Scotts Valley Unified salary schedule, 2024-25

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25). 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.

Scotts Valley Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $52,653 (NON-CRED, step 1) and tops out at $105,234 (BA+75, step 30), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $281.57 per day.
The grid has 5 column columns and 30 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
Scotts Valley Unified enrolled 2,107 students in 2023-24, the 432nd-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25)

Official sourceDocumentCalifornia Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)School year2024-25EffectiveJuly 1, 2024Work days187

Step \ Column	NON-CRED	CRED	BA+45	BA+60	BA+75
1	$52,653	$52,653	$52,653	$55,237	$57,824
2	$52,653	$54,951	$55,237	$57,824	$60,407
3	$52,653	$57,247	$57,824	$60,407	$62,991
4	$52,653	$59,543	$60,407	$62,991	$65,576
5	$54,949	$61,839	$62,991	$65,576	$68,167
6	$54,949	$64,135	$65,576	$68,167	$70,755
7	$54,949	$66,431	$68,167	$70,755	$73,342
8	$54,949	$68,727	$70,755	$73,342	$75,926
9	$54,949	$71,024	$73,342	$75,926	$78,514
10	$54,949	$73,321	$75,926	$78,514	$81,097
11	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$81,097	$83,684
12	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$86,268
13	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$88,858
14	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$89,746
15	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$90,644
16	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$91,550
17	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$92,466
18	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$93,390
19	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$94,324
20	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$95,267
21	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$96,220
22	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$97,182
23	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$98,154
24	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$99,136
25	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$100,127
26	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$101,128
27	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$102,139
28	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$103,161
29	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$104,192
30	$54,949	$73,321	$78,514	$83,684	$105,234

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$52,653

Per month (12)

$4,387.75

Per work day

$281.57 / 187 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$52,653	+$0
3	$52,653	+$0
4	$52,653	+$0
5	$54,949	+$2,296
6	$54,949	+$2,296

Worked example as rendered: NON-CRED, step 1 = $52,653 a year, $4,387.75 a month spread over 12 months, $281.57 per work day on a 187-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Reported by the district to the California Department of Education on Form J-90 (Salary and Benefits Schedule for the Certificated Bargaining Unit). Column headings are the district's own, as typed on the form.

Cells the district left blank on the J-90 are shown as blank here.

2024-25 is the final year of Form J-90. California replaced it from 2025-26 with the School Employee Salary and Benefits Data Collection (C-90) under Education Code Section 42238.016; CDE collected that first year between 1 July and 31 August 2026 and its report to the Legislature is due 31 January 2027. Until CDE publishes it, the J-90 above is the most recent statewide California salary data available.

How this schedule moves

On the NON-CRED column a teacher moves from $52,653 at step 1 to $54,949 at step 5: 4 step increases worth $574 each on average, 4% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $2,296, between step 4 and step 5.

28 of the 29 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.

The highest-paid column, BA+75, starts at $57,824 and tops out at $105,234, 92% above the top of the NON-CRED column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Scotts Valley Unified's starting pay ranks 655th and its top cell ranks 645th; 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 56th percentile and the top cell at the 67th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
NON-CRED	$52,653	$54,949	4	4%
CRED	$52,653	$73,321	9	39%
BA+45	$52,653	$78,514	10	49%
BA+60	$55,237	$83,684	11	51%
BA+75	$57,824	$105,234	29	82%

Against California districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Scotts Valley Unified	2,107	2024-25	$52,653	–	$105,234
Salida Union Elementary	2,110	2024-25	$66,291	–	$128,599
Gateway Unified	2,119	2024-25	$53,647	–	$111,715
Woodlake Unified	2,085	2024-25	$61,328	–	$119,062
Ojai Unified	2,085	2024-25	$51,859	–	$97,832
Bear Valley Unified	2,132	2024-25	$62,162	–	$125,946

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 Scotts Valley Unified schedule?

$52,653 at step 1 on NON-CRED, per the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)).

What is the top of the Scotts Valley Unified salary schedule?

$105,234, at step 30 on BA+75 (2024-25). 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 Scotts Valley Unified salary schedule?

On the NON-CRED column the top figure, $54,949, is reached at step 5, 4 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).

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