Carpinteria Unified School District teacher salaries
Carpinteria Unified School District (CUSD) is a unified school district in Santa Barbara County, with its district office in Carpinteria. Pay starts at $50,367 on the first step. The largest group (43%) is on the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, which climbs to $103,452 by step 31.
What is the average teacher salary at Carpinteria Unified?
Lowest
$50,367
BA+30, step 1
Average salary on the teacher schedule1
$79,305
- $23,705 below Santa Barbara County average
- $24,247 below California average
Highest
$103,452
BA+75+MA OR MA+30, step 31
Carpinteria Unified average
Santa Barbara County average$103,010
California average$103,552above the highest salary here
- Full-time equivalents on the schedule
- 126
- Starting salary
- $50,367
- BA+30, step 1
- Median salary
- $82,942
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Average pay rank in California
- 639th of 828 reporting
- of 828 reporting
Carpinteria Unified's full salary schedule, 2024-252
Shading shows where teachers actually sit.
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Only BA+75+MA OR MA+30 continues past step 14.
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- 32
What BA+98, steps and credentials mean at Carpinteria Unified
Two things place a teacher on Carpinteria 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 Carpinteria Unified's BA+30 column pays $60,053. Experienced teachers joining Carpinteria Unified can be placed as high as step 14.
- Column, such as BA+98
- A bachelor's plus 98 semester units since. Carpinteria Unified's columns run from BA+30 to BA+75+MA OR MA+30, 6 in all.
How fast does a teacher's salary grow at Carpinteria Unified?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, pay passes $100,000 at step 26, with $100,430. Pick a column and a step to see the salary, and how far it is from the top.
$82,942
a year at step 10. This column tops out at $103,452 on step 31.
Does Carpinteria 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.
No
Carpinteria Unified's average of $79,305 is below the middle California district's $94,573.
All 828 reporting districts in California
Carpinteria Unified ranks 639th of 828.
Middle district: $94,573
The 17 reporting districts in Santa Barbara County
Carpinteria Unified ranks 13th of 17, below the middle district.
Middle district: $99,958
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 Carpinteria 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 $22,585paid by the district each year
- Master's degree bonusNot reported
- Doctorate bonusNot reported
- Bilingual teaching bonus$3,00021 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 14
Questions about teacher pay at Carpinteria Unified
How much do Carpinteria Unified teachers make?
The average salary on Carpinteria Unified's teacher schedule is $79,305 a year (2024-25). The salary schedule runs from $50,367 (BA+30, step 1) to $103,452 (BA+75+MA OR MA+30, step 31).
What does a new teacher earn at Carpinteria Unified?
The schedule starts at $50,367 (BA+30, step 1). Teachers who bring experience from another district can start as high as step 14.
How long does it take to reach the top of the Carpinteria Unified pay scale?
On the BA+75+MA OR MA+30 column, where 43% of full-time equivalents are paid, pay keeps rising until step 31, where it reaches $103,452. Steps go up with years of service.
Is Carpinteria Unified teacher pay high for California?
Carpinteria Unified's average salary on the teacher schedule ranks 639th of the 828 California school districts and county offices of education that reported and 13th of 17 in Santa Barbara County. Across all of them, the average salary on teacher schedules is $103,552 statewide and $103,010 in Santa Barbara County.
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- Santa Barbara County Office of Education$104,706 average salary on the schedule
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- Santa Barbara Unified$99,958 average salary on the schedule
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Sources for the Carpinteria 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.
- Carpinteria 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.