Briggs Elementary School District teacher salaries
Briggs Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Ventura County, with its district office in Santa Paula. Pay starts at $60,151 on the first step. The largest group (34%) is on the BA+90 OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $119,005 by step 20.
Lowest
$60,151
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$89,068
- $13,026 below Ventura County average
- $14,484 below California average
Highest
$119,005
BA+90 OR MA+30, step 20
Briggs Elementary average
AveragesVentura County $102,094, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 28
- Starting salary
- $60,151
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $81,959
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 505th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Briggs 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
Briggs Elementary's average of $89,068 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Briggs Elementary ranks 505th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Ventura County
Briggs Elementary ranks 17th of 20, below the middle district.
Middle district: $96,570
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 Briggs Elementary's BA column pays $65,727. Experienced teachers joining Briggs Elementary can be placed as high as step 20.
- 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. Briggs Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+90 OR MA+30, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Briggs Elementary?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$98,676
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $119,005 on step 20.
Briggs Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
No single cell here has 5 or more full-time equivalents, so none is shaded. 24% of Briggs Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Bonuses, health cover and work days at Briggs 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 $12,491paid 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$55 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 20
Questions about teacher pay at Briggs Elementary
How much do Briggs Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Briggs Elementary's teacher schedule is $89,068 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,151 (BA, step 1) to $119,005 (BA+90 OR MA+30, step 20).
What does a new teacher earn at Briggs Elementary?
The schedule starts at $60,151 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 20.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Briggs Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+90 OR MA+30 column, where 34% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 20, where it reaches $119,005. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Briggs Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Briggs Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 505th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 17th of 20 in Ventura County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $102,094 in Ventura County.
Keep exploring teacher pay in Ventura County
Sources for the Briggs 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.
- Briggs 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.