Ojai Unified School District teacher salaries
Ojai Unified School District is a unified school district in Ventura County, with its district office in Ojai. Pay starts at $51,859 on the first step. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $97,832 by step 30.
Lowest
$51,859
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$75,666
- $26,428 below Ventura County average
- $27,886 below California average
Highest
$97,832
BA+60+MA, step 30
Ojai Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Ventura County $102,094above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 102
- Starting salary
- $51,859
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $75,961
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 697th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Does Ojai 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.
No
Ojai Unified's average of $75,666 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Ojai Unified ranks 697th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 20 reporting districts in Ventura County
Ojai Unified ranks 20th 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 Ojai Unified's BA column pays $51,859. Experienced teachers joining Ojai Unified can be placed as high as step 6.
- 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. Ojai Unified's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Ojai Unified?
Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$79,379
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $97,832 on step 30.
Ojai Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 45% of Ojai Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+45 OR MA, BA+60+MA continue past step 30.
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- 5
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Ojai 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 $22,515paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,000
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$75 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 6
Questions about teacher pay at Ojai Unified
How much do Ojai Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Ojai Unified's teacher schedule is $75,666 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $51,859 (BA, step 1) to $97,832 (BA+60+MA, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Ojai Unified?
The schedule starts at $51,859 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 6.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Ojai Unified pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $97,832. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Ojai Unified teacher pay high for California?
Ojai Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 697th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 20th 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 Ojai 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.
- Ojai 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.