286.33 a month spread over 12 months, $342.90 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.
Effective July 1, 2026; 185 workdays; approved at the June 23, 2026 board meeting.
Column AA is printed at step 1 only.
Excluded: longevity stipends of $2,555 (15 years), $5,108 (18), $7,662 (20), $10,216 (22) and $13,499 (24 years of service); masters stipend $2,500 and doctorate stipend $1,500 for columns A through D.
- Soft spot: The schedule does not define column AA; the district's J-90 filing mapped it to BA.
How this schedule moves
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Sanger Unified's starting pay ranks 270th and its top cell ranks 621st; 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 87th percentile and the top cell at the 71st percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | $63,436 | $63,436 | 1 | – |
| A (+30 units) | $66,575 | $89,481 | 10 | 34% |
| B (+45 units) | $67,925 | $92,229 | 10 | 36% |
| C (+60 units) | $69,922 | $101,060 | 12 | 45% |
| D (+75 units) | $71,992 | $107,476 | 13 | 49% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanger Unified | 13,250 | 2026-27 | $63,436 | – | $107,476 |
| Turlock Unified | 13,376 | 2024-25 | $69,264 | – | $131,283 |
| Oxnard | 13,399 | 2024-25 | $61,849 | – | $134,456 |
| Livermore Valley Joint Unified | 13,050 | 2024-25 | $58,717 | – | $131,624 |
| Cupertino Union | 13,587 | 2024-25 | $79,336 | – | $150,441 |
| Etiwanda Elementary | 13,599 | 2024-25 | $65,461 | – | $139,654 |
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 Sanger Unified schedule?
$63,436 at step 1 on AA, per the 2026-27 schedule (Sanger Unified School District).
What is the top of the Sanger Unified salary schedule?
$107,476, at step 14 on D (+75 units) (2026-27). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other California districts with schedules
- Turlock Unifiedstarts $69,264
- Oxnardstarts $61,849
- Livermore Valley Joint Unifiedstarts $58,717
- Cupertino Unionstarts $79,336
- Etiwanda Elementarystarts $65,461
- Dublin Unifiedstarts $78,545
- Fullerton Joint Union Highstarts $67,394.08
- Pleasanton Unifiedstarts $76,813
- Apple Valley Unifiedstarts $60,367
- Vacaville Unifiedstarts $64,329
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