After years of flat or dropping wages, California teachers are finally seeing some salary increases. The average salary last year increased 3-point-8 percent. The Superintendent of the Nevada County Office of Education, Holly Hermanson says raises have been minor. But she says it’s an encouraging sign, after years of state budget cutbacks featuring a number of layoffs…

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But Hermanson says staffing restoration will be a slow process…

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The number of teachers in California grew by about 2-percent, from 2014 to 2015, or around 4-thousand. The highest average teacher salary in Nevada County can be found in the Pleasant Ridge Elementary School District, at over 73-thousand dollars a year, an increase of 985 dollars from 2014.The lowest average pay is in the Chicago Park Elementary School District, at over 54-thousand, an increase of 150 dollars. The statewide average is over 74-thousand.