2026-27 · District salary guide
Riverside 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 Riverside Unified, published master’s starting pay is $75,432 for 2026-27.
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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”.
Doctorate pay is not published in this schedule, so that column is left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $74,796 | $75,432 |
| 2 | $75,931 | $78,259 |
| 3 | $77,262 | $81,195 |
| 4 | $79,852 | $84,240 |
| 5 | $82,845 | $87,398 |
| 6 | $85,947 | $90,679 |
| 7 | $89,173 | $94,077 |
| 8 | $92,518 | $97,605 |
| 9 | $92,518 | $101,267 |
| 10 | $92,518 | $105,065 |
| 11 | $92,518 | $109,001 |
| 12 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 13 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 14 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 15 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 16 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 17 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 18 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 19 | $92,518 | $113,090 |
| 20 | $94,832 | $115,917 |
| 21 | $94,832 | $115,917 |
| 22 | $94,832 | $115,917 |
| 23 | $94,832 | $115,917 |
| 24 | $97,145 | $118,745 |
| 25 | $97,145 | $118,745 |
| 26 | $97,145 | $118,745 |
| 27 | $97,145 | $118,745 |
| 28 | $99,458 | $121,572 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $74,796
- Master’s starting pay
- $75,432
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $99,458
- Master’s maximum
- $121,572
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Teacher Annual Salary Schedule 002, effective July 1, 2026, 186 days, board approved 6/25/2026. Columns: A = BA to 44 units (bachelor lane); B = MA or BA+45-59 (master lane, plain MA); C = MA+15 or BA+60; D = MA+30 or BA+75. Max values are the step 28 anniversary-increment figures (steps 20/24/28 are longevity anniversary steps based on step 14): A $99,458, B $121,572; top of schedule is column D $144,274. Doctorate is a flat $750 annual stipend, not a lane, so doctorate_max is null. Step numbers as printed (1-28). Enrollment is CDE 2025-26 Fall Census Day (rank 16).
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: 38,110 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Riverside Unified official salary schedule · Riverside Unified
- District source and context · Riverside Unified
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