2025-26 · District salary guide
Capistrano UnifiedTeacher salary schedule
Find your pay ↓Published bachelor’s starting pay → highest published maximum across this district’s degree lanes. Placement depends on credited experience and education.
At Capistrano Unified, published bachelor’s starting pay is $66,197 for 2025-26.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Find the row for your credited step, then read across to your education lane. Missing values are marked “Not published”.
Master’s and Doctorate pay are not published in this schedule, so those columns are left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s |
|---|---|
| 1 | $66,197 |
| 2 | $68,514 |
| 3 | $70,912 |
| 4 | $73,394 |
| 5 | $75,963 |
| 6 | $78,622 |
| 7 | $81,374 |
| 8 | $84,222 |
| 9 | $87,170 |
| 10 | $90,221 |
| 11 | $93,379 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $66,197
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $122,602
- Master’s maximum
- $135,076
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2025-26.
Schedule notes
Certificated Salary Schedule with Base Credential, effective 7/1/2025 (adopted 6/18/2025, includes 1.5% increase); no 2026-27 schedule posted as of 2026-10-28. Columns: A BA+0-44; B BA+45-59; C BA+60-74; D BA+75 with master's. A master's adds a flat $2,482 stipend (same for doctorate) rather than placing on a separate column, so master_start is null. bachelor_max is Column C longevity at 23 years ($122,602); master_max is the printed maximum of $135,076, which includes the $2,482 master's stipend. Steps show Column A (steps 1-11).
Confirm your placement
Experience credit and education requirements are set by the district. Check the official schedule for contract length, supplements and rules for moving between lanes. These base amounts are not take-home pay.
Reported district enrollment: 46,429 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Capistrano Unified official salary schedule · Capistrano Unified
- District source and context · Capistrano Unified
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