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Malia M. Cohen, California State Controller
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K-12 Education

Employers Reported approximately 82% unreported
338
Employees
424,147
Total Wages
$22,369,155,377
Total Retirement & Health Contribution
$7,749,702,699
Last Updated: 12/12/2024

Report: Averages

The averages values are based on all W-2 employees and board members (paid or unpaid) reported for the calendar year. Employees who work partial year and/or part-time are counted as full time employees in the averages calculations. Some employees included in the averages calculations do not receive retirement and/or health benefits.
All Reported K-12 Education
Average Wages
$52,739
Average Retirement & Health Contribution
$18,271
K-12 Education Employees Average Wages Average Retirement & Health Contribution
Academy for Academic Excellence 275 $45,877 $15,585
AeroSTEM Academy 50 $21,434 $5,009
Alameda County Office of Education 558 $48,677 $12,553
Alameda Unified 1,524 $53,017 $13,374
Albany City Unified 809 $45,258 $17,091
Alhambra Unified 2,558 $63,660 $23,823
Alma Fuerte Public 59 $27,807 $363
Alpine Union Elementary 824 $15,191 $9,609
Alta Loma Elementary 1,189 $42,381 $13,570
Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary 74 $42,965 $17,945
Anaheim Elementary 2,857 $62,810 $24,234
Antioch Unified 2,220 $65,349 $24,346
Apple Valley Unified 2,710 $47,618 $18,373
Arcadia Unified 1,545 $60,915 $15,372
Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ACE) 52 $31,280 $11,080
Armona Union Elementary 296 $27,741 $10,802
Azusa Unified 1,723 $42,197 $11,280
Bakersfield City 4,716 $68,332 $26,522
Banning Unified 880 $51,649 $16,813
Banta Unified 151 $26,286 $7,495
Barona Indian Charter 29 $26,382 $8,759
Bay View Academy 144 $31,843 $8,411
Beaumont Unified 2,264 $45,712 $15,579
Bella Vista Elementary 95 $27,471 $8,397
Big Pine Unified 69 $35,888 $14,234
Big Sur Unified 27 $16,247 $4,161
Big Valley Joint Unified 47 $28,963 $8,689
Biggs Unified 148 $31,808 $10,641
Black Butte Union Elementary 75 $28,680 $10,068
Blochman Union Elementary 42 $36,252 $10,318
Blue Lake Union Elementary 106 $23,999 $5,804
Bolinas-Stinson Union 62 $51,803 $22,807
Bonny Doon Union Elementary 41 $31,514 $9,826
Bonsall Unified 559 $37,747 $13,098
Brea-Olinda Unified 1,084 $49,249 $14,490
Brentwood Union 1,545 $50,839 $14,743
BRIDGES Charter 75 $34,853 $11,244
Briggs Elementary 100 $41,957 $12,340
Brittan Elementary 93 $30,963 $8,793
Buellton Union Elementary 216 $40,205 $12,205
Buena Vista Elementary 44 $33,643 $14,396
Cajon Valley Union 3,597 $49,530 $14,564
Calaveras County Office of Education 231 $43,166 $14,952
Calexico Unified 1,698 $52,780 $18,256
California Creative Learning Academy 121 $26,663 $5,199
California Creative Learning Academy MS 71 $14,512 $2,593
Calistoga Joint Unified 244 $57,592 $17,504
Camarillo Academy of Progressive Education 88 $36,392 $7,339
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy 190 $33,428 $4,924
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #2 148 $29,452 $8,264
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #4 149 $23,066 $6,522
