Apple Valley Unified School District teacher salaries
Apple Valley Unified School District (AVUSD) is a unified school district in San Bernardino County, with its district office in Apple Valley. A teacher with a full credential starts at $65,691. The largest group (53%) is on the BA+70 OR MA+15 column, which climbs to $136,253 by step 34.
What is the average teacher salary at Apple Valley Unified?
Lowest
$60,367
BA EMERG before a full credential, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$95,886
- $10,943 below San Bernardino County average
- $7,666 below California average
Highest
$136,253
BA+70 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 34
Apple Valley Unified average
AveragesCalifornia $103,552, San Bernardino County $106,829
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 715
- Starting salary
- $65,691
- BA with a credential, step 1
- Median salary
- $94,811
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 383rd of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Apple Valley Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit. 31% of Apple Valley Unified's full-time equivalents are on step 15 or higher.
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Only BA+70 OR MA+15 continues past step 20.
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Only BA INTERN continues past step 1.
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- 5+
- 35
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Apple Valley Unified
Two things place a teacher on Apple 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 Apple Valley Unified's BA column pays $73,652. Experienced teachers joining Apple Valley Unified can be placed as high as step 11.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Apple Valley Unified's columns run from BA to BA+70 OR MA+15, 4 in all.
- Credentialed
- Holds a full California teaching credential. Apple Valley Unified's credentialed columns start at $65,691.
- Without full credential
- Apple Valley Unified pays teachers without a full credential on separate columns, starting at $60,367.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Apple Valley Unified?
On the BA+70 OR MA+15 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 11, with $102,133. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$98,389
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $136,253 on step 34.
Does Apple 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
Apple Valley Unified's average of $95,886 is above the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Apple Valley Unified ranks 383rd of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 33 reporting districts in San Bernardino County
Apple Valley Unified ranks 23rd of 33, below the middle district.
Middle district: $103,690
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 Apple 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.
- Health insurance, family planUp to $22,300paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonusNot reported
- National Board Certification bonusNot reported
- Special education bonus$2,50092 full-time equivalents eligible
- Summer school pay$75 an hour
- Work days a year184 days180 of them with students
- Schedule raise on last year3%
- Highest starting step for experienced hiresStep 11
Questions about teacher pay at Apple Valley Unified
How much do Apple Valley Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Apple Valley Unified's teacher schedule is $95,886 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $60,367 (BA EMERG before a full credential, step 1) to $136,253 (BA+70 OR MA+15 with a credential, step 34).
What does a new teacher earn at Apple Valley Unified?
A new teacher with a full credential starts at $65,691 (BA column, step 1). Teachers without a full credential start lower, at $60,367. 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 Apple Valley Unified pay scale?
On the BA+70 OR MA+15 column, where 53% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 34, where it reaches $136,253. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Apple Valley Unified teacher pay high for California?
Apple Valley Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 383rd of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 23rd of 33 in San Bernardino County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $106,829 in San Bernardino County.
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Sources for the Apple 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.
- 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.
- Apple 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.
- U.S. Department of Labor, Fact Sheet #17D: Exemption for Professional Employees Under the FLSA: teachers are exempt from federal overtime pay.