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Malia M. Cohen
California State Controller
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Government Compensation in California
Malia M. Cohen, California State Controller

K-12 Education

Employers Reported approximately 81% unreported
360
Employees
345,184
Total Wages
$18,175,169,432
Total Retirement & Health Contribution
$6,289,946,621
Last Updated: 12/5/2025

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
$52,654
Average Retirement & Health Contribution
$18,222
K-12 Education Employees Average Wages Average Retirement & Health Contribution
Alameda County Office of Education 613 $55,699 $14,608
Butte County Office of Education 1,723 $27,635 $9,603
Calaveras County Office of Education 220 $48,252 $16,523
Kings County Office of Education 888 $34,326 $13,907
Lake County Office of Education 200 $47,701 $21,125
Lassen County Office of Education 184 $27,120 $10,641
Los Angeles County Office of Education 2,801 $67,090 $19,451
Madera County Superintendent of Schools 724 $41,145 $14,868
Mono County Office of Education 87 $48,254 $24,631
Monterey County Office of Education 910 $57,720 $22,272
Nevada County Office of Education 366 $35,004 $12,372
Orange County Department of Education 2,096 $61,560 $27,312
Riverside County Office of Education 2,897 $57,212 $19,484
Sacramento County Office of Education 1,564 $50,594 $17,128
San Bernardino County Office of Education 3,778 $50,104 $20,818
San Diego County Office of Education 2,095 $73,094 $26,068
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education 402 $39,514 $13,239
Santa Cruz County Office of Education 581 $56,409 $24,618
Shasta County Office of Education 660 $45,049 $15,373
Sonoma County Office of Education 679 $55,368 $22,587
Stanislaus County Office of Education 1,821 $48,267 $18,090
Sutter County Office of Education 873 $31,043 $8,865
Tehama County Department of Education 944 $20,862 $7,328
Alameda Unified 1,591 $56,936 $14,313
Albany City Unified 850 $44,861 $17,580
Castro Valley Unified 1,739 $53,984 $12,828
Emery Unified 164 $46,664 $21,417
Mountain House Elementary 11 $36,524 $7,842
Piedmont City Unified 601 $52,064 $17,520
Dublin Unified 2,011 $62,376 $15,103
Sunol Glen Unified 60 $48,006 $9,770
Biggs Unified 145 $34,378 $11,460
Oroville City Elementary 506 $42,731 $15,257
Oroville Union High 483 $49,005 $21,498
Palermo Union Elementary 298 $48,876 $16,373
Paradise Unified 441 $41,047 $13,862
Bret Harte Union High 214 $39,059 $12,759
Martinez Unified 695 $50,506 $19,273
Moraga Elementary 433 $43,376 $14,780
Orinda Union 531 $49,292 $16,794
Lake Tahoe Unified 622 $55,752 $18,958
Rescue Union Elementary 745 $37,944 $10,146
Clay Joint Elementary 49 $37,506 $13,523
Clovis Unified 8,797 $46,254 $15,822
Fowler Unified 584 $49,977 $18,374
Fresno Unified 16,225 $51,938 $22,237
Sierra Unified 358 $40,396 $12,143
Washington Unified (Fresno) 363 $75,684 $30,875
Willows Unified 329 $39,693 $10,435
Orland Joint Unified 485 $43,045 $17,885
Blue Lake Union Elementary 75 $23,272 $8,480
Cuddeback Union Elementary 58 $23,843 $9,693
Cutten Elementary 166 $31,839 $10,186
Freshwater Elementary 124 $21,879 $8,427
Pacific Union Elementary (Humboldt) 166 $26,640 $11,171
Scotia Union Elementary 72 $27,435 $9,454
Ferndale Unified 149 $32,300 $13,211
