Culver City Unified School District teacher salaries
Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Culver City. Pay starts at $60,905 on the first step. The largest group (55%) is on the BA+76 OR BA+72+MA column, which climbs to $120,580 by step 25.
What is the average teacher salary at Culver City Unified?
Lowest
$60,905
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$99,267
- $4,227 below Los Angeles County average
- $4,285 below California average
Highest
$120,580
BA+76 OR BA+72+MA, step 25
Culver City Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 363
- Starting salary
- $60,905
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $105,524
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 311th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Culver City Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Culver City Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Culver City Unified
Two things place a teacher on Culver City 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 Culver City Unified's BA column pays $68,553. Experienced teachers joining Culver City Unified can be placed as high as step 25.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Culver City Unified's columns run from BA to BA+76 OR BA+72+MA, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Culver City Unified?
On the BA+76 OR BA+72+MA column, pay passes $100,000 at step 10, with $101,292. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$101,292
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $120,580 on step 25.
Does Culver City 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
Culver City Unified's average of $99,267 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Culver City Unified ranks 311th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Culver City Unified ranks 49th of 71, below 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 Culver City 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 $21,044paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,00012 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,50049 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonus$3,0005 full-time equivalents eligible
- Special education bonus$1,50050 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 25
Questions about teacher pay at Culver City Unified
How much do Culver City Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Culver City Unified's teacher schedule is $99,267 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,905 (BA, step 1) to $120,580 (BA+76 OR BA+72+MA, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at Culver City Unified?
The schedule starts at $60,905 (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 Culver City Unified pay scale?
On the BA+76 OR BA+72+MA column, where 55% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $120,580. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Culver City Unified teacher pay high for California?
Culver City Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 311th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 49th 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 Culver City 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.
- Culver City 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.