Rio Dell Elementary School District teacher salaries

Rio Dell Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Humboldt County, with its district office in Rio Dell. Pay starts at $47,622 on the first step. The largest group (68%) is on the BA+80+MA column, which climbs to $97,014 by step 29.

What is the average teacher salary at Rio Dell Elementary?

Lowest

$47,622

BA+30, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$75,607

  • $2,552 above Humboldt County average
  • $27,945 below California average

Highest

$97,014

BA+80+MA, step 29

Rio Dell Elementary average

Humboldt County average$73,055

California average$103,552above the highest salary here

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
25
Starting salary
$47,622
BA+30, step 1
Median salary
$80,494
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
698th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Rio Dell Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252

No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 32% of Rio Dell Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

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Only BA+80+MA continues past step 23.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
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  5. 0
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 Rio Dell Elementary

Two things place a teacher on Rio Dell 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 Rio Dell Elementary's BA+30 column pays $50,037. Experienced teachers joining Rio Dell Elementary can be placed as high as step 11.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Rio Dell Elementary's columns run from BA+30 to BA+80+MA, 6 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Rio Dell Elementary?

The BA+80+MA column tops out at $97,014, below $100,000. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$76,580

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $97,014 on step 29.

$97,014$47,622
Step 1Step 30
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Does Rio Dell 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.

No

Rio Dell Elementary's average of $75,607 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Rio Dell Elementary ranks 698th of 828.

Rio Dell Elementary
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 22 reporting districts in Humboldt County

Rio Dell Elementary ranks 3rd of 22, above the middle district.

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$40k$60k$80k

Middle district: $71,450

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 Rio Dell 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Rio Dell Elementary

How much do Rio Dell Elementary teachers make?

The average salary on Rio Dell Elementary's teacher schedule is $75,607 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $47,622 (BA+30, step 1) to $97,014 (BA+80+MA, step 29).

What does a new teacher earn at Rio Dell Elementary?

The schedule starts at $47,622 (BA+30, 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 Rio Dell Elementary pay scale?

On the BA+80+MA column, where 68% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $97,014. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Rio Dell Elementary teacher pay high for California?

Rio Dell Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 698th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd of 22 in Humboldt County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $73,055 in Humboldt County.

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Sources for the Rio Dell 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Rio Dell 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.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

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