Temple City Unified School District teacher salaries
Temple City Unified School District (TCUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Temple City. A teacher with a full credential starts at $71,397. The largest group (63%) is on the BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED column, which climbs to $125,930 by step 30.
What is the average teacher salary at Temple City Unified?
Lowest
$55,947
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$108,507
- $5,013 above Los Angeles County average
- $4,955 above California average
Highest
$125,930
BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED with a credential, step 30
Temple City Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 207
- Starting salary
- $71,397
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $115,942
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 152nd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Temple City Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 49% of Temple City Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+30 continues past step 10.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Temple City Unified
Two things place a teacher on Temple 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 Temple City Unified's BA column pays $71,397. Experienced teachers joining Temple City Unified can be placed as high as step 9.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Temple City Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED, 6 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Temple City Unified's credentialed columns start at $71,397.
- Without full credential
- Temple City Unified pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $55,947.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Temple City Unified?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED column, pay passes $100,000 at step 8, with $100,877. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$108,752
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $125,930 on step 30.
Does Temple 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
Temple City Unified's average of $108,507 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Temple City Unified ranks 152nd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Temple City Unified ranks 23rd 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 Temple 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 $10,000paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$2,257
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$55 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0.6%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 9
Questions about teacher pay at Temple City Unified
How much do Temple City Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Temple City Unified's teacher schedule is $108,507 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $55,947 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $125,930 (BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED with a credential, step 30).
What does a new teacher earn at Temple City Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $71,397 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $55,947. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 9.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Temple City Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75 OR MA+30+CRED column, where 63% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $125,930. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Temple City Unified teacher pay high for California?
Temple City Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 152nd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 23rd 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 Temple 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.
- Temple 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.