2026-27 · District salary guide
San Francisco 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 San Francisco Unified, published bachelor’s starting pay is $77,499 for 2026-27.
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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 | $77,499 |
| 2 | $78,391 |
| 3 | $79,277 |
| 4 | $80,171 |
| 5 | $81,057 |
| 6 | $81,943 |
| 7 | $82,835 |
| 8 | $83,724 |
| 9 | $84,614 |
| 10 | $85,501 |
| 11 | $86,901 |
| 12 | $89,618 |
| 13 | $92,333 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $77,499
- Master’s starting pay
- Not published
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $127,941
- Master’s maximum
- Not published
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
UESF 2025-2027 contract; 2026-27 base (effective 7/1/2026, +2%), 186 days. Figures are base salary; the schedule also prints totals including the QTEA ($1,897) and FWEA ($3,882) add-ons ($83,278 at entry). Max is B8 Career Increment E (steps 26-28) base of $127,941; total with add-ons $137,945 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=10YKAxgv33hSK6MxB1TeBEsuuDK_1LGT9). SFUSD columns are based on units, not a separate MA lane, so master fields are null. Steps show the B6 schedule base salary. The B7 schedule (BA+30-59) was not read.
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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: 55,237 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- San Francisco Unified official salary schedule · San Francisco Unified
- District source and context · San Francisco Unified
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