Entry-Level Public Los Angeles Educators

• Teachers working in Los Angeles Unified School District earned an average of $66,584 in 2010, an increase of 0.2 percent over the 2009-10 earnings. Newly hired teachers earn significantly less than this amount. Teachers in LAUSD recorded an average of nearly 12 years on the job. Entry-level teaching positions, according to the public salary charts, earn between $44,071 and $58,416, depending on the number of days the teacher works during the year. Year-round schools require extra days of service.
  
  

Highest Salary Schedules

• The top of the LAUSD teaching salary schedule, Step 27, requires 98 salary points, calculated using a semester as one point. A new hire with the necessary units earns between $47,976 and $63,592, depending on the days required by the teaching contract. The highest teaching salary category pays between $71,364 and $94,592. This yearly income requires 98 points above a basic bachelor's degree and 14 years of continuous service. Teachers working at year-round schools earn a significantly higher salary than teachers at schools operating on a schedule just over 10 months.
  
  

Advanced-Degreed Los Angeles Teachers

• The district salary schedules for 2010-2011 also show teachers with a master's degree from an accredited institution earn between $564 and 727 additional salary dollars, depending on the length of the year at their assigned school. Teachers holding a doctorate degree earn an additional payment between $1,128 and $1,494. Teachers have the option of the additional salary payment funded over 10 or 12 months. Teachers with both a master's and a doctorate receive additional pay only for the highest degree earned.
  
  

Supplemental Teacher Payments

• Approximately 677,538 students attended school in the Los Angeles Unified School District during the 2009-2010 school year, and the schools offered a wealth of activities outside the normal class hours, including clubs and scholastic competitions, featuring debate and Academic Decathlon. Teachers assigned to these duties earn additional salary based on a supplemental pay schedule. Teachers accepting additional supervision roles earn increased salaries, including $5,122 in 2010-2011 for Academic Decathlon team coaching support. Extracurricular coaches received $7 per student in grades 6 through 8, and an additional hourly salary of $9 for students participating in grades 9 through 12.
  
  

Interscholastic Athletic Assignment Salaries

• Regular interscholastic athletic assignments earned between $973 and $2811 during the 2010-2011 school year. The lowest-paid sport coaching salaries included cross-country and golf. The head football coach at each school took in the highest coaching salary. Extracurricular coaching assignments require a minimum number of student participants and completion of a minimum list of competitions and preparation time for the coach to earn the supplemental salary.