Lowell Joint School District teacher salaries
Lowell Joint School District is an elementary school district in Orange County, with its district office in Whittier. Pay starts at $56,702 on the first step. The largest group (73%) is on the BA+60 column, which climbs to $127,861 by step 26.
Lowest
$56,702
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$107,980
- $5,261 below Orange County average
- $4,428 above California average
Highest
$127,861
BA+60, step 26
Lowell Joint average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 141
- Starting salary
- $56,702
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $114,230
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 157th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Lowell Joint 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
Lowell Joint's average of $107,980 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Lowell Joint ranks 157th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
Lowell Joint ranks 20th 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 Lowell Joint's BA column pays $72,901. Experienced teachers joining Lowell Joint can be placed as high as step 6.
- 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. Lowell Joint's columns run from BA to BA+60, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Lowell Joint?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$109,357
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $127,861 on step 26.
Lowell Joint's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Lowell Joint's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+30, BA+45, BA+60 continue past step 7.
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- 29
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Lowell Joint
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 $28,272paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- 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 6
Questions about teacher pay at Lowell Joint
How much do Lowell Joint teachers make?
The average salary on Lowell Joint's teacher schedule is $107,980 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $56,702 (BA, step 1) to $127,861 (BA+60, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Lowell Joint?
The schedule starts at $56,702 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 6.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Lowell Joint pay scale?
On the BA+60 column, where 73% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $127,861. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Lowell Joint teacher pay high for California?
Lowell Joint's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 157th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 20th 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Orange County
Sources for the Lowell Joint 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.
- Lowell Joint'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.