Murrieta Valley Unified School District teacher salaries

Murrieta Valley Unified School District is a unified school district in Riverside County, with its district office in Murrieta. Pay starts at $61,327 on the first step. The largest group (44%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+45 column, which climbs to $146,910 by step 30.

What is the average teacher salary at Murrieta Valley Unified?

Lowest

$61,327

BA, step 1

Average salary on the teacher schedule1

$113,106

  • about the same as the Riverside County average
  • $9,554 above California average

Highest

$146,910

BA+75+MA OR MA+45, step 30

Murrieta Valley Unified average

AveragesCalifornia $103,552, Riverside County $112,963

Full-time equivalents on the schedule
1,000
Starting salary
$61,327
BA, step 1
Median salary
$115,538
Half earn more, half earn less
Average pay rank in California
101st of 828 reporting
of 828 reporting

Murrieta Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252

Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 48% of Murrieta Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.

StepBABA+15BA+30BA+45 OR MABA+60 OR MA+15BA+75 OR MA+30BA+75+MA OR MA+45
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16 to 18
19
20 to 21
22 to 24
25 to 27
28 to 29
30

Only BA+75+MA OR MA+45 continues past step 19.

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Full-time equivalents in a cell
  1. 5+
  5. 92
Cells with fewer than 5 stay unshaded. Bold figures sit in the three darkest shades.Striped cells: this column has no salary at that step.

What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Murrieta Valley Unified

Two things place a teacher on Murrieta 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 Murrieta Valley Unified's BA column pays $72,979. Experienced teachers joining Murrieta Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 8.
Column, such as BA+98
A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Murrieta Valley Unified's columns run from BA to BA+75+MA OR MA+45, 7 in all.

How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Murrieta Valley Unified?

The BA+75+MA OR MA+45 column pays $100,000 or more from step 15. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.

$122,692

a year at step 10. This column tops out at $146,910 on step 30.

$146,910$61,327
Step 1Step 30
Chosen columnOther columns, same type

Does Murrieta 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

Murrieta Valley Unified's average of $113,106 is above the middle California district's $94,573.

All 828 reporting districts in California

Murrieta Valley Unified ranks 101st of 828.

Murrieta Valley Unified
$50k$100k$150k

Middle district: $94,573

The 23 reporting districts in Riverside County

Murrieta Valley Unified ranks 11th of 23, above the middle district.

Murrieta Valley Unified
$80k$100k$120k

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 Murrieta 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.

Questions about teacher pay at Murrieta Valley Unified

How much do Murrieta Valley Unified teachers make?

The average salary on Murrieta Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $113,106 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $61,327 (BA, step 1) to $146,910 (BA+75+MA OR MA+45, step 30).

What does a new teacher earn at Murrieta Valley Unified?

The schedule starts at $61,327 (BA, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 8.

How long does it take to reach the top of the Murrieta Valley Unified pay scale?

On the BA+75+MA OR MA+45 column, where 44% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 30, where it reaches $146,910. Steps go up with years of service.

Is Murrieta Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?

Murrieta Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 101st of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 11th 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 Murrieta 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Murrieta 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.
  3. U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.

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