Los Alamitos 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.

Los Alamitos Unified's 2024-25 salary schedule starts at $60,397 (INTERN NON-CRED, step 1) and tops out at $144,350 (BA+60+MA, step 27), per California Department of Education, Form J-90 (2024-25) (effective July 1, 2024).
A teacher on the bachelor's column (BA) starts at $74,293 and reaches $101,829 at the top of that column.
The schedule is built on 186 work days, which makes the starting cell about $324.72 per day.
The grid has 5 column columns and 27 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 27.
Los Alamitos Unified enrolled 8,931 students in 2023-24, the 173rd-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 days186

Step \ Column	INTERN NON-CRED	BA	BA+30	BA+45	BA+60+MA
1	$60,397	$74,293	$74,294	$74,295	$79,977
2	$62,930	$74,294	$74,295	$77,352	$83,331
3	$65,544	$74,295	$76,335	$80,827	$87,054
4	$68,109	$74,296	$79,285	$84,281	$90,797
5	$70,683	$76,335	$82,223	$87,755	$94,510
6		$79,202	$85,159	$91,217	$98,248
7		$81,901	$88,111	$94,684	$101,966
8		$84,679	$91,053	$98,146	$105,698
9		$87,721	$93,989	$101,603	$109,426
10		$90,530	$97,527	$105,148	$113,158
11		$93,389	$101,044	$108,681	$116,876
12		$96,207	$104,567	$112,215	$120,601
13		$99,021	$108,109	$115,753	$124,323
14		$101,829	$111,628	$119,299	$128,038
15		$101,829	$111,628	$119,299	$128,038
16		$101,829	$111,628	$119,299	$128,038
17			$116,303	$124,061	$133,082
18			$116,303	$124,061	$133,082
19			$116,303	$124,061	$133,082
20			$116,303	$124,061	$133,082
21			$119,863	$127,637	$136,840
22			$119,863	$127,637	$136,840
23			$119,863	$127,637	$136,840
24			$123,433	$131,206	$140,591
25			$123,433	$131,206	$140,591
26			$123,433	$131,206	$140,591
27					$144,350

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Column

Step

Annual salary

$74,293

Per month (12)

$6,191.08

Per work day

$399.42 / 186 days

Next 5 steps in this column

Step	Salary	vs. selected
2	$74,294	+$1
3	$74,295	+$2
4	$74,296	+$3
5	$76,335	+$2,042
6	$79,202	+$4,909

Worked example as rendered: BA, step 1 = $74,293 a year, $6,191.08 a month spread over 12 months, $399.42 per work day on a 186-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 column a teacher moves from $74,293 at step 1 to $101,829 at step 14: 13 step increases worth $2,118 each on average, 37% in total.

The largest single increase on that column is $3,042, between step 8 and step 9.

2 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+60+MA, starts at $79,977 and tops out at $144,350, 42% above the top of the BA column.

Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Los Alamitos Unified's starting pay ranks 47th and its top cell ranks 65th; 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 99th percentile and the top cell at the 96th percentile.

Column by column

Column	First step	Top	Step moves to top	Growth
INTERN NON-CRED	$60,397	$70,683	4	17%
BA	$74,293	$101,829	13	37%
BA+30	$74,294	$123,433	23	66%
BA+45	$74,295	$131,206	23	77%
BA+60+MA	$79,977	$144,350	26	80%

Against California districts of similar size

District	Students	Year	Starting	Master's start	Top cell
Los Alamitos Unified	8,931	2024-25	$74,293	–	$144,350
Santa Maria Joint Union High	8,985	2024-25	$60,030	–	$130,373
Arcadia Unified	8,988	2024-25	$76,742	–	$152,165
Greenfield Union	9,021	2026-27	$62,353	–	$122,758
San Mateo Union High	8,841	2024-25	$82,756	–	$157,234
Alameda Unified	9,061	2024-25	$68,272	–	$124,990

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 Los Alamitos Unified?

$74,293 on the column BA 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 $60,397 (INTERN NON-CRED).

What is the top of the Los Alamitos Unified salary schedule?

$144,350, at step 27 on BA+60+MA (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 Los Alamitos Unified salary schedule?

On the BA column the top figure, $101,829, is reached at step 14, 13 step increases after step 1 (2024-25 schedule).

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