Templeton Unified School District teacher salaries
Templeton Unified School District is a unified school district in San Luis Obispo County, with its district office in Templeton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $53,642. The largest group (61%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $107,678 by step 25.
Lowest
$46,688
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$86,653
- $1,295 below San Luis Obispo County average
- $16,899 below California average
Highest
$107,678
BA+75 with a credential, step 25
Templeton Unified average
San Luis Obispo County average$87,948
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 122
- Starting salary
- $53,642
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $93,835
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 544th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Templeton 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.
No
Templeton Unified's average of $86,653 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Templeton Unified ranks 544th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 11 reporting districts in San Luis Obispo County
Templeton Unified ranks 6th of 11, above the middle district.
Middle district: $86,653
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 Templeton Unified's BA column pays $57,464. Experienced teachers joining Templeton Unified can be placed as high as step 18.
- 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. Templeton Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Templeton Unified's credentialed columns start at $53,642.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Templeton Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $46,688.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Templeton Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$84,634
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $107,678 on step 25.
Templeton Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 56% of Templeton Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA continues past step 3.
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- 18
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Templeton 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 $10,080paid 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$40 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 18
Questions about teacher pay at Templeton Unified
How much do Templeton Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Templeton Unified's teacher schedule is $86,653 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $46,688 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $107,678 (BA+75 with a credential, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Templeton Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $53,642 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $46,688. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 18.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Templeton Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 61% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $107,678. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Templeton Unified teacher pay high for California?
Templeton Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 544th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 6th of 11 in San Luis Obispo County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $87,948 in San Luis Obispo County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in San Luis Obispo County
Sources for the Templeton 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.
- Templeton 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.