Montebello Unified School District teacher salaries
Montebello Unified School District is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Montebello. Pay starts at $60,726 on the first step. The largest group (40%) is on the BA+90 column, which climbs to $137,243 by step 30.
What is the average teacher salary at Montebello Unified?
Lowest
$60,726
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$119,832
- $16,338 above Los Angeles County average
- $16,280 above California average
Highest
$137,243
BA+90, step 30
Montebello Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,005
- Starting salary
- $60,726
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $127,491
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 54th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Montebello Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 67% of Montebello Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Montebello Unified
Two things place a teacher on Montebello 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 Montebello Unified's BA column pays $77,423. Experienced teachers joining Montebello Unified can be placed as high as step 14.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Montebello Unified's columns run from BA to BA+90, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Montebello Unified?
On the BA+90 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 6, with $100,232. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$113,591
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $137,243 on step 30.
Does Montebello 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
Montebello Unified's average of $119,832 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Montebello Unified ranks 54th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Montebello Unified ranks 7th 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 Montebello 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 $21,580paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonus$350594 full-time equivalents eligible
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$70064 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$225300 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$60 an hour
- Work days a year185 days181 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 14
Questions about teacher pay at Montebello Unified
How much do Montebello Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Montebello Unified's teacher schedule is $119,832 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,726 (BA, step 1) to $137,243 (BA+90, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Montebello Unified?
The schedule starts at $60,726 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 14.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Montebello Unified pay scale?
On the BA+90 column, where 40% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $137,243. Steps go up with years of service.
Does a master's degree raise pay at Montebello Unified?
Yes, in two ways. The college units from a master's move you to a higher column on the schedule, and Montebello Unified reports a master's bonus of $350 on top.
Is Montebello Unified teacher pay high for California?
Montebello Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 54th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 7th 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 Montebello 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.
- Montebello 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.