Fortuna Elementary 308 $35,864 $13,964
Brawley Union High 391 $56,532 $16,367
Calexico Unified 1,784 $54,471 $18,604
Central Union High 813 $59,275 $17,573
El Centro Elementary 1,277 $48,668 $14,450
Heber Elementary 321 $42,843 $13,578
Holtville Unified 434 $42,840 $13,153
Imperial Unified 886 $50,030 $16,022
Magnolia Union Elementary 41 $25,974 $9,231
Meadows Union 125 $36,972 $12,829
Mulberry Elementary 18 $30,466 $11,572
San Pasqual Valley Unified 149 $67,886 $22,707
Westmorland Union Elementary 123 $40,867 $12,002
Big Pine Unified 71 $37,776 $15,293
Owens Valley Unified 67 $23,807 $9,631
Round Valley Joint Elementary 23 $40,063 $15,778
Bishop Unified 422 $45,288 $19,691
Delano Union Elementary 1,524 $50,168 $19,386
Delano Joint Union High 840 $54,817 $21,235
Kernville Union Elementary 260 $36,869 $14,108
Lamont Elementary 746 $37,803 $14,499
Richland Union Elementary 775 $39,706 $14,926
Maple Elementary 84 $31,705 $11,965
Muroc Joint Unified 464 $42,922 $12,041
Norris Elementary 1,013 $30,272 $13,138
South Fork Union 128 $27,847 $7,088
Wasco Union Elementary 943 $41,848 $16,385
Sierra Sands Unified 1,064 $41,026 $15,567
Armona Union Elementary 303 $31,917 $12,328
Central Union Elementary 433 $44,904 $16,057
Hanford Elementary 1,163 $49,343 $16,534
Kit Carson Union Elementary 190 $20,544 $6,960
Pioneer Union Elementary (Kings) 437 $32,566 $11,336
Konocti Unified 766 $48,705 $20,597
Arcadia Unified 1,616 $62,176 $15,774
Baldwin Park Unified 2,560 $58,723 $19,217
Culver City Unified 1,316 $57,016 $16,847
Duarte Unified 704 $44,847 $11,031
East Whittier City Elementary 1,526 $55,190 $18,962
El Monte City 1,549 $67,763 $21,721
El Monte Union High 1,703 $61,246 $20,050
Hermosa Beach City Elementary 281 $45,215 $12,070
Lawndale Elementary 1,121 $59,831 $17,891
Long Beach Unified 12,208 $59,340 $22,353
Mountain View Elementary (Los Angeles) 1,136 $62,991 $15,495
Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified 2,054 $50,278 $14,317
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified 2,017 $59,459 $21,153
Sulphur Springs Union 1,029 $46,111 $16,792
Torrance Unified 4,078 $53,994 $15,437
Whittier Union High 2,254 $61,400 $21,409
San Gabriel Unified 956 $48,241 $19,824
Alhambra Unified 2,358 $55,904 $22,432
Alview-Dairyland Union Elementary 63 $52,960 $22,742
Madera Unified 4,033 $51,837 $21,600
Yosemite Unified 364 $36,231 $11,576
Miller Creek Elementary 356 $50,091 $17,369
Laguna Joint Elementary 18 $9,087 $3,594
Larkspur-Corte Madera 266 $59,342 $17,146
Nicasio 20 $28,699 $6,238
Reed Union Elementary 244 $66,055 $16,683
San Rafael City Elementary 825 $62,856 $15,076
Mariposa County Unified 479 $43,644 $15,705
Manchester Union Elementary 25 $23,977 $9,429
Potter Valley Community Unified 91 $28,739 $11,182
Hilmar Unified 525 $41,785 $14,800
Snelling-Merced Falls Union Elementary 24 $19,615 $8,574
Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified 542 $40,060 $15,106
Carmel Unified 663 $71,668 $25,681
Chualar Union 88 $32,936 $14,633
Graves Elementary 14 $22,600 $8,365
Lagunita Elementary 18 $27,847 $15,602
Mission Union Elementary 51 $21,164 $7,047
Pacific Grove Unified 633 $49,976 $12,903
San Ardo Union Elementary 51 $22,740 $8,306
Big Sur Unified 20 $24,603 $4,396
Calistoga Joint Unified 245 $58,918 $18,582
