Annual salary
$83,120.50
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Santa Clara County Office of Education salary schedule, 2025-26
Salary Schedule D-80, Special Education/Alternative Education at Community Schools teacher (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.
- Santa Clara County Office of Education's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $83,120.50 (B BA Degree, step 1) and tops out at $155,209.45 (F* +75 Units, step 20), per Santa Clara County Office of Education (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (B BA Degree) starts at $83,120.50 and reaches $114,307.80 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 185 work days, which makes the starting cell about $449.30 per day.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 15 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 20.
- Santa Clara County Office of Education enrolled 1,408 students in 2023-24, the 507th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Salary Schedule D-80, Special Education/Alternative Education at Community Schools teacher (2025-26)
Transcribed from imageDocumentSanta Clara County Office of EducationSchool year2025-26EffectiveWork days185
| Step \ Column | B BA Degree | C +30 Units | D +45 Units | E +60 Units | F* +75 Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $83,120.50 | $84,883.55 | $85,144.40 | $86,735.40 | $91,142.10 |
| 2 | $85,125.90 | $86,863.05 | $86,924.10 | $91,142.10 | $95,515.50 |
| 3 | $87,138.70 | $89,236.60 | $91,330.80 | $95,515.50 | $99,938.85 |
| 4 | $88,703.80 | $91,717.45 | $95,698.65 | $99,938.85 | $104,319.65 |
| 5 | $90,966.35 | $95,926.20 | $99,938.85 | $104,319.65 | $108,711.55 |
| 6 | $96,212.95 | $100,360.65 | $104,319.65 | $108,711.55 | $113,110.85 |
| 7 | $99,698.35 | $104,747.00 | $108,711.55 | $113,110.85 | $117,497.20 |
| 8 | $104,045.85 | $109,150.00 | $113,110.85 | $117,497.20 | $121,874.30 |
| 9 | $108,402.60 | $113,569.65 | $117,497.20 | $121,874.30 | $126,266.20 |
| 10 | $117,959.70 | $121,874.30 | $126,266.20 | $130,654.40 | |
| 11 | $126,266.20 | $130,654.40 | $135,059.25 | ||
| 12 | $135,059.25 | $139,460.40 | |||
| 15 | $139,460.40 | $143,863.40 | |||
| 18 | $112,141.45 | $121,702.25 | $130,003.20 | $142,890.30 | $152,230.95 |
| 20 | $114,307.80 | $124,061.00 | $132,534.00 | $145,985.35 | $155,209.45 |
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Per month (12)
$6,926.71
Per work day
$449.30 / 185 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $85,125.90 | +$2,005.40 |
| 3 | $87,138.70 | +$4,018.20 |
| 4 | $88,703.80 | +$5,583.30 |
| 5 | $90,966.35 | +$7,845.85 |
| 6 | $96,212.95 | +$13,092.45 |
Worked example as rendered: B BA Degree, step 1 = $83,120.50 a year, $6,926.71 a month spread over 12 months, $449.30 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.
Salary Schedule D-80, Teacher 185 work year, 11 months, 7 hours a day, 2025-26, effective January 1st, 2026 ('Change is 2% effective 1/1/2026'); signed by the County Superintendent 9/14/2026.
Chosen as the standard teacher schedule: it covers the office's special education and community-school alternative education classroom teachers on a 185-day year. Other teacher schedules on the page (court/institution schools 210 days, Opportunity Youth Academy 220 days, migrant education, early learning) were not taken.
Annual column taken; the document also prints per diem and monthly rates for every cell (annual = per diem x 185).
Steps 18 and 20 are marked '** Step 18-20: Includes longevity (experience)' and are kept as longevity rows. The document prints no steps 13, 14, 16, 17 or 19.
Blank cells are blank in the document: column B ends at step 9, C at step 10, D at step 11, E and F continue to step 15, then all columns resume at the longevity steps 18 and 20.
Column F: courses between 60 and 75 units must be job-related and require HR approval. Column A obsolete effective 7/1/22.
- Soft spot: No text layer: grid read with tesseract --psm 4 and checked cell by cell against the rendered page; per diem x 185 matched annual for steps 1 and 20 in every column.
- Soft spot: The schedule is effective 1/1/2026 mid-year; the July-December 2025 rates are not on this document.
How this schedule moves
On the B BA Degree column a teacher moves from $83,120.50 at step 1 to $114,307.80 at step 20: 10 step increases worth $3,119 each on average, 38% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $5,247, between step 5 and step 6.
The highest-paid column, F* +75 Units, starts at $91,142.10 and tops out at $155,209.45, 36% above the top of the B BA Degree column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Santa Clara County Office of Education's starting pay ranks 15th and its top cell ranks 29th; 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 98th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B BA Degree | $83,120.50 | $114,307.80 | 10 | 38% |
| C +30 Units | $84,883.55 | $124,061.00 | 11 | 46% |
| D +45 Units | $85,144.40 | $132,534.00 | 12 | 56% |
| E +60 Units | $86,735.40 | $145,985.35 | 14 | 68% |
| F* +75 Units | $91,142.10 | $155,209.45 | 14 | 70% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Clara County Office of Education | 1,408 | 2025-26 | $83,120.50 | – | $155,209.45 |
| Yosemite Unified | 1,414 | 2024-25 | $53,832 | – | $96,556 |
| Ravenswood City Elementary | 1,416 | 2024-25 | $70,064 | – | $156,418 |
| Earlimart Elementary | 1,391 | 2024-25 | $68,921 | – | $123,960 |
| Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary | 1,428 | 2024-25 | $54,621 | – | $110,652 |
| Williams Unified | 1,370 | 2024-25 | $55,773 | – | $119,955 |
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 teacher salary in Santa Clara County Office of Education?
$83,120.50 on the column B BA Degree at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Santa Clara County Office of Education). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $83,120.50 (B BA Degree).
What is the top of the Santa Clara County Office of Education salary schedule?
$155,209.45, at step 20 on F* +75 Units (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 Santa Clara County Office of Education salary schedule?
On the B BA Degree column the top figure, $114,307.80, is reached at step 20, 10 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Yosemite Unifiedstarts $53,832
- Ravenswood City Elementarystarts $70,064
- Earlimart Elementarystarts $68,921
- Pleasant Ridge Union Elementarystarts $54,621
- Williams Unifiedstarts $55,773
- Auburn Union Elementarystarts $54,832
- Chawanakee Unifiedstarts $47,271
- Riverdale Joint Unifiedstarts $62,295
- Lakeport Unifiedstarts $57,285
- Willows Unifiedstarts $57,814
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