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California · 2024 pay

How much do Hawthorne School District employees make?

$66,555typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2024

$22,287 – $123,374what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2024, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Teacher - ElementarySubstitute Teacher - Day to DayTeacher - Middle School

✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$22,613

$66,226

$123,140

$325,726

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $62,588 in 2022 to $66,555 in 2024 (+6%).

What changed since 2023

  • +0.5%Typical pay went up from $66,231 to $66,555.
  • +301,131 people were paid in 2024, compared with 1,101 in 2023.
  • +6%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $62,588 to $66,555, while the number of people paid went up from 1,098 to 1,131.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2024

A typical worker's year

Hawthorne School District

3years of
official data
2022–2024
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$61,721
Overtime$819
Extra pay$3,686
Total for the year$66,226

Average of the 57 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2024.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2023
Teacher - Elementary166$125,498$113k – $137knew
Substitute Teacher - Day to Day81$10,350$3k – $19knew
Teacher - Middle School78$120,750$93k – $129knew
Food Services Worker77$27,001$17k – $31k▼ 1.9%
Playground Supervisor76$15,181$12k – $17k▲ 1.5%
Aide - Sdc M/S56$29,392$19k – $37knew
Custodian I39$58,547$52k – $70k▲ 3.7%
Aide Rsp33$26,250$18k – $43knew
Teacher - Special Education23$93,104$76k – $122knew
Teacher - Llm22$126,258$81k – $136knew
Teacher - High School21$130,335$115k – $136knew
Teacher - Rsp21$126,674$103k – $138knew
Secretary I - School20$57,156$51k – $69k▲ 2.5%
Aide - Instructional Support18$14,947$13k – $20k▲ 15.9%
Campus Security Officer17$68,370$59k – $77k▲ 14.7%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k101
  • $10k – $30k241
  • $30k – $50k140
  • $50k – $70k102
  • $70k – $90k115
  • $90k – $110k56
  • $110k – $150k343
  • $150k or more33

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Undistributed123$14,838
Special Education113$35,103
Zela Davis School-district62$110,594
Eucalyptus School-district61$106,661
Ramona School-district58$116,629
Hawthorne Middle-district56$122,802
Kornblum School-district51$86,731
Prairie Vista Middle-district50$116,658
Maintenance50$56,305
Bud Carson Middle-district49$103,742
York School-district48$92,566
Washington School-district43$99,684

Common questions

How much does a Hawthorne School District employee make?

The typical employee was paid $66,555 in 2024: half of the 1,131 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $22,287 and $123,374.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 101 people (8.9%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (94.6% of all pay), overtime (1.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.3%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals