Lake Elsinore Unified School District teacher salaries
Lake Elsinore Unified School District (LEUSD) is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Lake Elsinore. A teacher with a full credential starts at $64,085. The largest group (67%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $139,342 by step 26.
What is the average teacher salary at Lake Elsinore Unified?
Lowest
$57,705
INTERN before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$113,406
- about the same as the Riverside County average
- $9,854 above California average
Highest
$139,342
BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 26
Lake Elsinore Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 1,012
- Starting salary
- $64,085
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $118,181
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 98th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Lake Elsinore Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 46% of Lake Elsinore Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Lake Elsinore Unified
Two things place a teacher on Lake Elsinore 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 Lake Elsinore Unified's BA column pays $74,625. Experienced teachers joining Lake Elsinore Unified can be placed as high as step 13.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Lake Elsinore Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 5 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Lake Elsinore Unified's credentialed columns start at $64,085.
- Without full credential
- Lake Elsinore Unified pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $57,705.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Lake Elsinore Unified?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 8, with $103,080. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$110,334
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $139,342 on step 26.
Does Lake Elsinore 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
Lake Elsinore Unified's average of $113,406 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Lake Elsinore Unified ranks 98th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County
Lake Elsinore Unified ranks 10th of 23, above the middle district.
Middle district: $112,200
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 Lake Elsinore 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 $12,500paid 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$76 an hour
- Work days a year185 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year5.5%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 13
Questions about teacher pay at Lake Elsinore Unified
How much do Lake Elsinore Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Lake Elsinore Unified's teacher schedule is $113,406 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $57,705 (INTERN before a full credential, step 1) to $139,342 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30 with a credential, step 26).
What does a new teacher earn at Lake Elsinore Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $64,085 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $57,705. Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 13.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Lake Elsinore Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 67% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 26, where it reaches $139,342. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Lake Elsinore Unified teacher pay high for California?
Lake Elsinore Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 98th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 10th of 23 in Riverside County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $112,963 in Riverside County.
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Sources for the Lake Elsinore 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.
- Lake Elsinore 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.