San Pasqual Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
San Pasqual Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Imperial County, with its district office in Winterhaven. A teacher with a full credential starts at $60,736. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+60 OR MA column, which climbs to $111,801 by step 24.
Lowest
$58,891
BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$92,935
- $23,227 below Imperial County average
- $10,617 below California average
Highest
$113,834
MA+30 with a credential, step 24
San Pasqual Valley Unified average
California average$103,552
Imperial County average$116,162above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 53
- Starting salary
- $60,736
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $91,542
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 442nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does San Pasqual Valley 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.
No
San Pasqual Valley Unified's average of $92,935 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
San Pasqual Valley Unified ranks 442nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 15 reporting districts in Imperial County
San Pasqual Valley Unified ranks 12th of 15, below the middle district.
Middle district: $106,492
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 San Pasqual Valley Unified's BA+30 column pays $69,730. Experienced teachers joining San Pasqual Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 9.
- 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. San Pasqual Valley Unified's columns run from BA+30 to MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. San Pasqual Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $60,736.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. San Pasqual Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $58,891.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at San Pasqual Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$86,841
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $111,801 on step 24.
San Pasqual Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 42% of San Pasqual Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at San Pasqual Valley 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 $14,844paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,75039 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$5,0008 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$2,0007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$42 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 9
Questions about teacher pay at San Pasqual Valley Unified
How much do San Pasqual Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on San Pasqual Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $92,935 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $58,891 (BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $113,834 (MA+30 with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at San Pasqual Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $60,736 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $58,891. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 9.
How long does it take to reach the top of the San Pasqual Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+60 OR MA column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $111,801. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at San Pasqual Valley Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and San Pasqual Valley Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,750 on top.
Is San Pasqual Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
San Pasqual Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 442nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 12th of 15 in Imperial County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $116,162 in Imperial County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Imperial County
Sources for the San Pasqual Valley 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.
- San Pasqual Valley 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.