Live Oak Elementary School District teacher salaries
Live Oak Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Santa Cruz County, with its district office in Santa Cruz. A teacher with a full credential starts at $57,462. The largest group (58%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $103,800 by step 25.
Lowest
$57,461
INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$83,466
- $3,824 below Santa Cruz County average
- $20,086 below California average
Highest
$103,800
BA+75 with a credential, step 25
Live Oak Elementary average
Santa Cruz County average$87,290
California average$103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 81
- Starting salary
- $57,462
- BA+15 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $86,605
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 588th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Live Oak Elementary 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
Live Oak Elementary's average of $83,466 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Live Oak Elementary ranks 588th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 11 reporting districts in Santa Cruz County
Live Oak Elementary ranks 8th of 11, below the middle district.
Middle district: $85,745
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 Live Oak Elementary's BA+15 column pays $60,504. Experienced teachers joining Live Oak Elementary can be placed as high as step 25.
- 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. Live Oak Elementary's columns run from BA+15 to BA+75, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Live Oak Elementary's credentialed columns start at $57,462.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Live Oak Elementary pays them on separate columns, starting at $57,461.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Live Oak Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$83,992
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $103,800 on step 25.
Live Oak Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 43% of Live Oak Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 13
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Live Oak Elementary
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 $15,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$1,500
- Doctorate bonus$1,500
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,500
- National Board Certification bonus$1,000
- Special education bonus$2,800
- Summer school pay$50 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.07%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Live Oak Elementary
How much do Live Oak Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Live Oak Elementary's teacher schedule is $83,466 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $57,461 (INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $103,800 (BA+75 with a credential, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Live Oak Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $57,462 (BA+15 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $57,461. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Live Oak Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 58% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $103,800. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Live Oak Elementary?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Live Oak Elementary reports a master's bonus of $1,500 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,500.
Is Live Oak Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Live Oak Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 588th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 8th of 11 in Santa Cruz County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $87,290 in Santa Cruz County.
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Sources for the Live Oak Elementary 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.
- Live Oak Elementary'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.