Orland Joint Unified School District teacher salaries

Orland Joint Unified School District is a unified school district in Glenn County, with its district office in Orland. Pay starts at $59,986 on the first step. The largest group (70%) is on the BA+60 column, which climbs to $119,852 by step 29.

What is the average teacher salary at Orland Joint Unified?

Lowest

$59,986

BA+30, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$86,702

  • $1,238 above Glenn County average
  • $16,850 below California average

Highest

$119,852

BA+60, step 29

Orland Joint Unified average

Glenn County average$85,464

California average$103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
138
Starting salary
$59,986
BA+30, step 1
Median salary
$81,456
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
541st of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Orland Joint Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 37% of Orland Joint Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBA+30BA+45BA+60
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27 to 28
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Only BA+60 continues past step 12.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 7
Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Orland Joint Unified

Two things place a teacher on Orland Joint 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 Orland Joint Unified's BA+30 column pays $63,985. Experienced teachers joining Orland Joint Unified can be placed as high as step 30.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Orland Joint Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+60, 3 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Orland Joint Unified?

On the BA+60 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 18, with $101,509. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$81,456

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $119,852 on step 29.

$119,852$59,986
Step 1Step 30
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Does Orland Joint 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

Orland Joint Unified's average of $86,702 is below the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Orland Joint Unified ranks 541st of 828.

Orland Joint Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 8 reporting districts in Glenn County

Orland Joint Unified ranks 2nd of 8, above the middle district.

Orland Joint Unified
$60k$80k$100k

Middle district: $76,245

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 Orland Joint 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Orland Joint Unified

How much do Orland Joint Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Orland Joint Unified's teacher schedule is $86,702 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $59,986 (BA+30, step 1) to $119,852 (BA+60, step 29).

What does a new teacher earn at Orland Joint Unified?

The schedule starts at $59,986 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 30.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Orland Joint Unified pay scale?

On the BA+60 column, where 70% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 29, where it reaches $119,852. Steps go up with years of service.

Does a master's degree raise pay at Orland Joint Unified?

Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Orland Joint Unified reports a master's bonus of $1,210 on top. For a doctorate it reports $1,466.

Is Orland Joint Unified teacher pay high for California?

Orland Joint Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 541st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 2nd of 8 in Glenn County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $85,464 in Glenn County.

Keep exploring teacher pay in Glenn County

Sources for the Orland Joint 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Orland Joint 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.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

How we read the data