La Canada Unified School District teacher salaries
La Canada Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in La Canada. A teacher with a full credential starts at $66,041. The largest group (69%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $126,899 by step 24.
Lowest
$62,598
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$111,305
- $7,811 above Los Angeles County average
- $7,753 above California average
Highest
$126,899
BA+75 with a credential, step 24
La Canada Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 197
- Starting salary
- $66,041
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $120,739
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 116th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does La Canada 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
La Canada Unified's average of $111,305 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
La Canada Unified ranks 116th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
La Canada Unified ranks 18th 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 La Canada Unified's BA column pays $73,242. Experienced teachers joining La Canada Unified can be placed as high as step 24.
- 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. La Canada Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. La Canada Unified's credentialed columns start at $66,041.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. La Canada Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $62,598.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at La Canada Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$101,659
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,899 on step 24.
La Canada Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 64% of La Canada Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at La Canada 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 $18,673paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,000
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$4001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$55 an hour
- Work days a year188 days182 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 24
Questions about teacher pay at La Canada Unified
How much do La Canada Unified teachers make?
The average salary on La Canada Unified's teacher schedule is $111,305 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $62,598 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $126,899 (BA+75 with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at La Canada Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $66,041 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $62,598. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 24.
How long does it take to reach the top of the La Canada Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 69% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $126,899. Steps go up with years of service.
Is La Canada Unified teacher pay high for California?
La Canada Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 116th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 18th 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 La Canada 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.
- La Canada 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.