Chicago Park Elementary 73 $20,405 $5,753
Grass Valley Elementary 482 $33,246 $9,704
Pleasant Ridge Union Elementary 311 $35,573 $10,678
Brea-Olinda Unified 1,153 $46,534 $14,011
Capistrano Unified 7,050 $58,480 $18,443
Centralia Elementary 986 $47,398 $14,524
Cypress Elementary 692 $47,676 $16,949
Fullerton Elementary 2,343 $50,167 $19,049
Garden Grove Unified 8,061 $58,825 $25,532
Huntington Beach City Elementary 907 $51,606 $17,804
Laguna Beach Unified 737 $61,674 $19,470
Newport-Mesa Unified 4,087 $64,626 $26,242
Ocean View (Orange) 1,457 $49,799 $15,596
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified 4,255 $53,478 $19,398
Santa Ana Unified 7,878 $68,367 $24,121
Savanna Elementary 480 $45,742 $12,423
Westminster 1,955 $51,760 $16,157
Saddleback Valley Unified 4,447 $51,119 $18,046
Tustin Unified 3,666 $56,132 $16,181
Los Alamitos Unified 1,843 $48,120 $15,437
Ackerman Charter 130 $36,923 $10,620
Foresthill Union Elementary 119 $33,228 $10,847
Placer Union High 854 $47,136 $14,352
Roseville City Elementary 2,064 $50,964 $14,307
Western Placer Unified 1,459 $44,595 $15,912
Rocklin Unified 2,268 $45,222 $13,207
Beaumont Unified 2,406 $51,020 $16,883
Hemet Unified 4,852 $56,243 $17,751
Menifee Union 2,189 $51,060 $15,415
Perris Union High 1,956 $62,310 $19,827
Temecula Valley Unified 5,066 $49,334 $14,612
Murrieta Valley Unified 4,006 $53,800 $15,718
Val Verde Unified 3,660 $62,080 $18,220
Folsom-Cordova Unified 4,181 $50,732 $14,458
Galt Joint Union Elementary 807 $42,468 $12,177
Alta Loma Elementary 1,211 $40,850 $13,983
Barstow Unified 1,008 $51,129 $16,274
Colton Joint Unified 3,540 $62,293 $23,962
Cucamonga Elementary 544 $61,811 $22,606
Fontana Unified 5,982 $60,347 $24,297
Mountain View Elementary (San Bernardino) 469 $61,134 $16,737
Oro Grande 784 $62,131 $20,860
Redlands Unified 3,723 $57,432 $17,879
Rim of the World Unified 579 $46,147 $17,169
Victor Elementary 1,984 $64,134 $23,311
Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified 1,126 $69,646 $24,759
Silver Valley Unified 491 $43,955 $18,583
Hesperia Unified 3,563 $57,317 $18,853
Upland Unified 2,057 $46,064 $18,225
Apple Valley Unified 2,878 $47,935 $18,963
Cajon Valley Union 3,824 $51,889 $15,794
Cardiff Elementary 250 $33,766 $9,051
Coronado Unified 813 $37,673 $13,421
Del Mar Union Elementary 1,222 $40,792 $12,247
Encinitas Union Elementary 1,091 $45,689 $13,078
Escondido Union High 1,510 $53,567 $19,734
Fallbrook Union Elementary 1,263 $49,686 $17,608
Grossmont Union High 3,374 $57,726 $20,089
Jamul-Dulzura Union Elementary 236 $29,551 $10,966
Lakeside Union Elementary (San Diego) 1,639 $27,799 $18,268
La Mesa-Spring Valley 2,991 $43,770 $13,680
Lemon Grove 717 $49,729 $16,195
National Elementary 998 $54,534 $20,669
Rancho Santa Fe Elementary 132 $74,579 $21,925
San Dieguito Union High 1,962 $61,540 $14,605
Solana Beach Elementary 828 $47,985 $16,711
South Bay Union 1,311 $49,706 $18,495
Banta Unified 150 $28,653 $8,928
Escalon Unified 532 $46,301 $14,100
Manteca Unified 4,314 $50,481 $13,928
New Hope Elementary 43 $43,976 $14,388
Oak View Union Elementary 56 $50,270 $18,329
Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary 39 $16,410 $4,000
San Luis Coastal Unified 1,892 $43,470 $14,572
Paso Robles Joint Unified 1,400 $41,495 $8,979
