Charter Oak Unified School District teacher salaries

Charter Oak Unified School District (COUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Covina. Pay starts at $53,293 on the first step. The largest group (50%) is on the BA+80+MA OR MA+40 column, which climbs to $132,486 by step 30.

What is the average teacher salary at Charter Oak Unified?

Lowest

$53,293

BA, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$103,295

  • about the same as the Los Angeles County average
  • about the same as the California average

Highest

$132,486

BA+80+MA OR MA+40, step 30

Charter Oak Unified average

AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
207
Starting salary
$53,293
BA, step 1
Median salary
$106,852
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
244th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Charter Oak Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 50% of Charter Oak Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBABA+20BA+40 OR MABA+60+MA OR MA+20BA+80+MA OR MA+40
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 to 15
16
17 to 19
20
21 to 22
23
24
25 to 26
27 to 28
29
30

Only BA+60+MA OR MA+20, BA+80+MA OR MA+40 continue past step 20.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 22
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 Charter Oak Unified

Two things place a teacher on Charter Oak 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 Charter Oak Unified's BA column pays $67,149. Experienced teachers joining Charter Oak Unified can be placed as high as step 15.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Charter Oak Unified's columns run from BA to BA+80+MA OR MA+40, 5 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Charter Oak Unified?

On the BA+80+MA OR MA+40 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 10, with $101,523. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$101,523

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $132,486 on step 30.

$132,486$53,293
Step 1Step 30
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Does Charter Oak 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

Charter Oak Unified's average of $103,295 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Charter Oak Unified ranks 244th of 828.

Charter Oak Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County

Charter Oak Unified ranks 37th of 71, below the middle district.

Charter Oak Unified
$80k$100k$120k

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 Charter Oak 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 Charter Oak Unified

How much do Charter Oak Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Charter Oak Unified's teacher schedule is $103,295 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $53,293 (BA, step 1) to $132,486 (BA+80+MA OR MA+40, step 30).

What does a new teacher earn at Charter Oak Unified?

The schedule starts at $53,293 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 15.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Charter Oak Unified pay scale?

On the BA+80+MA OR MA+40 column, where 50% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $132,486. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Charter Oak Unified teacher pay high for California?

Charter Oak Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 244th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 37th 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 Charter Oak 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. Charter Oak 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.

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