Compton Unified School District teacher salaries

Compton Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Compton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $62,900. The largest group (50%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $117,259 by step 25.

Lowest

$52,034

BA before a full credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$99,466

$4,028 below Los Angeles County average
$4,086 below California average

Highest

$117,259

BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 25

Compton Unified average

AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 859
Starting salary: $62,900; BA with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $108,643; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 306th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Compton 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

Compton Unified's average of $99,466 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Compton Unified ranks 306th of 828.

Compton Unified

$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County

Compton Unified ranks 46th of 71, below the middle district.

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$80k$100k$120k

Middle district: $103,471

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 Compton Unified's BA column pays $71,465. Experienced teachers joining Compton Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
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. Compton Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 7 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Compton Unified's credentialed columns start at $62,900.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Compton Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $52,034.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Compton Unified?

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Degree and units (column)Step (roughly years of experience): 10

$93,735

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $117,259 on step 25.

$117,259$52,034

Step 1Step 25

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Compton Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 55% of Compton Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Compton Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45 OR MA	BA+60 OR MA+15	BA+75 OR MA+30	BA+75+MA OR MA+30
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 to 18
19 to 21
22
23 to 24
25

Only BA+75+MA OR MA+30 continues past step 22.

Compton Unified without full credential salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	BA	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45 OR MA
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

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Full-time equivalents in a cell

Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Compton 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 $16,752paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonus$1,00031 full-time equivalents eligible
Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$1,000106 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school pay$55 an hour
Work days a year184 days183 of them with students
Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11

Questions about teacher pay at Compton Unified

How much do Compton Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Compton Unified's teacher schedule is $99,466 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $52,034 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $117,259 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 25).

What does a new teacher earn at Compton Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $62,900 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $52,034. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Compton Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 50% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $117,259. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Compton Unified teacher pay high for California?

Compton Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 306th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 46th of 71 in Los Angeles County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $103,494 in Los Angeles County.

Keep exploring teacher pay in Los Angeles County

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Sources for the Compton 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.
Compton 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.

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