Los Banos Unified School District teacher salaries
Los Banos Unified School District is a unified school district in Merced County, with its district office in Los Banos. A teacher with a full credential starts at $68,083. The largest group (67%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $132,073 by step 28.
Lowest
$62,638
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$104,811
- $684 above Merced County average
- $1,259 above California average
Highest
$132,073
BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 28
Los Banos Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Merced County $104,127
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 482
- Starting salary
- $68,083
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $103,492
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 218th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Los Banos 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
Los Banos Unified's average of $104,811 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Los Banos Unified ranks 218th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 17 reporting districts in Merced County
Los Banos Unified ranks 5th of 17, above the middle district.
Middle district: $91,682
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 Los Banos Unified's BA+30 column pays $78,979. Experienced teachers joining Los Banos Unified can be placed as high as step 10.
- 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. Los Banos Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75 OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Los Banos Unified's credentialed columns start at $68,083.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Los Banos Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $62,638.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Los Banos Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$100,769
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $132,073 on step 28.
Los Banos Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 41% of Los Banos Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Los Banos 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 $24,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$50081 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$1,0007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,81447 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$68 an hour
- Work days a year184 days182 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 10
Questions about teacher pay at Los Banos Unified
How much do Los Banos Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Los Banos Unified's teacher schedule is $104,811 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $62,638 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $132,073 (BA+75 OR MA+30 with a credential, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Los Banos Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $68,083 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $62,638. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 10.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Los Banos Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30 column, where 67% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $132,073. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Los Banos Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Los Banos Unified reports a master's bonus of $500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,000.
Is Los Banos Unified teacher pay high for California?
Los Banos Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 218th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 5th of 17 in Merced County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $104,127 in Merced County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Merced County
Sources for the Los Banos 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.
- Los Banos 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.