Rowland Unified School District teacher salaries

Rowland Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Rowland Heights. A teacher with a full credential starts at $49,010. The largest group (63%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $130,707 by step 27.

Lowest

$49,010

DSC with a credential, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule¹

$106,908

$3,414 above Los Angeles County average
$3,356 above California average

Highest

$130,707

BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 27

Rowland Unified average

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

Full-time equivalents on the schedule: 640
Starting salary: $49,010; DSC with a credential, step 1
Median salary: $114,986; Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California: 180th of 828 reporting; of 828 reporting

Does Rowland 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

Rowland Unified's average of $106,908 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Rowland Unified ranks 180th of 828.

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Middle district: $94,573

The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County

Rowland Unified ranks 26th of 71, above 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 Rowland Unified's DSC column pays $54,885. Experienced teachers joining Rowland Unified can be placed as high as step 21.
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. Rowland Unified's columns run from DSC to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 5 in all.
Credentialed: Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Rowland Unified's credentialed columns start at $49,010.
Without full credential: Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Rowland Unified pays them on separate columns.

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

Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

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

$104,985

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $130,707 on step 27.

$130,707$49,010

Step 1Step 27

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Rowland Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-25²

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Rowland Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

Rowland Unified credentialed salary schedule, 2024-25. Annual salary in dollars by step (rows) and column (units past a bachelor's degree).
Step	DSC	BA	BA+45 OR MA	BA+60+MA OR MA+15	BA+75+MA OR MA+30
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10
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21
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25
26
27

Only BA+60+MA OR MA+15, BA+75+MA OR MA+30 continue past step 12.

Rowland 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
1 to 12

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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 Rowland 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 $15,000paid by the district each year
Master's degree bonusNot reported
Doctorate bonus$2,23216 full-time equivalents eligible
Bilingual teaching bonus$2,23246 full-time equivalents eligible
National Board Certification bonusNot reported
Special education bonus$2,232101 full-time equivalents eligible
Summer school pay$66 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 21

Questions about teacher pay at Rowland Unified

How much do Rowland Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Rowland Unified's teacher schedule is $106,908 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $49,010 (DSC with a credential, step 1) to $130,707 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 27).

What does a new teacher earn at Rowland Unified?

A new teacher with a full credential starts at $49,010 (DSC column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $49,010. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 21.

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

On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 63% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 27, where it reaches $130,707. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Rowland Unified teacher pay high for California?

Rowland Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 180th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 26th 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 Rowland 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.
Rowland 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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