Temecula Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Temecula Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Temecula. A teacher with a full credential starts at $64,107. The largest group (67%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $142,641 by step 25.
Lowest
$61,061
BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$112,200
- $763 below Riverside County average
- $8,648 above California average
Highest
$142,641
BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 25
Temecula Valley Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,263
- Starting salary
- $64,107
- BA<45 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $117,241
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 104th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Temecula Valley 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
Temecula Valley Unified's average of $112,200 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Temecula Valley Unified ranks 104th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County
Temecula Valley Unified ranks 12th 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 Temecula Valley Unified's BA<45 column pays $76,927. Experienced teachers joining Temecula Valley 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. Temecula Valley Unified's columns run from BA<45 to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Temecula Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $64,107.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Temecula Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $61,061.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Temecula Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$106,251
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $142,641 on step 25.
Temecula Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 45% of Temecula Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+15 EMERG/ INTERN continues past step 4.
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- 307
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Temecula Valley 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 planUp to $11,247paid 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 pay$50 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 13
Questions about teacher pay at Temecula Valley Unified
How much do Temecula Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Temecula Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $112,200 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,061 (BA EMERG/ INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $142,641 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Temecula Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $64,107 (BA<45 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $61,061. 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 Temecula Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 67% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $142,641. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Temecula Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Temecula Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 104th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 12th 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 Temecula Valley 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.
- Temecula Valley 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.