2026-27 · District salary guide
Long Beach UnifiedTeacher salary schedule
Find your pay ↓Published bachelor’s starting pay → highest published maximum across this district’s degree lanes. Placement depends on credited experience and education.
At Long Beach Unified, published master’s starting pay is $74,073 for 2026-27.
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View the official scheduleYour pay ladder.
Find the row for your credited step, then read across to your education lane. Missing values are marked “Not published”.
Doctorate pay is not published in this schedule, so that column is left out.
| Step | Bachelor’s | Master’s |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $74,069 | $74,073 |
| 2 | $74,071 | $74,075 |
| 3 | $74,073 | $75,334 |
| 4 | $74,075 | $78,666 |
| 5 | $74,130 | $81,999 |
| 6 | $77,463 | $85,331 |
| 7 | $80,796 | $88,664 |
| 8 | $84,128 | $91,997 |
| 9 | $87,461 | $95,330 |
| 10 | $90,794 | $98,662 |
| 11 | $94,126 | $101,995 |
| 12 | $98,315 | $105,327 |
| 13 | Not published | $108,659 |
| 14 | Not published | $112,849 |
Salary at a glance
- Bachelor’s starting pay
- $74,069
- Master’s starting pay
- $74,073
- Bachelor’s maximum
- $122,845
- Master’s maximum
- $139,095
- Doctorate maximum
- Not published
District source · Annual amounts for 2026-27.
Schedule notes
Schedule A4, Credentialed Teacher/Librarian/Nurse, traditional 184 days, board approved 6/17/2026, effective 7/1/2026. Columns: 911 BA or less; 912 BA+28; 913 BA+56 or MA; 914 MA with BA+56 or MA+28; 916 MA with BA+75 or MA+45. The schedule uses letter steps A-P; they are recorded here as 1-16 (A=1). master_start is column 913 step A. Column 911 tops at $98,315 (step L). bachelor_max is the printed 30th-year career increment in column 913 ($122,845), the highest column open without an MA; master_max is the printed 30th-year figure in column 916 ($139,095). Steps show column 911 (bachelor) and 913 (BA+56 or MA).
Confirm your placement
Experience credit and education requirements are set by the district. Check the official schedule for contract length, supplements and rules for moving between lanes. These base amounts are not take-home pay.
Reported district enrollment: 61,679 students. Source.
Sources and last checked
- Long Beach Unified official salary schedule · Long Beach Unified
- District source and context · Long Beach Unified
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