Glendale Unified School District teacher salaries
Glendale Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Glendale. A teacher with a full credential starts at $60,473. The largest group (68%) is on the BA+70+MA column, which climbs to $120,290 by step 28.
Lowest
$56,417
BA INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$96,005
- $7,489 below Los Angeles County average
- $7,547 below California average
Highest
$120,290
BA+70+MA with a credential, step 28
Glendale Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,173
- Starting salary
- $60,473
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $101,374
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 380th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Glendale 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
Glendale Unified's average of $96,005 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Glendale Unified ranks 380th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Glendale Unified ranks 59th of 71, below the middle district.
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 Glendale Unified's BA column pays $60,479. Experienced teachers joining Glendale Unified can be placed as high as step 12.
- 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. Glendale Unified's columns run from BA to BA+70+MA, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Glendale Unified's credentialed columns start at $60,473.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Glendale Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $56,417.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Glendale Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$94,430
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $120,290 on step 28.
Glendale Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Glendale Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA INTERN/ EMERG continues past step 5.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Glendale 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 $39,790paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,71617 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,93728 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$3,9117 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$2,402177 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 12
Questions about teacher pay at Glendale Unified
How much do Glendale Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Glendale Unified's teacher schedule is $96,005 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,417 (BA INTERN/ EMERG before a full credential, step 1) to $120,290 (BA+70+MA with a credential, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Glendale Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $60,473 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $56,417. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 12.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Glendale Unified pay scale?
On the BA+70+MA column, where 68% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $120,290. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Glendale Unified teacher pay high for California?
Glendale Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 380th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 59th 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.
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Sources for the Glendale 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.
- Glendale 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.