Palo Verde Unified School District teacher salaries

Palo Verde Unified School District is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Blythe. Pay starts at $63,061 on the first step. The largest group (34%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $127,355 by step 22.

Lowest

$63,061

BA, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$96,402

  • $16,561 below Riverside County average
  • $7,150 below California average

Highest

$127,355

BA+75+MA OR MA+30, step 22

Palo Verde Unified average

AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
133
Starting salary
$63,061
BA, step 1
Median salary
$97,726
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
371st of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Does Palo Verde 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

Palo Verde Unified's average of $96,402 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Palo Verde Unified ranks 371st of 828.

Palo Verde Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County

Palo Verde Unified ranks 21st of 23, below the middle district.

Palo Verde Unified
$80k$100k$120k

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 Palo Verde Unified's BA column pays $71,668. Experienced teachers joining Palo Verde 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. Palo Verde Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 5 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Palo Verde Unified?

Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$104,180

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $127,355 on step 22.

$127,355$63,061
Step 1Step 24
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Palo Verde Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 29% of Palo Verde Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBABA+30BA+45 OR MABA+60+MA OR MA+15BA+75+MA OR MA+30
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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12
13 to 15
16 to 18
19 to 21
22 to 23
24

Only BA+45 OR MA, BA+60+MA OR MA+15, BA+75+MA OR MA+30 continue past step 11.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 12
Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

Bonuses, health cover and work days at Palo Verde 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Palo Verde Unified

How much do Palo Verde Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Palo Verde Unified's teacher schedule is $96,402 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $63,061 (BA, step 1) to $127,355 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30, step 22).

What does a new teacher earn at Palo Verde Unified?

The schedule starts at $63,061 (BA, 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 Palo Verde Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 34% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 22, where it reaches $127,355. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Palo Verde Unified teacher pay high for California?

Palo Verde Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 371st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 21st 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 Palo Verde 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Palo Verde 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.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

How we read the data