Hemet Unified School District teacher salaries
Hemet Unified School District is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Hemet. Pay starts at $49,867 on the first step. The largest group (37%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $133,551 by step 22.
Lowest
$49,867
DSC, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$105,931
- $7,032 below Riverside County average
- $2,379 above California average
Highest
$136,225
BA+90+MA OR MA+45 OR PHD, step 22
Hemet Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,191
- Starting salary
- $49,867
- DSC, step 1
- Median salary
- $106,811
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 194th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Hemet 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
Hemet Unified's average of $105,931 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Hemet Unified ranks 194th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County
Hemet Unified ranks 18th of 23, below the middle district.
Middle district: $112,200
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 Hemet Unified's DSC column pays $58,335. Experienced teachers joining Hemet Unified can be placed as high as step 22.
- 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. Hemet Unified's columns run from DSC to BA+90+MA OR MA+45 OR PHD, 9 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Hemet Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$108,347
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $133,551 on step 22.
Hemet Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 39% of Hemet Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75+MA OR MA+30, BA+90+MA OR MA+45 OR PHD continue past step 11.
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- 5+
- 214
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Hemet 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$7509 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,50045 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$7504 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$72 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.07%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 22
Questions about teacher pay at Hemet Unified
How much do Hemet Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Hemet Unified's teacher schedule is $105,931 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $49,867 (DSC, step 1) to $136,225 (BA+90+MA OR MA+45 OR PHD, step 22).
What does a new teacher earn at Hemet Unified?
The schedule starts at $49,867 (DSC, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 22.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Hemet Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 37% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $133,551. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Hemet Unified teacher pay high for California?
Hemet Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 194th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 18th of 23 in Riverside County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $112,963 in Riverside County.
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Sources for the Hemet 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.
- Hemet 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.