San Francisco County teacher salaries, 2024-25
Only one district in San Francisco County reported its teacher salaries to the state for 2024-25: San Francisco Unified. Its average salary on the teacher schedule is $103,472, $80 below the California average.
What is the average teacher salary in San Francisco County?
First step on the schedule
$69,525
Top of the schedule
$131,654
- Rank in California
- 239th
- of 828 reporting districts by average salary
- Districts reporting
- 1
- San Francisco Unified
- Full-time equivalents
- 3,263
- on teacher schedules in the county
San Francisco Unified's full teacher salary schedule
Questions about teacher pay in San Francisco County
What is the average teacher salary in San Francisco County?
$103,472 a year in 2024-25: the average across everyone on San Francisco Unified's teacher salary schedule, the only district in San Francisco County that reported to the state. That's $80 below the California average of $103,552.
How much do teachers earn on the first step in San Francisco County?
On San Francisco Unified's schedule, pay runs from $69,525 on the first step to $131,654 at the top. The first step can be for teachers who don't yet hold a full credential; the district page shows which column it is.
Average teacher salaries in San Francisco County compared to nearby counties
Average salary on teacher schedules in each county that borders San Francisco County, and how much more or less it pays.3
- San Mateo County$115,726 average, 19 reporting districts$12,254 more than San Francisco County
- Marin County$113,855 average, 14 reporting districts$10,383 more than San Francisco County
- Alameda County$107,969 average, 19 reporting districts$4,497 more than San Francisco County
- Contra Costa County$100,497 average, 18 reporting districts$2,975 less than San Francisco County
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Sources for the San Francisco County figures
Salaries are the annual amounts on each 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 and can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. The county average, medians and rankings are our own arithmetic on these figures, using the same method as the state's published averages.
- Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
- California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: each district's raise on last year.
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2024: which counties border each other.