Annual salary
$65,155
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Walnut Valley Unified salary schedule, 2025-26
Certificated teacher salary schedule (2025-26). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a class and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.
- Walnut Valley Unified's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $65,155 (IIa, step 1) and tops out at $146,770 (VI, step 35), per Walnut Valley Unified School District (effective ).
- The grid has 5 class columns and 24 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 35.
- Walnut Valley Unified enrolled 13,815 students in 2023-24, the 105th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Certificated teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
| Step \ Class | IIa | III | IV | V | VI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $65,155 | $70,055 | $72,193 | $76,807 | $81,298 |
| 2 | $65,155 | $70,700 | $75,405 | $79,947 | $84,510 |
| 3 | $65,155 | $73,932 | $78,536 | $83,119 | $87,651 |
| 4 | $65,155 | $77,114 | $81,717 | $86,259 | $90,812 |
| 5 | $65,155 | $80,295 | $84,909 | $89,400 | $94,024 |
| 6 | $65,155 | $83,456 | $88,050 | $92,582 | $97,195 |
| 7 | $65,155 | $86,617 | $91,221 | $95,773 | $100,336 |
| 8 | $65,155 | $89,819 | $94,362 | $98,945 | $103,497 |
| 9 | $65,155 | $92,970 | $97,574 | $102,085 | $106,658 |
| 10 | $65,155 | $96,111 | $100,766 | $105,256 | $109,850 |
| 11 | $65,155 | $99,292 | $103,886 | $108,428 | $113,011 |
| 12 | $65,155 | $102,453 | $107,098 | $111,579 | $116,203 |
| 13 | $114,760 | $119,405 | |||
| 14 | $117,952 | $122,555 | |||
| 18 - A | $121,093 | $125,696 | |||
| 21 - A | $124,284 | $128,857 | |||
| 24 - A | $127,435 | $132,008 | |||
| 27 - A | $130,637 | $135,179 | |||
| 30 | $135,282 | $139,813 | |||
| 31 | $136,673 | $141,225 | |||
| 32 | $138,095 | $142,576 | |||
| 33 | $139,445 | $143,997 | |||
| 34 | $140,857 | $145,389 | |||
| 35 | $142,258 | $146,770 |
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Per month (12)
$5,429.58
Next 5 steps in this class
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $65,155 | +$0 |
| 3 | $65,155 | +$0 |
| 4 | $65,155 | +$0 |
| 5 | $65,155 | +$0 |
| 6 | $65,155 | +$0 |
Worked example as rendered: IIa, step 1 = $65,155 a year, $5,429.58 a month spread over 12 months. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.
Teachers' Salary Schedule A (SCH 024-A), Certificated Bargaining Unit Members, effective July 1, 2025, marked '2.30% Increase', approved 5/6/2026. Linked on the district HR page as 'Teachers' Salary Schedule A Eff 07-01-25'; no 2026-27 teacher schedule is posted yet.
Class IIa is the emergency permit / intern / short-term staff permit / provisional intern rate, a flat 65,155 for steps 1-12. Class III = BA+30 incl. credential; IV = BA+45 or MA; V = MA+15 or BA+60 incl. MA; VI = MA+30 or BA+75 incl. MA.
Steps 18 - A, 21 - A, 24 - A and 27 - A carry footnote A: three years of service at the step is required before advancing. Steps 30-35 are the longevity rows, Classes V and VI only.
Separate National Board or Doctorate schedule and the Severely Handicapped / Speech Pathologist / Lead Nurse schedule C are not included.
- Soft spot: pdftotext -layout interleaves the Class IV and V columns in the wrong order (text reads IIa, III, V, IV, VI); column assignment was taken from the rendered page, where the header order is IIa, III, IV, V, VI, and every value was checked against the page image.
- Soft spot: Work days are not stated on the schedule.
How this schedule moves
The highest-paid column, VI, starts at $81,298 and tops out at $146,770, 125% above the top of the IIa column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Walnut Valley Unified's starting pay ranks 210th and its top cell ranks 55th; 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 91st percentile and the top cell at the 97th percentile.
Column by column
| Class | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIa | $65,155 | $65,155 | 0 | 0% |
| III | $70,055 | $102,453 | 11 | 46% |
| IV | $72,193 | $107,098 | 11 | 48% |
| V | $76,807 | $142,258 | 23 | 85% |
| VI | $81,298 | $146,770 | 23 | 81% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Valley Unified | 13,815 | 2025-26 | $65,155 | – | $146,770 |
| Lancaster Elementary | 13,832 | 2024-25 | $58,890 | – | $129,672 |
| Tracy Joint Unified | 13,846 | 2024-25 | $64,685 | – | $125,350 |
| Ceres Unified | 13,868 | 2024-25 | $69,779 | – | $139,451 |
| Apple Valley Unified | 13,756 | 2024-25 | $60,367 | – | $136,253 |
| Pleasanton Unified | 13,696 | 2024-25 | $76,813 | – | $136,658 |
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 Walnut Valley Unified schedule?
$65,155 at step 1 on IIa, per the 2025-26 schedule (Walnut Valley Unified School District).
What is the top of the Walnut Valley Unified salary schedule?
$146,770, at step 35 on VI (2025-26). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.
Other California districts with schedules
- Lancaster Elementarystarts $58,890
- Tracy Joint Unifiedstarts $64,685
- Ceres Unifiedstarts $69,779
- Apple Valley Unifiedstarts $60,367
- Pleasanton Unifiedstarts $76,813
- Porterville Unifiedstarts $69,430
- Pasadena Unifiedstarts $57,464
- Etiwanda Elementarystarts $65,461
- Cupertino Unionstarts $79,336
- Huntington Beach Union Highstarts $68,649
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