Needles Unified School District teacher salaries
Needles Unified School District is a unified school district in San Bernardino County, with its district office in Needles. Pay starts at $62,351 on the first step. The largest group (59%) is on the BA+60+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $113,864 by step 28.
Lowest
$62,351
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$97,672
- $9,157 below San Bernardino County average
- $5,880 below California average
Highest
$116,603
MA+45, step 28
Needles Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, San Bernardino County $106,829
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 51
- Starting salary
- $62,351
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $103,813
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 337th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Needles 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
Needles Unified's average of $97,672 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Needles Unified ranks 337th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 33 reporting districts in San Bernardino County
Needles Unified ranks 21st of 33, below the middle district.
Middle district: $103,690
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 Needles Unified's BA column pays $62,351. Experienced teachers joining Needles Unified can be placed as high as step 1.
- 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. Needles Unified's columns run from BA to MA+45, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Needles Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$95,032
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $113,864 on step 28.
Needles Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 53% of Needles Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Needles 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 $21,751paid 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$48 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 1
Questions about teacher pay at Needles Unified
How much do Needles Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Needles Unified's teacher schedule is $97,672 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $62,351 (BA, step 1) to $116,603 (MA+45, step 28).
What does a new teacher earn at Needles Unified?
The schedule starts at $62,351 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 1.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Needles Unified pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+30 column, where 59% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 28, where it reaches $113,864. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Needles Unified teacher pay high for California?
Needles Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 337th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 21st of 33 in San Bernardino County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $106,829 in San Bernardino County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in San Bernardino County
Sources for the Needles 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.
- Needles 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.