Camino Nuevo Elementary #3 175 $27,376 $7,584
Camino Nuevo High #2 123 $29,582 $8,314
Camino Union Elementary 117 $29,807 $8,508
Campbell Union 1,273 $56,680 $17,607
Campbell Union High 1,423 $55,863 $21,680
Camptonville Elementary 21 $26,702 $8,343
Cascade Union Elementary 382 $30,817 $10,737
Castle Rock Union Elementary 33 $21,608 $6,954
Central Unified 2,637 $42,842 $15,397
Central Union Elementary 436 $43,215 $14,962
Centralia Elementary 870 $48,712 $14,583
Chaffey Joint Union High 3,428 $65,394 $24,451
Charter Oak Unified 989 $43,286 $15,412
Chico Unified 2,800 $40,476 $14,595
Chino Valley Unified 4,030 $52,932 $15,485
Chrysalis Charter 63 $22,497 $3,776
Chualar Union 87 $34,506 $15,010
Chula Vista Elementary 5,339 $49,096 $15,866
Claremont Unified 1,307 $45,679 $15,454
Clovis Unified 8,470 $45,806 $15,720
Collegiate Charter High School of Los Angeles 44 $45,160 $4,321
Columbia Elementary 237 $32,282 $10,604
Columbia Union 124 $28,167 $9,219
Columbine Elementary 42 $31,620 $12,086
Community Collaborative Charter (Sacramento) 179 $32,174 $18,500
Community Outreach Academy 356 $37,055 $21,824
Conejo Valley Unified 3,288 $47,738 $14,936
Contra Costa County Office of Education 840 $48,965 $20,345
CORE Charter 81 $42,938 $13,282
Corning Union Elementary 413 $37,549 $14,231
Cuddeback Union Elementary 57 $23,122 $8,748
Del Mar Union Elementary 1,049 $44,995 $13,195
Delano Joint Union High 968 $46,589 $17,369
Delano Union Elementary 1,402 $46,771 $19,905
Denair Unified 458 $25,382 $6,991
Duarte Unified 705 $42,015 $10,736
Dublin Unified 1,937 $58,723 $13,778
Dunsmuir Joint Union High 33 $35,742 $13,843
Earlimart Elementary 338 $51,130 $19,684
Eastern Sierra Unified 155 $39,422 $17,756
Eastside Union Elementary 828 $35,852 $12,027
El Centro Elementary 1,186 $49,398 $14,305
El Dorado County Office of Education 1,103 $37,055 $11,616
El Monte City 1,532 $52,734 $16,162
El Monte Union High 1,649 $59,182 $19,203
Empowering Possibilities International Charter 140 $21,601 $16,780
EPIC Charter (Excellence Performance Innovation Citizenship) 70 $77,997 $18,135
Escalon Unified 511 $44,516 $13,312
Escondido Charter High 123 $53,112 $17,204
Escondido Union High 1,509 $51,459 $18,151
Etiwanda Elementary 2,540 $46,434 $14,465
Evergreen Union 277 $39,601 $12,192
Fall River Joint Unified 326 $33,162 $11,999
Fallbrook Union Elementary 1,226 $51,442 $17,465
Fenton Primary Center 499 $50,000 $12,492
Flournoy Union Elementary 17 $23,254 $6,860
Fontana Unified 5,933 $57,381 $23,022
Fort Ross Elementary 19 $21,322 $9,733
Fortuna Elementary 312 $30,983 $11,075
Fountain Valley Elementary 1,107 $50,898 $14,700
Fowler Unified 541 $45,782 $16,756
Franklin-McKinley Elementary 1,124 $63,595 $20,555
French Gulch-Whiskeytown Elementary 23 $10,602 $2,082
Fresno Unified 15,748 $50,057 $22,492
Fullerton Elementary 2,336 $50,006 $18,624
Fullerton Joint Union High 1,898 $59,333 $22,367
Futures High 142 $21,900 $12,760
Gabriella Charter 108 $39,127 $5,946
Gabriella Charter 2 112 $34,177 $6,064
Gateway International 192 $25,135 $20,272
Gilroy Unified 1,540 $60,801 $19,906
Girls Athletic Leadership School Los Angeles 32 $47,482 $11,804
Gold Oak Union Elementary 129 $26,825 $9,432
