Hacienda la Puente Unified School District teacher salaries
Hacienda la Puente Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in City Of Industry. Pay starts at $70,168 on the first step. The largest group (56%) is on the BA+70+MA OR MA+25 FULL STEP column, which climbs to $134,578 by step 26.
Lowest
$70,168
BA FULL STEP, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$119,041
- $15,547 above Los Angeles County average
- $15,489 above California average
Highest
$134,578
BA+70+MA OR MA+25 FULL STEP, step 26
Hacienda la Puente Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 837
- Starting salary
- $70,168
- BA FULL STEP, step 1
- Median salary
- $124,603
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 60th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Hacienda la Puente 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
Hacienda la Puente Unified's average of $119,041 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Hacienda la Puente Unified ranks 60th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Hacienda la Puente Unified ranks 9th of 71, above 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 Hacienda la Puente Unified's BA FULL STEP column pays $79,689. Experienced teachers joining Hacienda la Puente 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. Hacienda la Puente Unified's columns run from BA FULL STEP to BA+70+MA OR MA+25 HALF STEP, 10 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Hacienda la Puente Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$113,803
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $134,578 on step 26.
Hacienda la Puente Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 66% of Hacienda la Puente Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Hacienda la Puente 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 $12,900paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,00011 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$86423 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$1,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$1,791118 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$51 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 12
Questions about teacher pay at Hacienda la Puente Unified
How much do Hacienda la Puente Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Hacienda la Puente Unified's teacher schedule is $119,041 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $70,168 (BA FULL STEP, step 1) to $134,578 (BA+70+MA OR MA+25 FULL STEP, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Hacienda la Puente Unified?
The schedule starts at $70,168 (BA FULL STEP, step 1). 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 Hacienda la Puente Unified pay scale?
On the BA+70+MA OR MA+25 FULL STEP column, where 56% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $134,578. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Hacienda la Puente Unified teacher pay high for California?
Hacienda la Puente Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 60th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 9th 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 Hacienda la Puente 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.
- Hacienda la Puente 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.