Lake Tahoe Unified School District teacher salaries
Lake Tahoe Unified School District (LTUSD) is a unified school district in El Dorado County, with its district office in South Lake Tahoe. Pay starts at $60,469 on the first step. The largest group (65%) is on the BA+75 column, which climbs to $128,797 by step 29.
What is the average teacher salary at Lake Tahoe Unified?
Lowest
$60,469
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$97,217
- $3,840 above El Dorado County average
- $6,335 below California average
Highest
$128,797
BA+75, step 29
Lake Tahoe Unified average
AveragesEl Dorado County $93,377, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 203
- Starting salary
- $60,469
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $99,015
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 343rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Lake Tahoe Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 41% of Lake Tahoe Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+75 continues past step 21.
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- 26
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Lake Tahoe Unified
Two things place a teacher on Lake Tahoe Unified's grid: years of service (the step) and college units since the bachelor's degree (the column). How we read the schedules.
- Step
- One per year of service; step 5 on Lake Tahoe Unified's BA column pays $60,477. Experienced teachers joining Lake Tahoe Unified can be placed as high as step 7.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Lake Tahoe Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Lake Tahoe Unified?
On the BA+75 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 12, with $102,322. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$95,715
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $128,797 on step 29.
Does Lake Tahoe 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
Lake Tahoe Unified's average of $97,217 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Lake Tahoe Unified ranks 343rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 11 reporting districts in El Dorado County
Lake Tahoe Unified ranks 2nd of 11, above the middle district.
Middle district: $86,661
Each bar counts the districts whose average salary falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the median district.
Bonuses, health cover and work days at Lake Tahoe 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 $13,250paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$2,219123 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonus$2,2193 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year183 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 7
Questions about teacher pay at Lake Tahoe Unified
How much do Lake Tahoe Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Lake Tahoe Unified's teacher schedule is $97,217 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,469 (BA, step 1) to $128,797 (BA+75, step 29).
What does a new teacher earn at Lake Tahoe Unified?
The schedule starts at $60,469 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 7.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Lake Tahoe Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 column, where 65% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $128,797. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Lake Tahoe Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Lake Tahoe Unified reports a master's bonus of $2,219 on top. For a doctorate it reports $2,219.
Is Lake Tahoe Unified teacher pay high for California?
Lake Tahoe Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 343rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd of 11 in El Dorado County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $93,377 in El Dorado County.
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- El Dorado Union High$101,662 average salary on the schedule
- Buckeye Union Elementary$95,519 average salary on the schedule
- El Dorado County Office of Education$91,566 average salary on the schedule
- Rescue Union Elementary$89,806 average salary on the schedule
- Placerville Union Elementary$86,661 average salary on the schedule
- Camino Union Elementary$82,675 average salary on the schedule
Sources for the Lake Tahoe 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.
- Lake Tahoe 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.