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A grass-roots group of parents is fighting to narrow what they see as a troubling salary gap among teachers in West Contra Costa and other Bay Area districts, leaving the instructors struggling to keep up with the soaring cost of living.

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  • WCCUSDTeacherSalariesandBenefitscomparison

    ThetablebelowcomparesteachersalariesandbenefitsfromWCCUSDwithsomeotherContraCostaCountydistricts:

    ContraCostaCountySchoolDistricts20142015CredentialedTeacherSalaries

    AverageValueofBenefits

    StartingSalary 1 BA+45(Step5)

    BA+60(Step10)

    MaximumSalary

    AverageValueofBenefits

    JohnSwettUnified

    $42,937 $46,511 $58,700 $77,495 $15,844

    WestContraCostaUnified

    $38,699 $47,785 $59,640 $79,951 $12,630

    OakleyUnion $38,647 $49,217 $61,927 $78,742 $8,874Lafayette $43,032 $54,549 $66,357 $83,984 $15,148AntiochUnified $39,675 $55,288 $69,627 $88,457 $10,988AcalanesUnionHighSchoolDistrict

    $42,224 $60,218 $74,048 $94,793 $17,133

    MartinezUnified $43,832 $50,127 $65,077 $84,254 $17,176MountDiabloUnified 2

    $47,422 $54,169 $65,474 $87,437 $6,298

    SanRamonValley $47,074 $56,453 $71,484 $89,053 $13,195MoragaSchoolDistrict

    $48,316 $53,292 $65,051 $82,133+ $17,473

    BrentwoodUnion $50,861 $57,857 $74,122 $90,718 $6,847ContraCostaCountyAverage

    $43,884 $53,224 $66,501 $85,488 $12,873

    WCCUSDDifference(RaiseNeededtoReachContraCostaCountyAverage)

    $5,185 $5,439 $6,861 $5,537 2%(AboveAverage)

    AlamedaCountyAverage

    $48,758 $56,857 $70,200 $89,681 $8,640

    WCCUSDDifference(RaiseNeededtoReachAlamedaCountyAverage)

    $10,059 $9,072 $10,560 $9,730 46%(AboveAverage)

    1Listedsalariesareforfullycredentialedteachers.2Thesenumbersfor20152016;20142015wasnotavailableonline.

  • FormoredetailaboutsalariesinAlamedaCountyandthroughoutCalifornia,thereisananalysisfromearly2015ofsalarydatafromtheOaklandUnifiedSchoolDistrictathttp://www.goleadershipcenter.org/2015/03/compensation_comparison.php.Accordingtothisdocument,averageteachersalariesinAlamedaCountyrangefromastartingsalaryof$58,208toamaximumsalaryof$99,153.Thisdocumentalsocompareslargepublicdistrictswithahighpercentageoflowincome,Englishlanguagelearnersandfosterchildren(LCFF).Oaklandsunduplicatedpercentageis78%comparedtoWestContraCostaCountyspercentageof75%.Forthatgroup,theaveragesalariesrangefromastartingsalaryis$59,549toamaximumsalaryis$105,426.(NotethatthedistrictsinthatgrouparelargerthanWestContraCostaUnified;Oaklandhas~46,000studentsandStocktonhas~39,000studentscomparedwith~32,000inWCCUSD.)

    AnothersourceofinformationforsalaryandbenefitinformationisTransparentCalifornia,whichincludesinformationaboutadministratorandteachersalariesandbenefitsbydistrict.

    ThisinformationcompiledbyKensingtonparentReneeRubinRoss,[email protected].