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California · 2024 pay

How much do Tehachapi Unified School District employees make?

$25,114typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2024

$6,171 – $61,062what 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: Classified - Non ManagementCertificated - Non ManagementCertificated Substitute Strs

✓ 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.

$6,130

$25,342

$61,352

$209,934

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 $22,795 in 2022 to $25,114 in 2024 (+10%).

What changed since 2023

  • +7.8%Typical pay went up from $23,301 to $25,114.
  • −41957 people were paid in 2024, compared with 998 in 2023.
  • +10%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $22,795 to $25,114, while the number of people paid went up from 949 to 957.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2024

A typical worker's year

Tehachapi Unified School District

3years of
official data
2022–2024
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$20,603
Overtime$67
Extra pay$4,672
Total for the year$25,342

Average of the 47 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
Classified - Non Management129$4,240$2k – $10k▲ 17.5%
Certificated - Non Management90$39,678$26k – $61k▲ 83.5%
Certificated Substitute Strs52$10,389$4k – $24knew
Classified Substitute52$2,307$1k – $5knew
Workability Student27$777$1k – $1knew
Certificated Substitute Non Member24$4,101$2k – $7knew
Special Education Paraprofessional Thes20$30,262$27k – $33knew
Certificated Substitute Retired Strs18$5,129$2k – $9knew
Bus Driver15$36,530$31k – $46k▼ 1.6%
Special Education Paraprofessional Scia14$24,123$23k – $28knew
Instructional Paraeducator Gha12$22,748$20k – $24knew
Special Education Paraprofessional Jm's11$24,215$23k – $30knew
Special Education Paraprofessional Gha11$22,323$20k – $28knew
Instructional Paraeducator Tok11$21,517$20k – $24knew
Instructional Paraeducator Cave11$20,089$18k – $21knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k290
  • $10k – $30k247
  • $30k – $50k137
  • $50k – $70k80
  • $70k – $90k47
  • $90k – $110k52
  • $110k – $150k93
  • $150k or more11

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
District Office297$9,298
Tehachapi High School167$33,993
Jacobsen Middle School112$43,503
Golden Hills Elementary School93$35,948
Tompkins Elementary88$26,945
Cummings Valley Elementary65$37,568
District Office Substitutes48$1,616
Transportation Department42$29,769
District Maintenance Shop16$50,928
Tehachapi Independent Learning15$56,826

Common questions

How much does a Tehachapi Unified School District employee make?

The typical employee was paid $25,114 in 2024: half of the 957 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $6,171 and $61,062.

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. 290 people (30.3%) 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 (85.3% of all pay), overtime (0.6%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (14.1%).

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