2025-26 · District salary guide
Irvine UnifiedTeacher salary schedule
Find your pay ↓Published bachelor’s starting pay → highest published maximum across this district’s degree lanes. Placement depends on credited experience and education.
At Irvine Unified, published bachelor’s starting pay is $71,665 for 2025-26.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Find the row for your credited step, then read across to your education lane. Missing values are marked “Not published”.
Master’s and Doctorate pay are not published in this schedule, so those columns are left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s |
|---|---|
| 1 | $71,665 |
| 2 | $72,741 |
| 3 | $74,471 |
| 4 | $77,071 |
| 5 | $80,495 |
| 6 | $82,866 |
| 7 | $86,392 |
| 8 | $91,454 |
| 9 | $91,454 |
| 10 | $91,454 |
| 11 | $91,454 |
| 12 | $91,454 |
| 13 | $91,454 |
| 14 | $91,454 |
| 15 | $91,454 |
| 16 | $95,925 |
| 17 | $95,925 |
| 18 | $95,925 |
| 19 | $100,397 |
| 20 | $100,397 |
| 21 | $100,397 |
| 22 | $104,870 |
| 23 | $104,870 |
| 24 | $104,870 |
| 25 | $109,345 |
| 26 | $109,345 |
| 27 | $117,564 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $71,665
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $117,564
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
Certificated Salary Schedule 2025-2026, board approved February 17, 2026 (1.26% effective 7/1/25), 186 work days. Newest posted; the union says 2026-27 changes were not yet posted. Columns are Intern/Emergency, BA + Credential, 45, 60, 75 units. Bachelor lane = BA + Credential (start $71,665, max is printed step 27 $117,564). A master's or doctorate is a flat $3,128 annual stipend, not a lane, so master_start, master_max and doctorate_max are null. Top of schedule is the 75-unit column at step 27, $139,621 ($142,749 with the master's/doctorate stipend). Intern column starts at $60,479. Enrollment is CDE 2025-26 Fall Census Day (rank 15).
Confirm your placement
Experience credit and education requirements are set by the district. Check the official schedule for contract length, supplements and rules for moving between lanes. These base amounts are not take-home pay.
Reported district enrollment: 38,407 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Irvine Unified official salary schedule · Irvine Unified
- District source and context · Irvine Unified
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