Fullerton Joint Union High School District teacher salaries
Fullerton Joint Union High School District is a high school district in Orange County, with its district office in Fullerton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $68,355. The largest group (71%) is on the BA+60+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $138,566 by step 23.
Lowest
$64,405
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$116,789
- $3,548 above Orange County average
- $13,237 above California average
Highest
$138,566
BA+60+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 23
Fullerton Joint Union High average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 525
- Starting salary
- $68,355
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $122,298
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 77th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Fullerton Joint Union High 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
Fullerton Joint Union High's average of $116,789 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Fullerton Joint Union High ranks 77th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
Fullerton Joint Union High ranks 10th of 29, above 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 Fullerton Joint Union High's BA column pays $80,229. Experienced teachers joining Fullerton Joint Union High can be placed as high as step 9.
- 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. Fullerton Joint Union High's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Fullerton Joint Union High's credentialed columns start at $68,355.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Fullerton Joint Union High pays them on separate columns, starting at $64,405.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Fullerton Joint Union High?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$112,622
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $138,566 on step 23.
Fullerton Joint Union High's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 50% of Fullerton Joint Union High's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 128
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Fullerton Joint Union High
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 $36,088paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,012
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$1,033
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$51 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.8%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 9
Questions about teacher pay at Fullerton Joint Union High
How much do Fullerton Joint Union High teachers make?
The average salary on Fullerton Joint Union High's teacher schedule is $116,789 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $64,405 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $138,566 (BA+60+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 23).
What does a new teacher earn at Fullerton Joint Union High?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $68,355 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $64,405. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 9.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Fullerton Joint Union High pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+30 column, where 71% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 23, where it reaches $138,566. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Fullerton Joint Union High teacher pay high for California?
Fullerton Joint Union High's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 77th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 10th 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 Fullerton Joint Union High 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.
- Fullerton Joint Union High'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.