2025-26 · District salary guide
Sacramento City 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 Sacramento City Unified, published master’s starting pay is $65,156 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”.
Doctorate pay is not published in this schedule, so that column is left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $64,225 | $65,156 |
| 2 | $64,227 | $67,438 |
| 3 | $66,476 | $69,798 |
| 4 | $68,801 | $72,242 |
| 5 | $71,209 | $74,769 |
| 6 | $73,699 | $77,382 |
| 7 | $76,280 | $80,092 |
| 8 | $78,949 | $82,896 |
| 9 | $78,949 | $85,799 |
| 10 | $78,949 | $88,804 |
| 11 | $78,949 | $91,911 |
| 12 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 13 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 14 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 15 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 16 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 17 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 18 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 19 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
| 20 | $78,949 | $95,127 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $64,225
- Master’s starting pay
- $65,156
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $78,949
- Master’s maximum
- $95,127
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
SCTA K-12 and Preschool Teachers' Salary Schedule (fully credentialed), 2025-26, effective 7/1/2025 with 2% increase, updated 9/18/2025, 192 service days. Newest posted by the union; no 2026-27 grid found on district or union sites. Lanes: bachelor = Class A (BA); master = Class B (BA+45 semester units OR Master's degree). Classes C-E add units (E tops at $135,137, step 20). Annual figures used. Doctorate is a flat $3,000 add-on, not a lane (doctorate_max null). Enrollment is CDE 2025-26 Fall Census Day (rank 14).
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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: 41,868 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Sacramento City Unified official salary schedule · Sacramento City Unified
- District source and context · Sacramento City Unified
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