Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District teacher salaries
Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Alameda County, with its district office in Livermore. A teacher with a full credential starts at $71,241. The largest group (65%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $131,624 by step 24.
Lowest
$58,717
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$108,819
- $850 above Alameda County average
- $5,267 above California average
Highest
$131,624
BA+75 with a credential, step 24
Livermore Valley Joint Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Alameda County $107,969
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 666
- Starting salary
- $71,241
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $112,513
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 146th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Livermore Valley Joint Unified pay teachers more than the median California district?
Line up all 828 reporting California districts from the lowest average salary to the highest. The one in the middle is the median district: half the districts pay a lower average, half pay a higher one. A median isn't pulled up or down by a few unusually high- or low-paying districts, so it shows what a typical district pays.
Yes
Livermore Valley Joint Unified's average of $108,819 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Livermore Valley Joint Unified ranks 146th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 19 reporting districts in Alameda County
Livermore Valley Joint Unified ranks 12th of 19, below the middle district.
Middle district: $111,218
Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean
Teacher pay in California is set by a grid. Two things place you on it: how long you've taught and how much college you've done.
- Step
- Steps go up with years of service. Step 5 on Livermore Valley Joint Unified's BA column pays $79,323. Experienced teachers joining Livermore Valley Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 24.
- Column, such as BA+98
- Your bachelor's degree (BA) plus the college semester units you've completed since. BA+98 means a bachelor's plus 98 more units. Livermore Valley Joint Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Livermore Valley Joint Unified's credentialed columns start at $71,241.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Livermore Valley Joint Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $58,717.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Livermore Valley Joint Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$105,439
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $131,624 on step 24.
Livermore Valley Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 50% of Livermore Valley Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Livermore Valley Joint Unified
Bonuses are paid on top of the schedule, in the amounts the district reported.2 Teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.3 Extra pay for coaching, clubs and similar duties isn't part of this report.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $10,900paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,500337 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,50011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$5,55613 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$5,55625 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$45 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.85%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 24
Questions about teacher pay at Livermore Valley Joint Unified
How much do Livermore Valley Joint Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Livermore Valley Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $108,819 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $58,717 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $131,624 (BA+75 with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Livermore Valley Joint Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $71,241 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $58,717. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 24.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 65% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $131,624. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Livermore Valley Joint Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Livermore Valley Joint Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,500.
Is Livermore Valley Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?
Livermore Valley Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 146th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 12th of 19 in Alameda County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $107,969 in Alameda County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Alameda County
Sources for the Livermore Valley Joint Unified figures
Salaries are the annual amounts on the district's certificated salary schedule. Following the state's definitions, they leave out extended-year pay, bonuses and extra-curricular pay such as coaching. Counts are full-time equivalents, so two half-time teachers count as one, and they can include counselors, nurses and librarians paid on the same schedule. County averages, ranks and percentages are our own arithmetic on these figures; our statewide average matches the state's published $103,552.
- California Department of Education, Selected Certificated Salaries and Related Statistics, 2024-25, Table I: average salary paid, raise on last year, highest starting step. The median salary is our own calculation from source 2.
- Livermore Valley Joint Unified's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedule, full-time equivalents per cell, bonuses, health contributions, work days.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.