Bellflower Unified School District teacher salaries
Bellflower Unified School District (BUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Bellflower. Pay starts at $66,974 on the first step. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+75+MA column, which climbs to $130,922 by step 26.
What is the average teacher salary at Bellflower Unified?
Lowest
$66,974
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$112,147
- $8,653 above Los Angeles County average
- $8,595 above California average
Highest
$130,922
BA+75+MA, step 26
Bellflower Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 499
- Starting salary
- $66,974
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $117,637
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 105th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Bellflower Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 57% of Bellflower Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+45 OR MA, BA+60+MA, BA+75+MA continue past step 11.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Bellflower Unified
Two things place a teacher on Bellflower 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 Bellflower Unified's BA column pays $67,990. Experienced teachers joining Bellflower Unified can be placed as high as step 26.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Bellflower Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Bellflower Unified?
On the BA+75+MA column, pay passes $100,000 at step 8, with $101,223. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$110,098
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $130,922 on step 26.
Does Bellflower 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
Bellflower Unified's average of $112,147 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Bellflower Unified ranks 105th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Bellflower Unified ranks 16th of 71, above the middle district.
Middle district: $103,471
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 Bellflower 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 $19,786paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,32811 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,25998 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 26
Questions about teacher pay at Bellflower Unified
How much do Bellflower Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Bellflower Unified's teacher schedule is $112,147 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $66,974 (BA, step 1) to $130,922 (BA+75+MA, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Bellflower Unified?
The schedule starts at $66,974 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 26.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Bellflower Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $130,922. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Bellflower Unified teacher pay high for California?
Bellflower Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 105th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 16th of 71 in Los Angeles County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $103,494 in Los Angeles County.
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Sources for the Bellflower 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.
- Bellflower 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.