Earlimart Elementary School District teacher salaries
Earlimart Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Tulare County, with its district office in Earlimart. Pay starts at $68,921 on the first step. The largest group (37%) is on the BA+75 OR MA column, which climbs to $120,034 by step 20.
Lowest
$68,921
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$96,962
- $1,642 below Tulare County average
- $6,590 below California average
Highest
$123,960
MA+75, step 20
Earlimart Elementary average
AveragesTulare County $98,604, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 91
- Starting salary
- $68,921
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $94,156
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 350th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Earlimart 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.
Yes
Earlimart Elementary's average of $96,962 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Earlimart Elementary ranks 350th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 38 reporting districts in Tulare County
Earlimart Elementary ranks 14th of 38, above the middle district.
Middle district: $93,328
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. Experienced teachers joining Earlimart Elementary can be placed as high as step 15.
- 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. Earlimart Elementary's columns run from BA to MA+75, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Earlimart Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$97,185
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $120,034 on step 20.
Earlimart Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 35% of Earlimart Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60, BA+75 OR MA, MA+75 continue past step 9.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Earlimart 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 planNot reported
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,6383 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$45 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 15
Questions about teacher pay at Earlimart Elementary
How much do Earlimart Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Earlimart Elementary's teacher schedule is $96,962 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $68,921 (BA, step 1) to $123,960 (MA+75, step 20).
What does a new teacher earn at Earlimart Elementary?
The schedule starts at $68,921 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Earlimart Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA column, where 37% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 20, where it reaches $120,034. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Earlimart Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Earlimart Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 350th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 14th of 38 in Tulare County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $98,604 in Tulare County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Tulare County
Sources for the Earlimart 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.
- Earlimart 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.