Brea-Olinda Unified School District teacher salaries
Brea-Olinda Unified School District is a unified school district in Orange County, with its district office in Brea. A teacher with a full credential starts at $62,814. The largest group (72%) is on the BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $128,193 by step 26.
Lowest
$53,617
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$101,052
- $12,189 below Orange County average
- $2,500 below California average
Highest
$128,193
BA+60+MA with a credential, step 26
Brea-Olinda Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 283
- Starting salary
- $62,814
- BA<45 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $103,783
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 279th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Brea-Olinda 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
Brea-Olinda Unified's average of $101,052 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Brea-Olinda Unified ranks 279th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
Brea-Olinda Unified ranks 29th of 29, below the middle district.
Middle district: $111,191
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 Brea-Olinda Unified's BA<45 column pays $73,481. Experienced teachers joining Brea-Olinda Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
- 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. Brea-Olinda Unified's columns run from BA<45 to BA+60+MA, 3 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Brea-Olinda Unified's credentialed columns start at $62,814.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Brea-Olinda Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $53,617.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Brea-Olinda Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$99,792
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $128,193 on step 26.
Brea-Olinda Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 47% of Brea-Olinda Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Brea-Olinda 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 $29,570paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$2,5005 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$5831 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$1,72322 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$73 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 11
Questions about teacher pay at Brea-Olinda Unified
How much do Brea-Olinda Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Brea-Olinda Unified's teacher schedule is $101,052 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,617 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $128,193 (BA+60+MA with a credential, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Brea-Olinda Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $62,814 (BA<45 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $53,617. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Brea-Olinda Unified pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA column, where 72% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $128,193. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Brea-Olinda Unified teacher pay high for California?
Brea-Olinda Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 279th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 29th of 29 in Orange County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $113,241 in Orange County.
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Sources for the Brea-Olinda 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.
- Brea-Olinda 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.