Southern Kern 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.

Southern Kern Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $54,770 (BA, step 1) and tops out at $115,474 (BA+75 OR MA+30, step 26), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $54,770 and reaches $68,626 at the top of that column.
The schedule is built on 183 work days, which makes the starting cell about $299.29 per day.
The grid has 6 column columns and 26 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 26.
Southern Kern Unified enrolled 3,683 students in 2023-24, the 324th-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 days183

Step \ Column	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45 OR MA	BA+60 OR MA+15	BA+75 OR MA+30
1	$54,770	$57,777	$60,970	$64,160	$67,352	$70,545
2	$57,579	$60,586	$63,776	$66,969	$70,161	$73,354
3	$60,200	$63,392	$66,587	$69,776	$72,968	$76,162
4	$63,010	$66,203	$69,394	$72,584	$75,777	$78,969
5	$65,818	$69,679	$72,902	$76,125	$79,349	$82,571
6	$68,626	$71,817	$75,010	$78,201	$81,392	$84,586
7		$74,628	$77,816	$81,009	$84,203	$87,394
8			$80,625	$83,818	$87,008	$90,202
9			$83,434	$86,625	$89,815	$93,011
10				$89,433	$92,626	$95,818
11				$92,244	$95,432	$98,626
12					$98,241	$101,434
13					$101,049	$107,051
14						$107,051
15						$107,051
16						$107,051
17						$107,051
18						$109,860
19						$109,860
20						$109,860
21						$109,860
22						$112,668
23						$112,668
24						$112,668
25						$112,668
26						$115,474

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Find my cell

Column

Step

Annual salary

$54,770

Per month (12)

$4,564.17

Per work day

$299.29 / 183 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$57,579	+$2,809
3	$60,200	+$5,430
4	$63,010	+$8,240
5	$65,818	+$11,048
6	$68,626	+$13,856

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $54,770 a year, $4,564.17 a month spread over 12 months, $299.29 per work day on a 183-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.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in Southern Kern Unified?

$54,770 on the column BA at step 1 of the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $54,770 (BA).

What is the top of the Southern Kern Unified salary schedule?

$115,474, at step 26 on BA+75 OR MA+30 (2024-25). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

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