Conejo Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Conejo Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Ventura County, with its district office in Thousand Oaks. A teacher with a full credential starts at $63,611. The largest group (63%) is on the BA+75+MA OR PHD column, which climbs to $123,634 by step 29.
Lowest
$60,015
NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$105,874
- $3,780 above Ventura County average
- $2,322 above California average
Highest
$123,634
BA+75+MA OR PHD with a credential, step 29
Conejo Valley Unified average
AveragesVentura County $102,094, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 799
- Starting salary
- $63,611
- / PRELIM with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $113,215
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 196th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Conejo Valley 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
Conejo Valley Unified's average of $105,874 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Conejo Valley Unified ranks 196th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Ventura County
Conejo Valley Unified ranks 4th of 20, above 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 Conejo Valley Unified's / PRELIM column pays $67,013. Experienced teachers joining Conejo Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 29.
- 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. Conejo Valley Unified's columns run from / PRELIM to BA+75+MA OR PHD, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential, the state license to teach. Conejo Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $63,611.
- Without full credential
- Teachers who don't yet hold a full credential. Conejo Valley Unified pays them on separate columns, starting at $60,015.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Conejo Valley Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$102,909
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $123,634 on step 29.
Conejo Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 59% of Conejo Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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- 62
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Conejo Valley 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 $24,925paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,0959 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 29
Questions about teacher pay at Conejo Valley Unified
How much do Conejo Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Conejo Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $105,874 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,015 (NON-CRED before a full credential, step 1) to $123,634 (BA+75+MA OR PHD with a credential, step 29).
What does a new teacher earn at Conejo Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $63,611 (/ PRELIM column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $60,015. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 29.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Conejo Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR PHD column, where 63% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $123,634. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Conejo Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Conejo Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 196th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 4th 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.
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Sources for the Conejo Valley 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.
- Conejo Valley 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.