Jurupa Unified School District teacher salaries
Jurupa Unified School District is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Jurupa Valley. Pay starts at $71,238 on the first step. The largest group (72%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $141,440 by step 29.
Lowest
$71,238
BA TO 44, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$116,252
- $3,289 above Riverside County average
- $12,700 above California average
Highest
$141,440
BA+75+MA, step 29
Jurupa Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,001
- Starting salary
- $71,238
- BA TO 44, step 1
- Median salary
- $121,477
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 80th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Jurupa 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
Jurupa Unified's average of $116,252 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Jurupa Unified ranks 80th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County
Jurupa Unified ranks 7th of 23, above 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 Jurupa Unified's BA TO 44 column pays $79,034. Experienced teachers joining Jurupa Unified can be placed as high as step 13.
- 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. Jurupa Unified's columns run from BA TO 44 to BA+75+MA, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Jurupa Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$118,079
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $141,440 on step 29.
Jurupa Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 38% of Jurupa Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 5+
- 110
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Jurupa 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$5,16712 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,0009 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$89 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 13
Questions about teacher pay at Jurupa Unified
How much do Jurupa Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Jurupa Unified's teacher schedule is $116,252 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $71,238 (BA TO 44, step 1) to $141,440 (BA+75+MA, step 29).
What does a new teacher earn at Jurupa Unified?
The schedule starts at $71,238 (BA TO 44, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 13.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Jurupa Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA column, where 72% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $141,440. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Jurupa Unified teacher pay high for California?
Jurupa Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 80th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th 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.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Riverside County
Sources for the Jurupa 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.
- Jurupa 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.