Emery Unified School District teacher salaries

Emery Unified School District is a unified school district in Alameda County, with its district office in Emeryville. Pay starts at $57,690 on the first step. The largest group (71%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $117,328 by step 25.

What is the average teacher salary at Emery Unified?

Lowest

$57,690

BA TO 44, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$97,012

$10,957 below Alameda County average
$6,540 below California average

Highest

$117,328

BA+75, step 25

Emery Unified average

AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Alameda County $107,969

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 42
Starting salary: $57,690; BA TO 44, step 1
Median salary: $95,772; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 349th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Emery Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Emery Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Emery Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA TO 44	BA+45	BA+60	BA+75
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 to 20
21 to 24
25

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Full-time equivalents in a cell

Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Emery Unified

Two things place a teacher on Emery Unified's grid: years of service (the step) and college units since the bachelor's degree (the column). How we read the schedules.

Step: One per year of service; step 5 on Emery Unified's BA TO 44 column pays $69,419. Experienced teachers joining Emery Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
Column, such as BA+98: A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Emery Unified's columns run from BA TO 44 to BA+75, 4 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Emery Unified?

On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 13, with $101,171. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$92,832

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $117,328 on step 25.

$117,328$57,690

Step 1Step 25

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Does Emery Unified pay teachers more than the median California district?

Line up all 828 reporting California districts from the lowest average salary to the highest. The one in the middle is the median district: half the districts pay a lower average, half pay a higher one. A median isn't pulled up or down by a few unusually high- or low-paying districts, so it shows what a typical district pays.

Yes

Emery Unified's average of $97,012 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Emery Unified ranks 349th of 828.

Emery Unified

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 19 reporting districts in Alameda County

Emery Unified ranks 17th of 19, below the middle district.

Emery Unified

$80k$100k$120k

Middle district: $111,218

Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Emery Unified

Bonuses are paid on top of the schedule, in the amounts the district reported.² Teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.³ Extra pay for coaching, clubs and similar duties isn't part of this report.

Health insurance, family planUp to $34,044paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonusNot reported
Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonusNot reported
Summer school pay$65 an hour
Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year10%
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25

Questions about teacher pay at Emery Unified

How much do Emery Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Emery Unified's teacher schedule is $97,012 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $57,690 (BA TO 44, step 1) to $117,328 (BA+75, step 25).

What does a new teacher earn at Emery Unified?

The schedule starts at $57,690 (BA TO 44, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Emery Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75 column, where 71% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $117,328. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Emery Unified teacher pay high for California?

Emery Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 349th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 17th of 19 in Alameda County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $107,969 in Alameda County.

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Sources for the Emery Unified figures

Salaries are the annual amounts on the district's certificated salary schedule. Following the state's definitions, they leave out extended-year pay, bonuses and extra-curricular pay such as coaching. Counts are full-time equivalents, so two half-time teachers count as one, and they can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. County averages, ranks and percentages are our own arithmetic on these figures; our statewide average matches the state's published $103,552.

California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: average salary paid, raise on last year, highest starting step. The median salary is our own calculation from source 2.
Emery Unified's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedule, full-time equivalents per cell, bonuses, health contributions, work days.
U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

How we read the data