Walnut Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Walnut Valley Unified School District (WVUSD) is a unified school district in Los Angeles County, with its district office in Walnut. A teacher with a full credential starts at $68,480. The largest group (66%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $143,470 by step 35.
What is the average teacher salary at Walnut Valley Unified?
Lowest
$63,690
INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$109,999
- $6,505 above Los Angeles County average
- $6,447 above California average
Highest
$143,470
BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 35
Walnut Valley Unified average
AveragesLos Angeles County $103,494, California $103,552
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 590
- Starting salary
- $68,480
- PRELIM/ with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $113,590
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 134th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Walnut Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 47% of Walnut Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+60+MA OR MA+15, BA+75+MA OR MA+30 continue past step 29.
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- 22
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Walnut Valley Unified
Two things place a teacher on Walnut 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 Walnut Valley Unified's PRELIM/ column pays $78,490. Experienced teachers joining Walnut Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 12.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Walnut Valley Unified's columns run from PRELIM/ to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Walnut Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $68,480.
- Without full credential
- Walnut Valley Unified pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $63,690.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Walnut Valley Unified?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 8, with $101,170. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$107,380
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $143,470 on step 35.
Does Walnut 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
Walnut Valley Unified's average of $109,999 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Walnut Valley Unified ranks 134th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 71 reporting districts in Los Angeles County
Walnut Valley Unified ranks 21st 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 Walnut 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.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $24,330paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school pay$70 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 12
Questions about teacher pay at Walnut Valley Unified
How much do Walnut Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Walnut Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $109,999 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $63,690 (INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $143,470 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 35).
What does a new teacher earn at Walnut Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $68,480 (PRELIM/ column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $63,690. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 12.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Walnut Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 66% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 35, where it reaches $143,470. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Walnut Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Walnut Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 134th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 21st 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 Walnut 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.
- 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.
- Walnut 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.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.