Long Beach Unified School District teacher salaries
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Long Beach. A teacher with a full credential starts at $73,336. The largest group (59%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+45 column, which climbs to $137,718 by step 30.
Lowest
$65,703
BA OR LESS before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$114,406
- $10,912 above Los Angeles County average
- $10,854 above California average
Highest
$137,718
BA+75+MA OR MA+45 before a full credential, step 30
Long Beach Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 3,150
- Starting salary
- $73,336
- BA OR LESS with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $118,927
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 95th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Long Beach 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
Long Beach Unified's average of $114,406 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Long Beach Unified ranks 95th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Long Beach Unified ranks 15th 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 Long Beach Unified's BA OR LESS column pays $73,396. Experienced teachers joining Long Beach Unified can be placed as high as step 16.
- 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. Long Beach Unified's columns run from BA OR LESS to BA+75+MA OR MA+45, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Long Beach Unified's credentialed columns start at $73,336.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Long Beach Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $65,703.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Long Beach Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$108,304
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $137,718 on step 30.
Long Beach Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 59% of Long Beach Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 453
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Long Beach 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 $33,248paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,82845 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$68 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 16
Questions about teacher pay at Long Beach Unified
How much do Long Beach Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Long Beach Unified's teacher schedule is $114,406 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $65,703 (BA OR LESS before a full credential, step 1) to $137,718 (BA+75+MA OR MA+45 before a full credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Long Beach Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $73,336 (BA OR LESS column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $65,703. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 16.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Long Beach Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+45 column, where 59% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $137,718. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Long Beach Unified teacher pay high for California?
Long Beach Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 95th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 15th 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 Long Beach 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.
- Long Beach 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.