La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District teacher salaries
La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District is a unified school district in San Mateo County, with its district office in Pescadero. Pay starts at $71,359 on the first step. The largest group (42%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $128,319 by step 20.
Lowest
$71,359
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$100,598
- $15,128 below San Mateo County average
- $2,954 below California average
Highest
$128,319
BA+75, step 20
La Honda-Pescadero Unified average
California average$103,552
San Mateo County average$115,726
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 23
- Starting salary
- $71,359
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $97,250
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 287th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does La Honda-Pescadero 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
La Honda-Pescadero Unified's average of $100,598 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
La Honda-Pescadero Unified ranks 287th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 19 reporting districts in San Mateo County
La Honda-Pescadero Unified ranks 13th of 19, below the middle district.
Middle district: $104,943
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 La Honda-Pescadero Unified's BA column pays $81,709. Experienced teachers joining La Honda-Pescadero Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
- 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. La Honda-Pescadero Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 4 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at La Honda-Pescadero Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$105,276
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $128,319 on step 20.
La Honda-Pescadero Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 24% of La Honda-Pescadero Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at La Honda-Pescadero 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 $20,264paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,5007 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$3,0001 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,0002 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$60 an hour
- Work days a year187 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at La Honda-Pescadero Unified
How much do La Honda-Pescadero Unified teachers make?
The average salary on La Honda-Pescadero Unified's teacher schedule is $100,598 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $71,359 (BA, step 1) to $128,319 (BA+75, step 20).
What does a new teacher earn at La Honda-Pescadero Unified?
The schedule starts at $71,359 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the La Honda-Pescadero Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 42% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 20, where it reaches $128,319. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at La Honda-Pescadero Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and La Honda-Pescadero Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $3,000.
Is La Honda-Pescadero Unified teacher pay high for California?
La Honda-Pescadero Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 287th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 13th of 19 in San Mateo County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $115,726 in San Mateo County.
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Sources for the La Honda-Pescadero 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.
- La Honda-Pescadero 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.