Golden Valley Unified 559 $34,764 $11,773
Granada Hills Charter 598 $74,488 $26,753
Graves Elementary 15 $22,203 $7,539
Grossmont Union High 3,345 $55,111 $18,873
Guadalupe Union Elementary 223 $52,211 $8,065
Hanford Elementary 1,147 $46,638 $15,661
Happy Valley Union Elementary 127 $28,950 $10,788
Healdsburg Unified 400 $39,622 $12,326
Heber Elementary 317 $41,462 $12,681
Helendale Elementary 241 $39,118 $13,623
Heritage K-8 Charter 259 $29,750 $12,609
Hesperia Unified 3,395 $58,065 $18,269
Higher Learning Academy 160 $20,659 $12,110
Hillsborough City Elementary 284 $78,038 $22,458
Hope Elementary (Santa Barbara) 259 $35,085 $10,080
Horicon Elementary 44 $29,359 $16,074
Hughson Unified 559 $34,027 $11,007
Humboldt County Office of Education 721 $31,215 $14,759
Huntington Beach City Elementary 851 $54,549 $18,286
Imperial Unified 824 $50,238 $15,763
Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary 215 $30,774 $10,450
John Muir Charter 101 $50,845 $16,297
Julian Charter 271 $46,244 $14,841
Kairos Public 100 $36,378 $8,747
Kashia Elementary 14 $13,806 $4,800
Kelseyville Unified 361 $44,302 $17,396
Kern County Office of Education 2,566 $49,800 $20,469
Kernville Union Elementary 250 $37,343 $14,684
Kings County Office of Education 823 $32,554 $12,775
Kingsburg Joint Union High 114 $90,457 $30,793
Knightsen Elementary 141 $31,737 $7,322
Laguna Beach Unified 672 $61,652 $19,550
Laguna Joint Elementary 23 $9,623 $3,650
Lagunita Elementary 20 $25,361 $14,241
Lakeport Unified 313 $43,702 $15,971
Lakeside Union Elementary (San Diego) 1,578 $26,931 $17,016
Lammersville Joint Unified 812 $58,055 $20,042
Larchmont Charter 382 $40,752 $8,702
Las Lomitas Elementary 275 $78,160 $19,944
Las Virgenes Unified 1,707 $49,399 $15,013
Lassen County Office of Education 205 $24,148 $8,847
Lawndale Elementary 1,060 $58,964 $16,678
Le Grand Union High 156 $37,523 $14,792
Liberty Elementary (Sonoma) 82 $33,097 $7,567
Liberty Union High 1,305 $53,032 $19,227
Live Oak Unified 441 $42,513 $15,965
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary 122 $36,858 $9,917
Long Beach Unified 12,284 $57,683 $21,423
Long Valley 23 $54,654 $14,609
Los Alamitos Unified 1,788 $48,774 $14,930
Los Altos Elementary 747 $58,848 $20,289
Los Angeles County Office of Education 2,748 $65,717 $16,361
Los Angeles Unified 97,232 $58,349 $20,944
Los Molinos Unified 164 $31,406 $9,792
Los Olivos Elementary 40 $29,766 $8,193
Lucerne Valley Unified 307 $39,080 $13,699
Madera County Superintendent of Schools 682 $42,075 $14,973
Madera Unified 3,792 $51,893 $21,229
Magnolia Elementary 1,077 $54,344 $18,737
Magnolia Union Elementary 43 $23,939 $7,558
Making Waves Academy 232 $61,221 $15,240
Manchester Union Elementary 31 $15,796 $5,896
Mare Island Technology Academy 83 $34,006 $10,185
Mariposa County Unified 445 $42,714 $15,716
Martinez Unified 698 $49,868 $17,517
Marysville Joint Unified 1,944 $49,855 $16,216
McCloud Union Elementary 25 $23,795 $10,071
McFarland Unified 628 $50,177 $16,133
Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary 88 $29,918 $10,216
Meadows Union Elementary 131 $31,131 $11,196
Menifee Union 2,147 $45,869 $13,833
Mesa Union Elementary 90 $49,338 $15,240
