2026-27 · District salary guide
Santa Ana 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 Santa Ana Unified, published master’s starting pay is $74,695 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 | $72,692 | $74,695 |
| 2 | $72,692 | $78,061 |
| 3 | $72,692 | $81,570 |
| 4 | $72,692 | $85,244 |
| 5 | $72,692 | $89,082 |
| 6 | $74,983 | $93,093 |
| 7 | $78,357 | $97,276 |
| 8 | Not published | $101,655 |
| 9 | Not published | $106,227 |
| 10 | Not published | $111,009 |
| 11 | Not published | $116,008 |
| 12 | Not published | $121,293 |
| 16 | Not published | $128,278 |
| 21 | Not published | $137,463 |
| 26 | Not published | $142,258 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $72,692
- Master’s starting pay
- $74,695
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $78,357
- Master’s maximum
- $142,258
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Annual Certificated Salary Schedule A1 (187 workdays), 2026-2027, board approved 6/16/2026, 2.5% increase effective 7/1/26 (per SAEA agreement 2025-2028). Lanes: bachelor = Class I (BA; max step 7; applies to teachers without a full credential, but it is the lane labeled BA); master = Class IV (Masters/Doctorate). Class II is BA+24 and Class III BA+45 (not shown in steps). Master lane max is printed step 26 ($142,258); printed steps are 1-12, 16, 21, 26. Doctorate gets a 1% stipend on Class IV, not a separate lane (doctorate_max null). Column positions confirmed by PDF word coordinates. Enrollment is CDE 2025-26 Fall Census Day (rank 18).
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: 36,134 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Santa Ana Unified official salary schedule · Santa Ana Unified
- District source and context · Santa Ana Unified
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