California · 2024 pay
How much do Sunnyvale School District employees make?
$56,865typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2024
$14,861 – $113,563what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2024, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Teacher Tk-5Substitute TeacherPara Educator Specialist Ed
✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$14,816
$56,688
$112,697
$364,578
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $55,811 in 2022 to $56,865 in 2024 (+2%).
What changed since 2023
- −2.2%Typical pay went down from $58,171 to $56,865.
- +1001,230 people were paid in 2024, compared with 1,130 in 2023.
- +2%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $55,811 to $56,865, while the number of people paid went up from 1,094 to 1,230.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2024
A typical worker's year
Sunnyvale School District
official data
2022–2024
| Regular pay | $55,027 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $63 |
| Extra pay | $1,598 |
| Total for the year | $56,688 |
Average of the 61 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2024.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Tk-5 | 219 | $113,529 | $86k – $134k | ▲ 4.6% |
| Substitute Teacher | 154 | $2,863 | $1k – $11k | ▼ 4.6% |
| Para Educator Specialist Ed | 109 | $40,373 | $26k – $48k | new |
| Teacher 6 7 8 | 99 | $115,661 | $81k – $133k | ▲ 2.8% |
| Noon Duty Assistant | 61 | $4,771 | $2k – $7k | ▲ 8.6% |
| Para Educator Behavior Technician | 51 | $18,172 | $16k – $49k | ▼ 24.2% |
| Para Educator Reg Ed | 26 | $29,598 | $20k – $37k | ▼ 6.9% |
| Substitute Para Educator | 21 | $3,215 | $2k – $5k | ▼ 27.9% |
| Para Educator-Early Learning | 20 | $39,675 | $19k – $47k | ▲ 8.9% |
| Social Worker Interns Sub | 20 | $8,227 | $8k – $11k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Teacher on Specialist Assignment | 19 | $119,942 | $71k – $143k | new |
| Custodian I | 19 | $80,512 | $74k – $84k | ▲ 11.3% |
| Substitute Clerical | 19 | $964 | $0k – $5k | ▼ 64.7% |
| Food Service Assistant I | 18 | $37,863 | $30k – $51k | ▲ 6.1% |
| Speech Therapist | 17 | $130,486 | $115k – $140k | ▲ 2.5% |
| Assistant Principal | 15 | $171,734 | $165k – $186k | ▲ 5.8% |
| Resource Specialist | 15 | $93,253 | $76k – $135k | ▼ 8.4% |
| School Admin Assistant I | 14 | $60,155 | $37k – $69k | ▲ 7.2% |
| Food Service Assistant II | 13 | $40,723 | $17k – $57k | ▲ 7.0% |
| Bilingual Para-Educator | 13 | $36,110 | $9k – $46k | ▼ 18.9% |
| Summer School Teacher | 13 | $6,400 | $6k – $6k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Teacher on Specialist Assign Ins Coa | 12 | $131,568 | $121k – $138k | new |
| Selpa Behavior Specialist | 11 | $93,562 | $89k – $95k | new |
| Custodian II | 11 | $86,431 | $77k – $101k | ▲ 9.2% |
| Social Worker | 10 | $117,742 | $61k – $125k | ▲ 3.0% |
| School Admin Assistant II | 10 | $77,155 | $71k – $80k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Health Assistant | 10 | $51,204 | $47k – $54k | ▲ 1.0% |
| Learning Resource Center Specialist | 9 | $67,076 | $67k – $71k | ▲ 11.6% |
| Para Educator Klas | 9 | $27,412 | $26k – $35k | ▲ 58.9% |
| Teacher Pre-School | 8 | $128,260 | $120k – $134k | ▲ 17.0% |
| Elementary Principal | 7 | $188,406 | $187k – $189k | ▲ 3.6% |
| School Psych / Program Specialist | 7 | $150,337 | $148k – $156k | ▲ 7.3% |
| Occupational Therapist | 7 | $135,410 | $129k – $142k | ▲ 6.9% |
| Psychologist | 7 | $132,090 | $102k – $152k | ▲ 25.8% |
| Temporary Teacher Tk-5 | 7 | $98,658 | $97k – $130k | ▲ 0.7% |
| Klas Site Coordinator | 7 | $61,944 | $59k – $67k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Behavioral Inter Service Supervisor | 6 | $122,659 | $111k – $136k | new |
| Teacher Elementary Floater | 6 | $99,371 | $77k – $130k | ▼ 16.8% |
| School Outreach Assistant | 6 | $48,932 | $37k – $53k | ▲ 47.6% |
| Bus Driver/Maintenance Worker | 5 | $73,140 | $71k – $76k | ▲ 7.4% |
| School Board Member | 5 | $3,868 | $4k – $4k | ▲ 0.0% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k256
- $10k – $30k146
- $30k – $50k167
- $50k – $70k137
- $70k – $90k109
- $90k – $110k94
- $110k – $150k264
- $150k or more57
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| District Office Terms | 169 | $40,610 |
| Certificated Subs | 143 | $3,400 |
| Sunnyvale Middle | 92 | $108,219 |
| Columbia Middle | 85 | $76,718 |
| Ellis | 77 | $81,929 |
| Bishop | 73 | $58,174 |
| Cherry Chase | 68 | $66,383 |
| San Miguel | 67 | $82,658 |
| Cumberland | 64 | $71,904 |
| Vargas | 63 | $64,782 |
| Lakewood | 62 | $71,216 |
| Special Education Department | 57 | $93,562 |
Highest paid at Sunnyvale School District in 2024
Common questions
How much does a Sunnyvale School District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $56,865 in 2024: half of the 1,230 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $14,861 and $113,563.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 256 people (20.8%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (97.3% of all pay), overtime (0.2%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (2.5%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals