La Habra City Elementary School District teacher salaries
La Habra City Elementary School District is an elementary school district in Orange County, with its district office in La Habra. A teacher with a full credential starts at $63,880. The largest group (77%) is on the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $133,627 by step 25.
What is the average teacher salary at La Habra City Elementary?
Lowest
$60,024
BA+EMERG before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$108,657
- $4,584 below Orange County average
- $5,105 above California average
Highest
$133,627
BA+60+MA OR MA+15 with a credential, step 25
La Habra City Elementary average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 235
- Starting salary
- $63,880
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $111,345
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 149th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
La Habra City Elementary's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 51% of La Habra City Elementary's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at La Habra City Elementary
Two things place a teacher on La Habra City 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 La Habra City Elementary's BA column pays $70,834. Experienced teachers joining La Habra City Elementary can be placed as high as step 7.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. La Habra City Elementary's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA OR MA+15, 3 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. La Habra City Elementary's credentialed columns start at $63,880.
- Without full credential
- La Habra City Elementary pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $60,024.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at La Habra City Elementary?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 10, with $101,179. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$101,179
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $133,627 on step 25.
Does La Habra City 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
La Habra City Elementary's average of $108,657 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
La Habra City Elementary ranks 149th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
La Habra City Elementary ranks 19th 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 La Habra City 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 $21,550paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$1,85628 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$1,85650 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$53 an hour
- Work days a year186 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year1%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 7
Questions about teacher pay at La Habra City Elementary
How much do La Habra City Elementary teachers make?
The average salary on La Habra City Elementary's teacher schedule is $108,657 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,024 (BA+EMERG before a full credential, step 1) to $133,627 (BA+60+MA OR MA+15 with a credential, step 25).
What does a new teacher earn at La Habra City Elementary?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $63,880 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $60,024. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 7.
How long does it take to reach the top of the La Habra City Elementary pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, where 77% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 25, where it reaches $133,627. Steps go up with years of service.
Is La Habra City Elementary teacher pay high for California?
La Habra City Elementary's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 149th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 19th 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 La Habra City 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.
- La Habra City 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.