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California · 2024 pay

How much do Palermo Union Elementary School District employees make?

$37,668typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2024

$9,886 – $81,833what 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 Tk-5Substitute TeacherInstructional Aide Tk-8

✓ 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.

$9,883

$37,261

$81,478

$171,707

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 $31,553 in 2022 to $37,668 in 2024 (+19%).

What changed since 2023

  • +0.3%Typical pay went up from $37,562 to $37,668.
  • +22298 people were paid in 2024, compared with 276 in 2023.
  • +19%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $31,553 to $37,668, while the number of people paid went up from 274 to 298.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2024

A typical worker's year

Palermo Union Elementary School District

3years of
official data
2022–2024
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$29,866
Overtime$1,808
Extra pay$5,587
Total for the year$37,261

Average of the 15 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

Worth knowing about pay at Palermo Union Elementary School District

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

  • 5¢

    Of every dollar Palermo Union Elementary School District paid in 2024, about 5 cents was overtime.

    Usual among the 35 other school districts in California in our data: about 1 cent. Highest of 36.

    The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.

  • 54%

    Teacher has 29% of the people at Palermo Union Elementary School District and gets 54% of all pay.

    Share of pay received in the year, not the department's budget.

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2024.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2023
Teacher Tk-545$98,604$76k – $115k▼ 0.9%
Substitute Teacher40$3,500$1k – $9knew
Instructional Aide Tk-832$24,196$14k – $35k▲ 0.7%
Teacher 6-821$93,293$84k – $110k▼ 3.0%
Classroom Support Substitute14$5,362$3k – $8knew
Ed Specialist Teacher8$82,723$60k – $93knew
Preschool Instructional Aide8$22,833$19k – $28knew
Instructional Aide Substitute7$4,091$3k – $8knew
Temporary Teacher6$53,955$46k – $64k▲ 53.3%
Custodian I6$49,038$42k – $60k▼ 3.1%
Reading Intervention Aide6$7,815$4k – $21k▼ 40.7%
Preschool Site Sup (12 Months)5$67,579$40k – $86knew
Cafeteria Helper5$39,294$32k – $42k▲ 23.4%
Attendance/Health Aide5$29,674$16k – $43knew
Instructional Aide Special Education5$19,676$18k – $30knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k76
  • $10k – $30k54
  • $30k – $50k48
  • $50k – $70k29
  • $70k – $90k28
  • $90k – $110k28
  • $110k – $150k30
  • $150k or more5

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Teacher87$93,495
Palermo Union School District77$3,242
Instructional Aide45$20,840
Classified Preschool13$26,298
Clerical12$38,046
Maintenance and Operations11$53,581
Certificated Management11$131,862
Transportation10$25,297

Common questions

How much does a Palermo Union Elementary School District employee make?

The typical employee was paid $37,668 in 2024: half of the 298 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $9,886 and $81,833.

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. 76 people (25.5%) 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 (85.0% of all pay), overtime (5.2%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (9.7%).

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