Annual salary
$82,706
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Sunnyvale salary schedule, 2025-26
Teachers with valid California credential salary schedule (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.
- Sunnyvale's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $82,706 (B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs., step 1) and tops out at $155,362 (D: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 75 sem. hrs., step 30), per Sunnyvale School District (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs.) starts at $82,706 and reaches $144,717 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 187 work days, which makes the starting cell about $442.28 per day.
- The grid has 3 column columns and 18 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Sunnyvale enrolled 5,618 students in 2023-24, the 240th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Teachers with valid California credential salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Column | B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. | C: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 60 sem. hrs. | D: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 75 sem. hrs. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $82,706 | $85,815 | $91,135 |
| 2 | $84,268 | $89,594 | $94,913 |
| 3 | $88,046 | $93,372 | $98,692 |
| 4 | $91,825 | $97,150 | $102,470 |
| 5 | $95,603 | $100,928 | $106,248 |
| 6 | $99,381 | $104,706 | $110,026 |
| 7 | $103,159 | $108,484 | $113,804 |
| 8 | $106,937 | $112,262 | $117,582 |
| 9 | $110,715 | $116,040 | $121,360 |
| 10 | $114,493 | $119,818 | $125,138 |
| 11 | $118,271 | $123,596 | $128,916 |
| 12 | $122,049 | $127,374 | $132,694 |
| 15 | $125,827 | $131,152 | $136,472 |
| 18 | $129,605 | $134,930 | $140,250 |
| 21 | $133,383 | $138,708 | $144,028 |
| 24 | $137,161 | $142,486 | $147,806 |
| 27 | $140,939 | $146,264 | $151,584 |
| 30 | $144,717 | $150,042 | $155,362 |
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Per month (12)
$6,892.17
Per work day
$442.28 / 187 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $84,268 | +$1,562 |
| 3 | $88,046 | +$5,340 |
| 4 | $91,825 | +$9,119 |
| 5 | $95,603 | +$12,897 |
| 6 | $99,381 | +$16,675 |
Worked example as rendered: B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs., step 1 = $82,706 a year, $6,892.17 a month spread over 12 months, $442.28 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.
Appendix A-1 of the SEA Agreement 2025-2028, Sunnyvale School District Salary Schedule, Teachers With Valid California Credential (187 Days), 2025-2026, 3% increase effective 7/01/2025.
Longevity steps 15, 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30 follow step 12 on the schedule.
Stipends printed below the grid and excluded from the cells: M.A. $3,170; Doctorate $6,304; NBCERT/CCC/LCSW $4,797; CE SEV $3,778; BCLAD $1,585 (one advanced degree stipend only).
Special education teachers receive one additional year of credit for placement (Section 6.6).
The agreement sets 2026-27 at the 2025-26 schedule plus 2% (up to 4% depending on a revenue formula); no 2026-27 grid is printed, so none is extrapolated.
- Soft spot: Appendix page is an image; values read by tesseract --psm 4 and checked against the printed maximum vertical increment of 3,778 (every step after step 2 rises by 3,777 to 3,779) and horizontal increments of about 5,320 to 5,326.
How this schedule moves
On the B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. column a teacher moves from $82,706 at step 1 to $144,717 at step 30: 17 step increases worth $3,648 each on average, 75% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,779, between step 3 and step 4.
The highest-paid column, D: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 75 sem. hrs., starts at $91,135 and tops out at $155,362, 7% above the top of the B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Sunnyvale's starting pay ranks 17th and its top cell ranks 27th; 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: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. | $82,706 | $144,717 | 17 | 75% |
| C: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 60 sem. hrs. | $85,815 | $150,042 | 17 | 75% |
| D: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 75 sem. hrs. | $91,135 | $155,362 | 17 | 70% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale | 5,618 | 2025-26 | $82,706 | – | $155,362 |
| Centinela Valley Union High | 5,600 | 2024-25 | $55,373 | – | $116,676 |
| Alta Loma Elementary | 5,599 | 2024-25 | $56,659 | – | $126,233 |
| South Bay Union | 5,595 | 2024-25 | $63,407 | – | $122,860 |
| Hanford Elementary | 5,568 | 2026-27 | $70,049 | – | $147,583 |
| Tulare Joint Union High | 5,673 | 2024-25 | $71,817 | – | $133,839 |
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 Sunnyvale?
$82,706 on the column B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Sunnyvale School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $82,706 (B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs.).
What is the top of the Sunnyvale salary schedule?
$155,362, at step 30 on D: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 75 sem. hrs. (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 Sunnyvale salary schedule?
On the B: Reg. Cred. B.A. plus 45 sem. hrs. column the top figure, $144,717, is reached at step 30, 17 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Centinela Valley Union Highstarts $55,373
- Alta Loma Elementarystarts $56,659
- South Bay Unionstarts $63,407
- Hanford Elementarystarts $70,049
- Tulare Joint Union Highstarts $71,817
- Perris Elementarystarts $62,325
- Moorpark Unifiedstarts $55,729
- Franklin-McKinley Elementarystarts $66,480.85
- Hollisterstarts $62,534
- Pleasant Valleystarts $62,491
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