Bayshore Elementary 71 $55,123 $18,376
Hillsborough City Elementary 276 $83,048 $24,600
Jefferson Elementary (San Mateo) 978 $51,466 $17,782
Millbrae Elementary 286 $70,569 $19,743
Ravenswood City Elementary 356 $70,773 $21,300
Sequoia Union High 1,893 $75,404 $27,481
Blochman Union Elementary 48 $36,424 $11,449
Cold Spring Elementary 80 $40,265 $13,500
Hope Elementary (Santa Barbara) 276 $42,917 $10,541
Los Olivos Elementary 38 $32,714 $8,760
Orcutt Union Elementary 946 $43,413 $13,590
Vista del Mar Union 23 $34,172 $10,125
Santa Barbara Unified 2,953 $50,291 $13,360
Cupertino Union 2,378 $63,766 $21,069
East Side Union High 3,306 $64,128 $27,733
Franklin-McKinley Elementary 1,161 $62,675 $20,007
Gilroy Unified 1,535 $58,224 $10,773
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary 122 $38,236 $10,463
Los Altos Elementary 704 $60,679 $22,041
Mount Pleasant Elementary 387 $57,285 $18,080
Oak Grove Elementary 1,539 $51,873 $19,805
San Jose Unified 4,132 $61,849 $28,661
Saratoga Union Elementary 385 $62,277 $15,045
Sunnyvale 1,230 $66,283 $26,339
Bonny Doon Union Elementary 41 $31,514 $9,826
Anderson Union High 305 $41,286 $15,002
Bella Vista Elementary 97 $31,255 $9,475
Cascade Union Elementary 407 $31,363 $10,394
Castle Rock Union Elementary 29 $25,072 $8,269
Columbia Elementary 242 $34,802 $11,642
Fall River Joint Unified 338 $34,877 $12,231
French Gulch-Whiskeytown Elementary 20 $14,529 $2,560
Grant Elementary 146 $33,921 $11,133
Happy Valley Union Elementary 123 $30,354 $10,985
Junction Elementary (Shasta) 118 $25,007 $8,480
Millville Elementary 54 $34,578 $11,496
Oak Run Elementary 23 $23,518 $7,572
Whitmore Union Elementary 21 $28,052 $7,430
Mountain Union Elementary 43 $21,515 $6,918
Gateway Unified 602 $40,393 $12,973
Delphic Elementary 14 $38,470 $10,933
Dunsmuir Joint Union High 36 $33,298 $12,895
McCloud Union Elementary 21 $27,659 $5,978
Cinnabar Elementary 57 $33,664 $10,288
Forestville Union Elementary 79 $40,723 $17,566
Geyserville Unified 78 $34,901 $11,931
Old Adobe Union 461 $43,078 $14,453
Kashia Elementary 9 $27,583 $8,421
Twin Hills Union Elementary 244 $35,179 $11,643
West Side Union Elementary 40 $28,234 $9,719
Denair Unified 549 $21,865 $6,171
Hughson Unified 610 $33,972 $11,048
Brittan Elementary 93 $36,476 $9,772
Live Oak Unified 484 $41,742 $15,707
Meridian Elementary 31 $21,677 $6,805
Nuestro Elementary 68 $18,829 $6,343
Sutter Union High 160 $36,507 $12,941
Yuba City Unified 2,323 $48,797 $15,768
Corning Union Elementary 427 $39,842 $15,213
Flournoy Union Elementary 13 $32,532 $8,697
Gerber Union Elementary 107 $37,799 $14,495
Reeds Creek Elementary 53 $26,335 $8,671
Columbine Elementary 38 $38,330 $14,729
Lindsay Unified 1,075 $51,888 $17,620
Monson-Sultana Joint Union Elementary 104 $40,826 $14,973
Richgrove Elementary 166 $45,490 $17,231
Terra Bella Union Elementary 183 $45,901 $17,876
Tipton Elementary 125 $42,786 $16,837
Tulare Joint Union High 1,359 $46,192 $16,843
Farmersville Unified 631 $42,620 $15,984
Dinuba Unified 1,104 $56,907 $19,600
Sonora Elementary 179 $30,392 $9,948
Twain Harte 93 $31,692 $9,540
Briggs Elementary 89 $49,051 $14,897
Fillmore Unified 811 $50,257 $21,738
Mesa Union Elementary 88 $55,220 $17,166
Mupu Elementary 38 $37,210 $10,335
Pleasant Valley 1,270 $43,011 $14,446
