Public School Salary Schedule Data (2020-2021)

UPDATE (January 14, 2021): We’ve updated our table (see below) showing the lowest scheduled salary offered by California public school districts and county offices of education to fully credentialed public school teachers at the “B.A. + 30” level (as a minimum) for the 2019-20 school year. The district figures are derived from the most recently available Form J-90 data published by the California Department of Education.

Figures for county offices of education were compiled by a search of county office websites conducted by CAPSO in December, 2020. In those instances where the relevant salary figures we located differed from those appearing in the most recently published Form J-90 data, we used the higher figure. Readers wishing to search for certificated teacher salary data on websites maintained by the public school district in which their private school is located may follow the instructions provided on this CAPSO web page.

In the table below, the second column from the right displays the lowest salary offered to a certificated public school teacher holding a B.A. degree and at least 30 post-baccalaureate units.  The last column on the right shows 70 percent of that figure. In the table’s default display, public school districts are sorted by county.  Type the name of the county in which your private school is located in the search box at the upper right of the table to limit districts displayed to those located in that county.

California Labor Code Section 515.8 contains a minimum salary threshold requirement that must (in addition to other related requirements) be met in order for a private school teacher to be deemed an exempt employee.  To meet this requirement, a teacher must earn the greater of the following:

(A) No less than 100 percent of the lowest salary offered by any school district to a person who is in a position that requires the person to have a valid California teaching credential and is not employed in that position pursuant to an emergency permit, intern permit, or waiver.

(B) The equivalent of no less than 70 percent of the lowest schedule salary offered by the school district or county in which the private elementary or secondary academic institution is located to a person who is in a position that requires the person to have a valid California teaching credential and is not employed in that position pursuant to an emergency permit, intern permit, or waiver.

Using the Table

1. Scroll down the table to locate the public school district in which your private school is located.
2. Write down the corresponding figure appearing in the column titled “70%”, and write the letter “A” next to the figure.
3. Now find the row containing information for the relevant county office of education.
4. Write down the corresponding figure appearing in the column titled “70%” and write the letter “B” next to the figure.
5. Write down $33,068, and place the letter “C” next to this figure. (Update – December 15, 2020: We believe the figure of $33,068 represents the lowest salary offered to a fully credentialed public school teacher (at the “B.A. + 30” level) statewide for the 2020-21 school year.)
6. The minimum salary to be paid a private school teacher deemed an exempt employee is the lesser of “A” and “B” as long as that amount is greater than “C.”  If neither “A” or “B” is greater than “C,” then “C” ($33,068) is the minimum salary threshold.