Bellevue Union School District teacher salaries

Bellevue Union School District (BUSD) is an elementary school district in Sonoma County, with its district office in Santa Rosa. Pay starts at $65,947 on the first step. The largest group (30%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $126,651 by step 21.

What is the average teacher salary at Bellevue Union?

Lowest

$65,947

BA, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$101,528

  • $4,772 above Sonoma County average
  • $2,024 below California average

Highest

$128,104

MA, step 21

Bellevue Union average

AveragesSonoma County $96,756, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
79
Starting salary
$65,947
BA, step 1
Median salary
$98,310
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
272nd of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Bellevue Union's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 41% of Bellevue Union's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBABA+45BA+60BA+75MA
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Only BA+60, BA+75, MA continue past step 12.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 7
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 Bellevue Union

Two things place a teacher on Bellevue Union'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 Bellevue Union's BA column pays $75,465. Experienced teachers joining Bellevue Union can be placed as high as step 20.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Bellevue Union's columns run from BA to MA, 5 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Bellevue Union?

On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 12, with $101,419. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$96,662

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,651 on step 21.

$128,104$65,947
Step 1Step 21
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Does Bellevue Union 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

Bellevue Union's average of $101,528 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Bellevue Union ranks 272nd of 828.

Bellevue Union
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 28 reporting districts in Sonoma County

Bellevue Union ranks 9th of 28, above the middle district.

Bellevue Union
$80k$100k

Middle district: $96,755

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 Bellevue Union

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 Bellevue Union

How much do Bellevue Union teachers make?

The average salary on Bellevue Union's teacher schedule is $101,528 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $65,947 (BA, step 1) to $128,104 (MA, step 21).

What does a new teacher earn at Bellevue Union?

The schedule starts at $65,947 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 20.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Bellevue Union pay scale?

On the BA+75 column, where 30% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 21, where it reaches $126,651. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Bellevue Union teacher pay high for California?

Bellevue Union's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 272nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th of 28 in Sonoma County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $96,756 in Sonoma County.

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Sources for the Bellevue Union 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. Bellevue Union'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.

How we read the data