Santa Clara Elementary 17 $30,165 $7,289
Somis Union 56 $40,351 $12,237
Conejo Valley Unified 3,250 $49,799 $16,126
Esparto Unified 285 $37,503 $12,816
Woodland Joint Unified 2,266 $43,651 $11,612
Camptonville Elementary 20 $28,485 $9,344
Making Waves Academy 228 $59,248 $14,622
Camino Polytechnic 7 $21,292 $5,280
Long Valley 19 $44,022 $12,632
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy 183 $40,022 $10,509
Larchmont Charter 405 $40,008 $11,508
New Village Girls Academy 48 $37,035 $9,365
Fenton Primary Center 538 $48,870 $12,951
Birmingham Community Charter High 432 $70,816 $28,928
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #2 135 $34,203 $7,288
Camino Nuevo Elementary #3 159 $32,234 $6,785
Valley Charter Elementary 62 $33,923 $8,934
Valley Charter Middle 72 $27,498 $8,979
Camino Nuevo Charter Academy #4 115 $29,794 $6,456
Sherman Thomas Charter 110 $25,575 $5,630
Big Sur Charter 23 $27,586 $7,308
Horizon Charter 160 $68,682 $19,686
Plumas Charter 85 $35,564 $2,795
Santa Rosa Academy 294 $39,328 $12,264
River Springs Charter 1,337 $43,246 $15,839
Community Collaborative Charter (Sacramento) 192 $33,929 $19,334
Community Outreach Academy 405 $37,734 $22,690
Futures High 159 $23,846 $14,194
SAVA - Sacramento Academic and Vocational Academy 293 $42,518 $23,681
Higher Learning Academy 165 $21,560 $12,851
Gateway International 204 $25,543 $15,417
Academy for Academic Excellence 305 $42,309 $14,898
Escondido Charter High 130 $52,511 $17,636
Julian Charter 264 $46,169 $15,847
Heritage K-8 Charter 248 $32,562 $13,496
SIATech 161 $73,544 $25,605
Pacific View Charter 100 $60,128 $22,968
River Valley Charter 61 $29,137 $14,410
San Diego Virtual 39 $111,532 $24,138
Hawking S.T.E.A.M. Charter 262 $39,012 $8,992
Life Learning Academy Charter 51 $39,447 $1,966
Sunrise Middle 52 $60,305 $12,476
Chrysalis Charter 61 $24,035 $4,153
Village Charter 37 $20,097 $6,816
Twin Rivers Charter 140 $30,213 $7,759
Tehama eLearning Academy 26 $31,901 $12,476
Valley Oak Charter 27 $15,470 $1,759
Ventura Charter School of Arts and Global Education 92 $34,711 $11,756
Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary 91 $30,083 $10,593
Architecture, Construction & Engineering Charter High (ACE) 51 $31,615 $9,852
River Oaks Academy 67 $44,860 $10,622
BRIDGES Charter 83 $33,623 $10,927
CORE Charter 84 $46,830 $15,568
College Bridge Academy 48 $42,955 $10,670
The Education Corps 49 $42,078 $10,453
Empire Springs Charter 289 $35,077 $11,470
Harbor Springs Charter 148 $13,806 $3,807
Kairos Public 112 $38,371 $8,904
Bonsall Unified 486 $47,996 $15,607
Camino Nuevo High #2 103 $38,050 $7,873
Empowering Possibilities International Charter 157 $22,122 $13,869
Oakland Unity Middle 29 $39,975 $8,765
Redding STEM Academy 71 $23,338 $8,563
Epic California Academy 83 $82,111 $20,558
Citrus Springs Charter 136 $20,811 $6,781
YouthBuild Charter School of California 85 $80,942 $26,386
Excel Academy Charter (San Bernardino) 156 $31,312 $6,982
Granite Mountain Charter 355 $87,197 $22,877
Excel Academy Charter (San Diego) 156 $51,088 $11,391
Peak Prep Pleasant Valley 67 $68,687 $15,056
Invictus Leadership Academy 44 $31,189 $1,420
Astronaut Jose' M. Hernandez Academy 62 $30,883 $4,910
Inland Empire Springs Charter 94 $11,043 $4,010
Vista Springs Charter 114 $17,111 $4,914