Dinuba Unified School District teacher salaries
Dinuba Unified School District is a unified school district in Tulare County, with its district office in Dinuba. Pay starts at $64,875 on the first step. The largest group (38%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $124,349 by step 18.
What is the average teacher salary at Dinuba Unified?
Lowest
$64,875
CRED, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$104,312
- $5,708 above Tulare County average
- $760 above California average
Highest
$126,214
BA+75+MA, step 18
Dinuba Unified average
AveragesTulare County $98,604, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 323
- Starting salary
- $64,875
- CRED, step 1
- Median salary
- $107,265
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 230th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Dinuba Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 46% of Dinuba Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75, BA+75+MA continue past step 12.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Dinuba Unified
Two things place a teacher on Dinuba 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. Experienced teachers joining Dinuba Unified can be placed as high as step 18.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Dinuba Unified's columns run from CRED to BA+75+MA, 9 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Dinuba Unified?
On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 11, with $101,107. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$98,162
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $124,349 on step 18.
Does Dinuba 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.
Yes
Dinuba Unified's average of $104,312 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Dinuba Unified ranks 230th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 38 reporting districts in Tulare County
Dinuba Unified ranks 6th of 38, above the middle district.
Middle district: $93,328
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 Dinuba 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 $15,803paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$55 an hour
- Work days a year185 days181 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.13%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 18
Questions about teacher pay at Dinuba Unified
How much do Dinuba Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Dinuba Unified's teacher schedule is $104,312 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $64,875 (CRED, step 1) to $126,214 (BA+75+MA, step 18).
What does a new teacher earn at Dinuba Unified?
The schedule starts at $64,875 (CRED, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 18.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Dinuba Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 38% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 18, where it reaches $124,349. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Dinuba Unified teacher pay high for California?
Dinuba Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 230th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 6th of 38 in Tulare County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $98,604 in Tulare County.
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Sources for the Dinuba 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.
- Dinuba 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.