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Contra Costa County Teacher Compensation

Certified (classroom) teachers, 2025-26 school year. Benchmarked across 17 Contra Costa County school districts in your comparison set. County Offices of Education are excluded, per your request.

How to read this report

Use the district selector below to spotlight any district. The percentile radar shows where that district ranks against its Contra Costa County peers on six dimensions, and the 20-year earnings chart traces a modeled teacher's cumulative pay over a full career. The comparison tables below carry every underlying figure, and every number links to a source entry.

17
Contra Costa districts compared
6
Dimensions on the radar
20 yrs
Modeled career earnings horizon
2025-26
Contract year for all figures
Methodology & data notes
  • Starting pay = lowest column, Step 1. Highest pay = the highest column, top step (schedule maximum). Mid-career pay = the salary in Year 10 of the modeled career path below.
  • Percentile rank for each district = (peers ranked below + 0.5 × peers tied) ÷ (districts scored) × 100. Percentiles are computed only among districts that publish that item, so the peer count (N) varies by dimension: pay dimensions N = 17, sick days N = 16, health N = 14.
  • 20-year cumulative earnings model: a teacher starts in the lowest column at Step 1, advances one step every year, and moves up one education column every 5 years (Years 6, 11, 16) until reaching the top column. Salaries for steps not explicitly listed are filled in by linear interpolation between the nearest listed steps; beyond a column's top listed step the salary is held flat.
  • Per diem = entry (Step 1, lowest column) salary ÷ work days per year. Per hour = per diem ÷ work hours per day; the hourly figure uses each district's elementary workday length where available (high-school length for high-school-only districts) and is omitted where no daily hours are published.
  • Health (family) = the maximum employer contribution toward a family medical plan, expressed per year.
  • Data availability: Canyon Elementary publishes no sick-leave, health-contribution, or daily-hours figures; Lafayette and West Contra Costa publish no teacher health contribution; Acalanes, Canyon, Lafayette, Mt. Diablo and West Contra Costa publish no daily work hours (so no per-hour figure). Brentwood Union publishes no teacher salary schedule, sick-leave or work-year figures in our data — only an employer family-health cap of about $21,101/yr[243] — so it is not shown in the salary-based views.
Radar, earnings line, and bar charts update to highlight Mt. Diablo Unified.

Percentile radar

Where the highlighted district ranks vs. Contra Costa peers (0 = lowest, 100 = highest). The dashed ring marks the 50th-percentile county midpoint.

Percentile values and their inputs are listed by district in Sources; the same figures appear in the percentile table below. Note that a higher "Work days" percentile means more contracted days (more instructional time and pay, but also more work).

20-year cumulative earnings

Modeled total pay accumulated over a 20-year career (see methodology). The highlighted district is orange; peers are shown faintly for context.

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Per-diem and per-hour rates

Daily and hourly value of a teacher's time, based on each district's entry (Step 1) salary, contracted work days, and daily work hours. Sorted highest to lowest; the selected district is highlighted.

Per-diem rate ($/day)

Per-hour rate ($/hour)

Per-hour rates are shown only for the 12 districts that publish a daily workday length. Exact figures — including the daily hours used for each district — are in the comparison table and Sources.

Compensation summary — all districts

Every 2025-26 figure behind the charts. Click a column header to sort.

