Ocean View School District teacher salaries
Ocean View School District (OVSD) is an elementary school district in Orange County, with its district office in Huntington Beach. Pay starts at $51,066 on the first step. The largest group (83%) is on the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $126,431 by step 24.
What is the average teacher salary at Ocean View?
Lowest
$51,066
BA, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$111,191
- $2,050 below Orange County average
- $7,639 above California average
Highest
$126,431
BA+60+MA OR MA+15, step 24
Ocean View average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Orange County $113,241
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 336
- Starting salary
- $51,066
- BA, step 1
- Median salary
- $120,410
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 118th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Ocean View's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 74% of Ocean View's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Ocean View
Two things place a teacher on Ocean View'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 Ocean View's BA column pays $53,364. Experienced teachers joining Ocean View can be placed as high as step 6.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Ocean View's columns run from BA to BA+60+MA OR MA+15, 5 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Ocean View?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 10, with $100,969. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$100,969
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $126,431 on step 24.
Does Ocean View 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
Ocean View's average of $111,191 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Ocean View ranks 118th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 29 reporting districts in Orange County
Ocean View ranks 15th of 29, above 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 Ocean View
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 $21,450paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonus$1,1003 full-time equivalents eligible
- Bilingual teaching bonus$3,5005 full-time equivalents eligible
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonusNot reported
- Summer school payNot reported
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year0%can also mean not reported
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 6
Questions about teacher pay at Ocean View
How much do Ocean View teachers make?
The average salary on Ocean View's teacher schedule is $111,191 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $51,066 (BA, step 1) to $126,431 (BA+60+MA OR MA+15, step 24).
What does a new teacher earn at Ocean View?
The schedule starts at $51,066 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 6.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Ocean View pay scale?
On the BA+60+MA OR MA+15 column, where 83% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 24, where it reaches $126,431. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Ocean View teacher pay high for California?
Ocean View's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 118th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 15th 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 Ocean View 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.
- Ocean View'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.