Annual salary
$61,940
California · salary schedule · 2025-26
Murrieta Valley Unified salary schedule, 2025-26
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26). 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.
- Murrieta Valley Unified's 2025-26 salary schedule starts at $61,940 (A BA, step 1) and tops out at $148,379 (G BA+75/wMA MA+45, step 30), per Murrieta Valley Unified School District (effective ).
- A teacher on the bachelor's column (A BA) starts at $61,940 and reaches $79,592 at the top of that column.
- The schedule is built on 184 work days, which makes the starting cell about $336.63 per day.
- The grid has 7 column columns and 21 step rows; the highest cell is reached at step 30.
- Murrieta Valley Unified enrolled 22,317 students in 2023-24, the 47th-largest district in California by NCES enrollment.
Teacher salary schedule (2025-26)
Official sourceDocumentMurrieta Valley Unified School DistrictSchool year2025-26EffectiveWork days184
| Step \ Column | A BA | B BA+15 | C BA+30 | D BA+45/MA | E BA+60/MA+15 | F BA+75/MA+30 | G BA+75/wMA MA+45 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $61,940 | $64,421 | $66,890 | $69,374 | $71,851 | $74,325 | |
| 2 | $64,878 | $67,472 | $70,073 | $72,665 | $75,264 | $77,855 | |
| 3 | $67,817 | $70,534 | $73,251 | $75,962 | $78,676 | $81,388 | |
| 4 | $70,764 | $73,595 | $76,424 | $79,257 | $82,087 | $84,917 | |
| 5 | $73,709 | $76,655 | $79,605 | $82,552 | $85,502 | $88,455 | |
| 6 | $76,651 | $79,717 | $82,780 | $85,850 | $88,919 | $91,979 | |
| 7 | $79,592 | $82,774 | $85,957 | $89,142 | $92,326 | $95,507 | |
| 8 | $85,832 | $89,140 | $92,440 | $95,737 | $99,042 | ||
| 9 | $92,316 | $95,733 | $99,154 | $102,570 | |||
| 10 | $99,025 | $102,566 | $106,104 | ||||
| 11 | $105,980 | $109,634 | |||||
| 12 | $113,162 | ||||||
| 13 | $116,694 | ||||||
| 14 | $120,225 | ||||||
| 15 | $123,919 | ||||||
| 16 | $127,726 | ||||||
| 19 | $123,919 | $131,651 | |||||
| 22 | $135,694 | ||||||
| 25 | $139,861 | ||||||
| 28 | $144,058 | ||||||
| 30 | $148,379 |
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Per month (12)
$5,161.67
Per work day
$336.63 / 184 days
Next 5 steps in this column
| Step | Salary | vs. selected |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | $64,878 | +$2,938 |
| 3 | $67,817 | +$5,877 |
| 4 | $70,764 | +$8,824 |
| 5 | $73,709 | +$11,769 |
| 6 | $76,651 | +$14,711 |
Worked example as rendered: A BA, step 1 = $61,940 a year, $5,161.67 a month spread over 12 months, $336.63 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.
Effective 7/1/2025 (1%), BOE approved 1/20/2026; 184 duty days.
Column headers print two rows (BA+ units and MA+ units); labels here join the column letter with both header rows.
Steps 19, 22, 25, 28 and 30 are longevity steps as printed; cells printed as 0 are shown blank.
Up to 7 years of outside experience recognized for placement.
- Soft spot: Step 15 and 16 print no value (not 0) in column F while column F resumes at step 19 with 123,919, the same figure as column G step 15; reproduced as printed.
- Soft spot: Column G (BA+75/wMA, MA+45) has values only from step 15 up.
How this schedule moves
On the A BA column a teacher moves from $61,940 at step 1 to $79,592 at step 7: 6 step increases worth $2,942 each on average, 28% in total.
The largest single increase on that column is $2,947, between step 3 and step 4.
The highest-paid column, G BA+75/wMA MA+45, starts at $123,919 and tops out at $148,379, 86% above the top of the A BA column.
Among the 825 California district schedules indexed here, Murrieta Valley Unified's starting pay ranks 321st and its top cell ranks 50th; 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 84th percentile and the top cell at the 97th percentile.
Column by column
| Column | First step | Top | Step moves to top | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A BA | $61,940 | $79,592 | 6 | 28% |
| B BA+15 | $64,421 | $85,832 | 7 | 33% |
| C BA+30 | $66,890 | $92,316 | 8 | 38% |
| D BA+45/MA | $69,374 | $99,025 | 9 | 43% |
| E BA+60/MA+15 | $71,851 | $105,980 | 10 | 47% |
| F BA+75/MA+30 | $74,325 | $123,919 | 14 | 67% |
| G BA+75/wMA MA+45 | $123,919 | $148,379 | 6 | 20% |
Against California districts of similar size
| District | Students | Year | Starting | Master's start | Top cell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrieta Valley Unified | 22,317 | 2025-26 | $61,940 | – | $148,379 |
| Chula Vista Elementary | 22,285 | 2024-25 | $62,145 | – | $124,885 |
| Downey Unified | 22,421 | 2024-25 | $70,532 | – | $144,379 |
| Torrance Unified | 22,109 | 2024-25 | $62,009 | – | $122,300 |
| Chaffey Joint Union High | 22,628 | 2025-26 | $66,385 | – | $157,332 |
| Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified | 22,705 | 2024-25 | $61,890 | – | $134,287 |
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 Murrieta Valley Unified?
$61,940 on the column A BA at step 1 of the 2025-26 schedule (Murrieta Valley Unified School District). The lowest cell on the whole grid is $61,940 (A BA).
What is the top of the Murrieta Valley Unified salary schedule?
$148,379, at step 30 on G BA+75/wMA MA+45 (2025-26). 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 Murrieta Valley Unified salary schedule?
On the A BA column the top figure, $79,592, is reached at step 7, 6 step increases after step 1 (2025-26 schedule).
Other California districts with schedules
- Chula Vista Elementarystarts $62,145
- Downey Unifiedstarts $70,532
- Torrance Unifiedstarts $62,009
- Chaffey Joint Union Highstarts $66,385
- Placentia-Yorba Linda Unifiedstarts $61,890
- Hemet Unifiedstarts $52,766
- Antelope Valley Union Highstarts $50,398
- Tustin Unifiedstarts $63,595
- Saddleback Valley Unifiedstarts $30,000
- Hesperia Unifiedstarts $70,013
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