DistrictStartingMid-career (Yr 10)HighestSick daysWork daysHealth (family/yr)Per diemPer hour20-yr cumulative
Acalanes Union High$69,400[1]$102,250[3]$135,104[2]12[4]186[5]$33,888[6]$373.12[7]—$2,091,010[8]
Antioch Unified$64,901[15]$89,360[17]$134,891[16]10[18]184[19]$34,722[20]$352.72[21]$49.82[22]$1,837,591[23]
Byron Union Elementary$59,534[30]$83,491[32]$114,853[31]10[33]183[34]$28,267[35]$325.32[36]$43.38[37]$1,730,931[38]
Canyon Elementary$57,963[45]$79,144[47]$106,980[46]—186[48]—$311.63[49]—$1,610,390[50]
John Swett Unified$66,750[55]$87,681[57]$120,473[56]12[58]185[59]$36,468[60]$360.81[61]$52.83[62]$1,799,788[63]
Knightsen Elementary$63,550[70]$83,588[72]$123,738[71]10[73]186[74]$9,600[75]$341.67[76]$45.56[77]$1,654,646[78]
Lafayette Elementary$63,282[85]$84,100[87]$122,661[86]10[88]186[89]—$340.23[90]—$1,666,450[91]
Liberty Union High$67,324[97]$93,897[99]$131,104[98]10[100]185[101]$32,892[102]$363.91[103]$50.78[104]$1,855,243[105]
Martinez Unified$64,863[112]$90,855[114]$124,053[113]10[115]186[116]$35,598[117]$348.73[118]$49.82[119]$1,826,702[120]
Moraga Elementary$65,319[127]$82,114[129]$124,905[128]10[130]186[131]$32,242[132]$351.18[133]$48.44[134]$1,752,015[135]
Mt. Diablo Unified$66,926[142]$87,988[144]$123,399[143]10[145]185[146]$36,468[147]$361.76[148]—$1,835,432[149]
Oakley Union Elementary$58,792[156]$83,218[158]$118,046[157]10[159]184[160]$26,940[161]$319.52[162]$42.60[163]$1,685,250[164]
Orinda Union Elementary$68,833[171]$83,430[173]$126,476[172]10[174]186[175]$28,056[176]$370.07[177]$51.98[178]$1,751,044[179]
Pittsburg Unified$69,159[186]$94,339[188]$122,808[187]10[189]185[190]$36,468[191]$373.83[192]$54.73[193]$1,917,699[194]
San Ramon Valley Unified$64,583[201]$81,305[203]$122,786[202]10[204]185[205]$36,288[206]$349.10[207]$49.87[208]$1,630,898[209]
Walnut Creek Elementary$62,755[216]$93,337[218]$123,161[217]10[219]186[220]$18,600[221]$337.39[222]$48.20[223]$1,863,768[224]
West Contra Costa Unified$66,556[231]$91,575[233]$125,365[232]11[234]185[235]—$359.76[236]—$1,851,222[237]

Percentile ranks — the radar data

Each district's percentile (0-100) on the six radar dimensions. "—" means the district does not publish that item. Click a header to sort.

DistrictStartingMid-careerHighestSick daysWork daysHealth
Acalanes Union High97[9]97[10]97[11]94[12]76[13]54[14]
Antioch Unified50[24]62[25]91[26]41[27]12[28]61[29]
Byron Union Elementary15[39]32[40]9[41]41[42]3[43]32[44]
Canyon Elementary3[51]3[52]3[53]—76[54]—
John Swett Unified68[64]50[65]21[66]94[67]35[68]89[69]
Knightsen Elementary32[79]38[80]56[81]41[82]76[83]4[84]
Lafayette Elementary26[92]44[93]26[94]41[95]76[96]—
Liberty Union High79[106]85[107]85[108]41[109]35[110]46[111]
Martinez Unified44[121]68[122]62[123]41[124]76[125]68[126]
Moraga Elementary56[136]15[137]68[138]41[139]76[140]39[141]
Mt. Diablo Unified74[150]56[151]50[152]41[153]35[154]89[155]
Oakley Union Elementary9[165]21[166]15[167]41[168]12[169]18[170]
Orinda Union Elementary85[180]26[181]79[182]41[183]76[184]25[185]
Pittsburg Unified91[195]91[196]38[197]41[198]35[199]89[200]
San Ramon Valley Unified38[210]9[211]32[212]41[213]35[214]75[215]
Walnut Creek Elementary21[225]79[226]44[227]41[228]76[229]11[230]
West Contra Costa Unified62[238]74[239]74[240]84[241]35[242]—
Prepared by Litix Insights · Contra Costa County certified-teacher comparison · 2025-26 contract year.