Annual salary
$72,184
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Val Verde Unified salary schedule, 2025-26
Certificated salary schedule 100, certificated teachers (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and row to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Val Verde Unified's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $72,184 (BA + 15, row 1) and tops out at $155,235 (BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30, row 27), per Val Verde Unified School District (effective ).
- The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $388.09 per day.
- The grid has 5 column columns and 18 row rows; the highest cell is reached at row 27.
- Val Verde Unified enrolled 19,361 students in 2023-24, the 64th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Certificated salary schedule 100, certificated teachers (2025-26)
Transcribed from imageDocumentVal Verde Unified School DistrictSchool year2025-26EffectiveWork days186
| Row \ Column | BA + 15 | BA + 30 | BA + 45 or MA | BA + 60 or MA + 15 | BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $72,184 | $73,377 | $77,043 | $80,719 | $84,386 |
| 2 | $73,377 | $77,043 | $80,902 | $84,753 | $88,601 |
| 3 | $77,041 | $80,719 | $84,753 | $88,789 | $92,825 |
| 4 | $80,719 | $84,386 | $88,601 | $92,825 | $97,040 |
| 5 | $84,386 | $88,051 | $92,457 | $96,861 | $101,259 |
| 6 | $84,386 | $91,723 | $96,310 | $100,895 | $105,477 |
| 7 | $84,386 | $95,391 | $100,163 | $104,934 | $109,703 |
| 8 | $84,386 | $99,060 | $104,014 | $108,964 | $113,919 |
| 9 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $107,863 | $113,000 | $118,136 |
| 10 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $111,719 | $117,038 | $122,355 |
| 11 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $111,719 | $121,073 | $126,578 |
| 12 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $111,719 | $125,110 | $130,794 |
| 13 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $111,719 | $129,147 | $135,017 |
| 14 | $84,386 | $102,732 | $111,719 | $129,147 | $139,235 |
| 17 | $86,386 | $104,732 | $113,719 | $131,147 | $141,235 |
| 21 | $88,386 | $106,732 | $115,719 | $133,147 | $143,235 |
| 24 | $90,386 | $108,732 | $117,719 | $135,147 | $145,235 |
| 27 | $90,386 | $108,732 | $117,719 | $135,147 | $155,235 |
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Per month (12)
$6,015.33
Per work day
$388.09 / 186 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Row | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $73,377 | +$1,193 |
| 3 | $77,041 | +$4,857 |
| 4 | $80,719 | +$8,535 |
| 5 | $84,386 | +$12,202 |
| 6 | $84,386 | +$12,202 |
Worked example as rendered: BA + 15, row 1 = $72,184 a year, $6,015.33 a month spread over 12 months, $388.09 per work day on a 186-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Salary Schedule 100, Certificated Teachers, the 'Teacher' link on the district HR salaries page. Separate schedules exist for CTE/VE, preschool, TOSA/librarian/agriculture/JROTC, counselors and others; this record is the standard teacher schedule.
Columns are lettered A to E in the document (A = BA + 15 through E = BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30).
Effective 7/1/2025; the document states Board Approved 2/10/2026. No 2026-27 teacher schedule was posted on the page on 2026-09-26.
Rows 17, 21, 24 and 27 are longevity rows, applicable only after 16, 20, 23 and 26 years of service with Val Verde Unified. The row 27 increase applies to column E only; columns A to D repeat row 24.
Initial placement allows a maximum of 11 years of prior experience (row 12), per VVTA Contract 21.4.1. Salary is paid in 11 monthly payments.
- Soft spot: The PDF has no text layer (outlined text), so the grid was read by tesseract --psm 4 and every cell checked against the rendered page image at 200 dpi.
- Soft spot: Row 3, column A is printed as 77,041, while the same diagonal value appears as 77,043 at row 1 column C and row 2 column B. Kept as printed; possibly a typo in the district's document.
How this schedule moves
On the BA + 15 column a teacher moves from $72,184 at row 1 to $90,386 at row 24: 16 row increases worth $1,138 each on average, 25% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $3,678, between row 3 and row 4.
10 of the 17 row moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive rows.
The highest-paid column, BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30, starts at $84,386 and tops out at $155,235, 72% above the top of the BA + 15 column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Val Verde Unified's starting pay ranks 65th and its top cell ranks 28th; 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 98th percentile and the top cell at the 98th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First row | Top | Row moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA + 15 | $72,184 | $90,386 | 16 | 25% |
| BA + 30 | $73,377 | $108,732 | 16 | 48% |
| BA + 45 or MA | $77,043 | $117,719 | 16 | 53% |
| BA + 60 or MA + 15 | $80,719 | $135,147 | 16 | 67% |
| BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30 | $84,386 | $155,235 | 17 | 84% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde Unified | 19,361 | 2025-26 | $72,184 | – | $155,235 |
| Panama-Buena Vista Union | 19,369 | 2025-26 | $60,275 | – | $122,041 |
| San Marcos Unified | 19,374 | 2025-26 | $56,700 | – | $126,011 |
| Redlands Unified | 19,673 | 2025-26 | $64,599 | – | $135,595 |
| Colton Joint Unified | 18,912 | 2024-25 | $64,136 | – | $131,357 |
| Montebello Unified | 19,967 | 2024-25 | $60,726 | – | $137,243 |
Starting pay is the first row of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-row cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.
Questions people ask
What is the starting salary on the Val Verde Unified schedule?
$72,184 at row 1 on BA + 15, per the 2025-26 schedule (Val Verde Unified School District).
What is the top of the Val Verde Unified salary schedule?
$155,235, at row 27 on BA + 75 w/MA or MA+30 (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 Val Verde Unified salary schedule?
On the BA + 15 column the top figure, $90,386, is reached at row 24, 16 row increases after row 1 (2025-26 schedule).
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