Lakeport Unified School District teacher salaries
Lakeport Unified School District is a unified school district in Lake County, with its district office in Lakeport. A teacher with a full credential starts at $60,300. The largest group (36%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $108,701 by step 16.
Lowest
$57,285
INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$78,736
- $1,018 above Lake County average
- $24,816 below California average
Highest
$108,701
BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 16
Lakeport Unified average
Lake County average$77,718
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 76
- Starting salary
- $60,300
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $77,888
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 646th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Lakeport 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
Lakeport Unified's average of $78,736 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Lakeport Unified ranks 646th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 7 reporting districts in Lake County
Lakeport Unified ranks 3rd of 7, above the middle district.
Middle district: $78,633
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 Lakeport Unified's BA column pays $70,350. Experienced teachers joining Lakeport Unified can be placed as high as step 15.
- 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. Lakeport Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75 OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Lakeport Unified's credentialed columns start at $60,300.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Lakeport Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $57,285.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Lakeport Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$91,958
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $108,701 on step 16.
Lakeport Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 5% of Lakeport Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Lakeport 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 $16,500paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$4,00037 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$4,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$3,50011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 15
Questions about teacher pay at Lakeport Unified
How much do Lakeport Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Lakeport Unified's teacher schedule is $78,736 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $57,285 (INTERN/ PERMIT before a full credential, step 1) to $108,701 (BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 16).
What does a new teacher earn at Lakeport Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $60,300 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $57,285. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Lakeport Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, where 36% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 16, where it reaches $108,701. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Lakeport Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Lakeport Unified reports a master's bonus of $4,000 on top.
Is Lakeport Unified teacher pay high for California?
Lakeport Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 646th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 3rd of 7 in Lake County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $77,718 in Lake County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Lake County
Sources for the Lakeport 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.
- Lakeport 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.