Midway Elementary 25 $28,676 $14,607
Mission Union Elementary 40 $23,430 $8,294
Modesto City Schools 5,977 $54,998 $15,551
Mojave Unified 621 $44,710 $15,857
Mono County Office of Education 90 $44,965 $22,088
Monson-Sultana Joint Union Elementary 100 $35,707 $14,872
Monterey County Office of Education 910 $57,725 $22,291
Moraga Elementary 413 $41,322 $14,178
Morongo Unified 1,456 $47,940 $15,985
Mount Pleasant Elementary 382 $51,675 $16,191
Mountain Union Elementary 48 $18,264 $5,726
Mountain View Elementary (San Bernardino) 494 $51,460 $13,271
Mulberry Elementary 20 $25,576 $6,274
Mupu Elementary 33 $37,965 $10,284
Murrieta Valley Unified 3,918 $50,293 $14,844
National Elementary 1,005 $51,101 $18,696
Nevada City Elementary 217 $27,189 $7,761
New Village Girls Academy 51 $30,699 $7,860
Nicasio 29 $20,215 $4,754
North County Trade Tech High 29 $56,435 $11,253
Norton Science and Language Academy 188 $45,726 $13,695
Nuestro Elementary 62 $19,061 $6,562
Oak Grove Elementary 1,439 $52,953 $20,013
Oak Run Elementary 23 $21,982 $7,002
Ocean View (Orange) 1,333 $50,297 $15,932
Old Adobe Union 442 $38,613 $12,733
Ontario-Montclair 4,031 $61,439 $20,880
Orange County Department of Education 2,072 $59,323 $24,628
Orange Unified 3,222 $66,652 $21,718
Orcutt Union Elementary 925 $40,099 $13,046
Orinda Union Elementary 516 $45,667 $14,974
Orland Joint Unified 437 $44,902 $17,673
Oroville City Elementary 478 $39,213 $14,264
Oroville Union High 496 $43,357 $19,256
Our Community Charter 92 $32,418 $7,018
Owens Valley Unified 58 $25,427 $9,730
Oxnard 2,605 $59,477 $17,835
Pacific View Charter 98 $53,916 $19,428
Palermo Union Elementary 281 $50,386 $16,966
Palm Springs Unified 3,520 $66,916 $25,536
Panama-Buena Vista Union 3,983 $42,877 $17,619
Paradise Charter Middle 23 $35,317 $7,753
Paradise Unified 413 $39,502 $13,685
Peak Prep Pleasant Valley 52 $61,886 $6,264
Perris Union High 1,945 $58,400 $18,483
Phoenix Charter Academy College View 33 $54,132 $16,495
Piedmont City Unified 574 $51,810 $17,987
Pierce Joint Unified 305 $35,035 $11,777
Pioneer Union Elementary (Kings) 392 $31,312 $11,368
Pittsburg Unified 1,779 $61,285 $22,836
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified 4,058 $51,039 $18,536
Plainsburg Union Elementary 37 $19,226 $7,754
Pleasanton Unified 2,523 $52,576 $11,575
Potter Valley Community Unified 78 $30,987 $12,102
Redding STEM Academy 71 $23,338 $8,563
Reeds Creek Elementary 48 $26,106 $9,010
Rim of the World Unified 545 $46,154 $16,429
River Charter Schools Lighthouse Charter 74 $39,380 $14,398
River Oaks Academy 74 $35,433 $7,716
River Valley Charter 63 $25,962 $13,515
Riverside County Office of Education 2,775 $54,321 $18,198
Rocklin Unified 2,146 $45,302 $13,170
Rocky Point Charter 46 $29,720 $8,480
Romoland Elementary 804 $51,482 $17,807
Roseville City Elementary 1,892 $50,016 $14,136
Ross Elementary 112 $51,404 $14,913
Russell Westbrook Why Not High 48 $45,564 $4,420
Russell Westbrook Why Not Middle 35 $40,321 $4,256
Sacramento County Office of Education 1,688 $39,472 $12,436
Saddleback Valley Unified 4,352 $48,743 $18,033
Salinas City Elementary 1,479 $57,442 $21,447
San Carlos Elementary 505 $54,720 $15,781
