Teacher Salary at Desert Sands Unified
La Quinta, California · Riverside
Estimated salary range
$52,000–$121,000
Estimated annual teacher salary range at Desert Sands Unified
Estimate only. Actual district salary schedules are negotiated by contract and vary by step (years of service) and lane (degree / credit hours). Contact Desert Sands Unified directly for the exact schedule.
How we estimated this
- State baseline: California average teacher salary is $92,955 (NEA Rankings & Estimates 2023–24). Entry BS step-1 averages $51,760.
- District adjustment: Per-pupil spending data not yet available for Desert Sands Unified — estimate uses the California state baseline directly.
- Cost of living: California cost-of-living index is 115.3 (BEA Regional Price Parities; national average = 100). High-COL states tend to pay more in nominal terms, but real purchasing power may not track.
- Range bounds: Lower bound = entry BS step-1 (a new hire with a bachelor's degree and no district experience). Upper bound ≈ MA + 30 credits at top of step ladder. The exact ceiling depends on each district's specific schedule.
About Desert Sands Unified
- Enrollment
- 25,615 students
- Schools
- 35
- Teachers
- 1,080.81
- Student / teacher ratio
- 23.7 : 1
- Title I status
- eligible
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data, 2024-25.
Open teaching positions at Desert Sands Unified
77 open positions right now at Desert Sands Unified.
- 30 certificated teaching
- 1 administration
- 1 paraprofessional
- 1 substitute