Covina-Valley Unified School District teacher salaries

Covina-Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Covina. Pay starts at $61,447 on the first step. The largest group (69%) is on the BA+60+MA OR MA+20 column, which climbs to $133,185 by step 25.

What is the average teacher salary at Covina-Valley Unified?

Lowest

$61,447

BA, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$111,909

  • $8,415 above Los Angeles County average
  • $8,357 above California average

Highest

$133,185

BA+60+MA OR MA+20, step 25

Covina-Valley Unified average

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

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
543
Starting salary
$61,447
BA, step 1
Median salary
$121,962
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
109th of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Covina-Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 57% of Covina-Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBABA+15BA+30MABA+60+MA OR MA+20
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 to 14
15 to 19
20 to 24
25 to 40

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 157
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 Covina-Valley Unified

Two things place a teacher on Covina-Valley 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 Covina-Valley Unified's BA column pays $73,286. Experienced teachers joining Covina-Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Covina-Valley Unified's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA OR MA+20, 5 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Covina-Valley Unified?

On the BA+60+MA OR MA+20 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 9, with $102,261. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$106,868

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $133,185 on step 25.

$133,185$61,447
Step 1Step 40
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Does Covina-Valley 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

Covina-Valley Unified's average of $111,909 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Covina-Valley Unified ranks 109th of 828.

Covina-Valley Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County

Covina-Valley Unified ranks 17th of 71, above the middle district.

Covina-Valley 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 Covina-Valley 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 Covina-Valley Unified

How much do Covina-Valley Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Covina-Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $111,909 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,447 (BA, step 1) to $133,185 (BA+60+MA OR MA+20, step 25).

What does a new teacher earn at Covina-Valley Unified?

The schedule starts at $61,447 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 25.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Covina-Valley Unified pay scale?

On the BA+60+MA OR MA+20 column, where 69% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $133,185. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Covina-Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?

Covina-Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 109th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 17th 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 Covina-Valley 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. Covina-Valley 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