Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District teacher salaries
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District is a high school district in Santa Clara County, with its district office in Mountain View. Pay starts at $106,025 on the first step. The largest group (80%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $205,547 by step 30.
Lowest
$106,025
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$181,322
- $59,066 above Santa Clara County average
- $77,770 above California average
Highest
$205,547
BA+75, step 30
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High average
California average$103,552below the lowest salary here
Santa Clara County average$122,256
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 279
- Starting salary
- $106,025
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $189,066
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 1st of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Mountain View-Los Altos Union High 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
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's average of $181,322 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High ranks 1st of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Santa Clara County
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High ranks 1st of 29, above the middle district.
Middle district: $117,248
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 Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's BA column pays $106,025. Experienced teachers joining Mountain View-Los Altos Union High 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. Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's columns run from BA to BA+75, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$174,651
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $205,547 on step 30.
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 52% of Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60, BA+75 continue past step 29.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High
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 $32,915paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$3,305215 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$5,2889 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonus$3,30520 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year186 days182 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year4%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 13
Questions about teacher pay at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High
How much do Mountain View-Los Altos Union High teachers make?
The average salary on Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's teacher schedule is $181,322 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $106,025 (BA, step 1) to $205,547 (BA+75, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
The schedule starts at $106,025 (BA, step 1). 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 Mountain View-Los Altos Union High pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 80% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $205,547. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Mountain View-Los Altos Union High?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High reports a master's bonus of $3,305 on top. For a doctorate it reports $5,288.
Is Mountain View-Los Altos Union High teacher pay high for California?
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 1st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 1st of 29 in Santa Clara County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $122,256 in Santa Clara County.
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Sources for the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High 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.
- Mountain View-Los Altos Union High'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.