Walnut Creek Elementary School District teacher salaries
Walnut Creek Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Contra Costa County, with its district office in Walnut Creek. Pay starts at $60,927 on the first step. The largest group (50%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $119,573 by step 21.
What is the average teacher salary at Walnut Creek Elementary?
Lowest
$60,927
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$95,557
- $4,940 below Contra Costa County average
- $7,995 below California average
Highest
$119,573
BA+75, step 21
Walnut Creek Elementary average
AveragesContra Costa County $100,497, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 194
- Starting salary
- $60,927
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $96,958
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 392nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Walnut Creek Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 30% of Walnut Creek Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75 continues past step 12.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Walnut Creek Elementary
Two things place a teacher on Walnut Creek Elementary'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 Walnut Creek Elementary's BA column pays $72,430. Experienced teachers joining Walnut Creek Elementary can be placed as high as step 11.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Walnut Creek Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+75, 4 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Walnut Creek Elementary?
On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 11, with $100,319. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$97,348
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $119,573 on step 21.
Does Walnut Creek Elementary 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
Walnut Creek Elementary's average of $95,557 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Walnut Creek Elementary ranks 392nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 18 reporting districts in Contra Costa County
Walnut Creek Elementary ranks 14th of 18, below the middle district.
Middle district: $99,272
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 Walnut Creek Elementary
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 $18,600paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,20099 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,4002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$5003 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$54 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at Walnut Creek Elementary
How much do Walnut Creek Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Walnut Creek Elementary's teacher schedule is $95,557 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,927 (BA, step 1) to $119,573 (BA+75, step 21).
What does a new teacher earn at Walnut Creek Elementary?
The schedule starts at $60,927 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Walnut Creek Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 50% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 21, where it reaches $119,573. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Walnut Creek Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Walnut Creek Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,200 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,400.
Is Walnut Creek Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Walnut Creek Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 392nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 14th of 18 in Contra Costa County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $100,497 in Contra Costa County.
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- Mt. Diablo Unified$98,848 average salary on the schedule
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- John Swett Unified$95,935 average salary on the schedule
- West Contra Costa Unified$92,097 average salary on the schedule
Sources for the Walnut Creek Elementary 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.
- Walnut Creek Elementary'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.