San Diego County Office of Education 2,019 $67,879 $23,883
San Dieguito Union High 1,825 $61,143 $13,949
San Luis Coastal Unified 1,792 $40,566 $13,789
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education 374 $37,831 $13,007
San Pasqual Valley Unified 142 $68,468 $22,701
Santa Barbara County Office of Education 828 $43,641 $18,832
Santa Barbara Unified 2,881 $50,415 $12,192
Santa Clara Elementary 19 $26,295 $6,615
Santa Maria Joint Union High 1,581 $52,223 $18,003
Saugus Union 1,793 $44,010 $10,997
SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy 255 $42,975 $23,534
Savanna Elementary 454 $45,824 $11,860
Scotia Union Elementary 72 $23,083 $8,058
Selma Unified 1,404 $49,793 $16,186
Shaffer Union Elementary 63 $25,532 $9,568
SIATech 155 $66,531 $22,275
Sierra Sands Unified 1,007 $40,614 $15,367
Solana Beach Elementary 815 $45,268 $15,919
Somis Union 54 $39,559 $12,277
Sonoma County Office of Education 667 $52,600 $21,077
South Bay Union 1,287 $49,837 $17,788
South Fork Union 119 $26,750 $6,828
Standard Elementary 751 $43,235 $10,301
Sulphur Springs Union 994 $46,284 $16,524
Summerville Union High 175 $33,223 $10,170
Sunnyvale 1,130 $67,329 $25,993
Sunol Glen Unified 56 $51,043 $10,588
Sutter County Office of Education 834 $29,169 $8,231
Sutter Union High 147 $40,287 $14,147
Taft Union High 385 $36,987 $15,989
Tehachapi Unified 1,003 $34,646 $11,628
Tehama eLearning Academy 26 $28,024 $10,602
Temecula Valley Unified 4,876 $46,069 $13,719
Terra Bella Union Elementary 173 $47,471 $18,205
The Education Corps 48 $43,236 $10,010
The SEED School of Los Angeles County 78 $38,034 $954
Thompson Peak Charter 23 $54,654 $14,609
Torrance Unified 3,966 $50,597 $14,724
Trona Joint Unified 103 $37,124 $14,196
Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools 276 $35,268 $11,178
Tustin Unified 3,688 $55,964 $16,980
Twin Hills Union Elementary 247 $35,015 $11,103
Twin Rivers Charter 126 $34,188 $8,568
Twin Rivers Unified 4,230 $56,836 $18,621
University Preparation Charter School at CSU Channel Islands 145 $38,415 $10,971
Val Verde Unified 3,648 $57,195 $16,647
Valley Charter Elementary 62 $34,137 $8,805
Valley Charter Middle 64 $30,717 $9,039
Valley Oak Charter 26 $13,204 $1,559
Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education 83 $36,250 $11,403
Victor Elementary 1,945 $57,241 $22,115
Vista del Mar Union 24 $33,126 $7,703
Walnut Valley Unified 2,218 $51,780 $17,539
Wasco Union Elementary 897 $43,192 $16,938
Washington Unified (Fresno) 363 $67,909 $28,944
Waugh Elementary 203 $30,768 $9,560
West Side Union Elementary 39 $28,358 $8,870
Western Placer Unified 1,383 $43,588 $15,345
Westminster 1,769 $53,854 $16,210
Westmorland Union Elementary 140 $37,770 $10,409
Whitmore Union Elementary 18 $27,227 $5,324
Whittier Union High 2,184 $58,158 $21,035
William S. Hart Union High 3,316 $56,406 $19,465
Williams Unified 232 $43,521 $14,037
Woodlake Unified 584 $37,443 $13,902
Woodville Union Elementary 112 $33,037 $13,441
Yosemite Unified 360 $33,165 $10,741
Yuba City Unified 2,247 $53,067 $16,148
Yuba County Office of Education 516 $28,039 $9,873
Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified 1,581 $51,260 $17,333