El Segundo Unified salary schedule, 2024-25

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25). The grid below is the schedule as published, every cell; pick a column and step to see the annual, monthly and per-day figure and the next five steps.

El Segundo Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $54,481 (BA NON-CRED, step 1) and tops out at $120,564 (BA+75 OR MA+30, step 16), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA NON-CRED) starts at $54,481 and reaches $55,851 at the top of that column.
The schedule is built on 184 work days, which makes the starting cell about $296.09 per day.
The grid has 7 column columns and 16 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 16.
El Segundo Unified enrolled 3,563 students in 2023-24, the 329th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.

Certificated salary schedule (Form J-90, 2024-25)

Official sourceDocumentCalifornia Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)School year2024-25EffectiveJuly 1, 2024Work days184

Step \ Column	BA NON-CRED	BA+CRED	BA+15	BA+30	BA+45 OR MA	BA+60 OR MA+15	BA+75 OR MA+30
1	$54,481	$62,183	$64,671	$67,159	$69,645	$72,132	$74,618
2	$54,555	$64,205	$66,771	$69,340	$71,909	$74,478	$77,045
3	$55,851	$66,291	$68,941	$71,594	$74,246	$76,898	$79,550
4	$55,851	$68,445	$71,183	$73,921	$76,657	$79,398	$82,136
5	$55,851	$70,668	$73,946	$76,323	$79,149	$81,978	$84,805
6	$55,851	$70,668	$75,885	$78,804	$81,721	$84,641	$87,561
7	$55,851	$70,668	$78,351	$81,364	$84,377	$87,394	$90,406
8	$55,851	$70,668	$80,899	$84,008	$87,119	$90,233	$93,345
9	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$86,738	$89,950	$93,166	$96,379
10	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$92,873	$96,194	$99,512
11	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$95,892	$99,320	$102,744
12	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$99,008	$102,548	$106,086
13	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$99,008	$102,548	$106,086
14	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$99,008	$102,548	$113,095
15	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$99,008	$102,548	$113,095
16	$55,851	$70,668	$83,527	$89,557	$99,008	$102,548	$120,564

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$54,481

Per month (12)

$4,540.08

Per work day

$296.09 / 184 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$54,555	+$74
3	$55,851	+$1,370
4	$55,851	+$1,370
5	$55,851	+$1,370
6	$55,851	+$1,370

Worked example as rendered: BA NON-CRED, step 1 = $54,481 a year, $4,540.08 a month spread over 12 months, $296.09 per work day on a 184-day year. Monthly and daily figures are arithmetic on the published annual cell, before any supplement, stipend or deduction.

Reported by the district to the California Department of Education on Form J-90 (Salary and Benefits Schedule for the Certificated Bargaining Unit). Column headings are the district's own, as typed on the form.

Cells the district left blank on the J-90 are shown as blank here.

2024-25 is the final year of Form J-90. California replaced it from 2025-26 with the School Employee Salary and Benefits Data Collection (C-90) under Education Code Section 42238.016; CDE collected that first year between 1 July and 31 August 2026 and its report to the Legislature is due 31 January 2027. Until CDE publishes it, the J-90 above is the most recent statewide California salary data available.

How this schedule moves

On the BA NON-CRED column a teacher moves from $54,481 at step 1 to $55,851 at step 3: 2 step increases worth $685 each on average, 3% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $1,296, between step 2 and step 3.

13 of the 15 step moves on that column carry no increase: the schedule prints the same figure for consecutive steps.

The highest-paid column, BA+75 OR MA+30, starts at $74,618 and tops out at $120,564, 116% above the top of the BA NON-CRED column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, El Segundo Unified's starting pay ranks 607th and its top cell ranks 402nd; the state medians are $59,726 to start and $120,047 at the top.

Across all 3,959 district grids indexed nationally, that starting figure sits at the 61st percentile and the top cell at the 84th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
BA NON-CRED	$54,481	$55,851	2	3%
BA+CRED	$62,183	$70,668	4	14%
BA+15	$64,671	$83,527	8	29%
BA+30	$67,159	$89,557	9	33%
BA+45 OR MA	$69,645	$99,008	11	42%
BA+60 OR MA+15	$72,132	$102,548	11	42%
BA+75 OR MA+30	$74,618	$120,564	15	62%

Against California districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
El Segundo Unified	3,563	2024-25	$54,481	–	$120,564
Albany City Unified	3,574	2024-25	$61,136	–	$120,016
Walnut Creek Elementary	3,547	2026-27	$64,637.86	–	$126,855.33
San Benito High	3,539	2024-25	$68,123	–	$129,803
Eureka City Schools	3,538	2025-26	$51,171	–	$103,148
Enterprise Elementary	3,538	2024-25	$58,846	–	$120,835

Starting pay is the first step of the bachelor's column where the schedule has one, otherwise the lowest first-step cell. Enrollment is NCES 2023-24. Years differ where districts publish on different cycles.

Questions people ask

What is the starting teacher salary in El Segundo Unified?

$54,481 on the column BA NON-CRED at step 1 of the 2024-25 schedule (California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25)). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $54,481 (BA NON-CRED).

What is the top of the El Segundo Unified salary schedule?

$120,564, at step 16 on BA+75 OR MA+30 (2024-25). That is the highest published cell before any stipend, longevity or supplement not printed on the grid.

How long does it take to reach the top of the El Segundo Unified salary schedule?

On the BA NON-CRED column the top figure, $55,851, is reached at step 3, 2 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).

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