Fullerton Elementary School District teacher salaries
Fullerton Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Orange County, with its district office in Fullerton. A teacher with a full credential starts at $64,324. The largest group (76%) is on the BA+60+MA column, which climbs to $132,281 by step 24.
What is the average teacher salary at Fullerton Elementary?
Lowest
$61,425
BA before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$109,030
- $4,211 below Orange County average
- $5,478 above California average
Highest
$132,281
BA+60+MA with a credential, step 24
Fullerton Elementary average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 518
- Starting salary
- $64,324
- BA+30 with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $112,485
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 144th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Fullerton Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 51% of Fullerton Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Fullerton Elementary
Two things place a teacher on Fullerton Elementary'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 Fullerton Elementary's BA+30 column pays $74,530. Experienced teachers joining Fullerton Elementary can be placed as high as step 11.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Fullerton Elementary's columns run from BA+30 to BA+60+MA, 3 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Fullerton Elementary's credentialed columns start at $64,324.
- Without full credential
- Fullerton Elementary pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $61,425.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Fullerton Elementary?
On the BA+60+MA column, pay passes $100,000 at step 9, with $100,721. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$104,499
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $132,281 on step 24.
Does Fullerton Elementary 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
Fullerton Elementary's average of $109,030 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Fullerton Elementary ranks 144th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
Fullerton Elementary ranks 18th of 29, below the middle district.
Middle district: $111,191
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 Fullerton Elementary
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 $24,971paid 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$51 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year2.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at Fullerton Elementary
How much do Fullerton Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on Fullerton Elementary's teacher schedule is $109,030 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,425 (BA before a full credential, step 1) to $132,281 (BA+60+MA with a credential, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Fullerton Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $64,324 (BA+30 column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $61,425. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 11.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Fullerton Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA column, where 76% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $132,281. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Fullerton Elementary teacher pay high for California?
Fullerton Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 144th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 18th of 29 in Orange County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $113,241 in Orange County.
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Sources for the Fullerton Elementary 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.
- Fullerton Elementary'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.