Coronado Unified School District teacher salaries
Coronado Unified School District is a unified school district in San Diego County, with its district office in Coronado. Pay starts at $53,988 on the first step. The largest group (54%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $130,232 by step 33.
What is the average teacher salary at Coronado Unified?
Lowest
$53,988
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$93,800
- $8,846 below San Diego County average
- $9,752 below California average
Highest
$130,232
BA+75+MA, step 33
Coronado Unified average
AveragesSan Diego County $102,646, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 176
- Starting salary
- $53,988
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $96,236
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 426th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Coronado Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 44% of Coronado Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+45, BA+70 OR BA+60+MA, BA+75+MA continue past step 11.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Coronado Unified
Two things place a teacher on Coronado 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 Coronado Unified's BA column pays $61,042. Experienced teachers joining Coronado Unified can be placed as high as step 26.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Coronado Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Coronado Unified?
On the BA+75+MA column, pay passes $100,000 at step 14, with $100,325. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$95,289
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $130,232 on step 33.
Does Coronado 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.
No
Coronado Unified's average of $93,800 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Coronado Unified ranks 426th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 37 reporting districts in San Diego County
Coronado Unified ranks 30th of 37, below the middle district.
Middle district: $100,279
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 Coronado 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 $20,878paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,0003 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$2,0008 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 26
Questions about teacher pay at Coronado Unified
How much do Coronado Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Coronado Unified's teacher schedule is $93,800 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,988 (BA, step 1) to $130,232 (BA+75+MA, step 33).
What does a new teacher earn at Coronado Unified?
The schedule starts at $53,988 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 26.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Coronado Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA column, where 54% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 33, where it reaches $130,232. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Coronado Unified teacher pay high for California?
Coronado Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 426th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 30th of 37 in San Diego County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $102,646 in San Diego County.
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Sources for the Coronado 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.
- Coronado 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.