About this calculator
What's My Raise? helps LAUSD classified employees model proposed raises against the publicly posted salary schedule.
This calculator is built for LAUSD classified employees — anyone paid on the LAUSD classified salary schedule. That includes members of:
- SEIU Local 99 — custodians, cafeteria workers, teacher assistants, bus drivers, and other operations-support staff
- UTLA (United Teachers Los Angeles) — while primarily a certificated union, some UTLA-represented positions appear on the classified schedule
- AALA (Associated Administrators of Los Angeles) — administrators and supervisors on classified pay scales
- Teamsters Local 572, AFSCME, and other LAUSD bargaining units
When a new contract is ratified or a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is announced, use this tool to see exactly how your pay changes at your step — and share the projection with coworkers.
Each year is split into two halves — Jul (July) and Jan (January), matching the fiscal year. A percent raise in either half compounds the pay rate multiplicatively. For each year, multiply by (1 + Jul%) × (1 + Jan%), then chain those factors across all years. Example for two years:
new_rate = current_rate
× (1 + year1_Jul%) × (1 + year1_Jan%)
× (1 + year2_Jul%) × (1 + year2_Jan%)
annual = rate × (annual hours if hourly, or 12 if monthly)Pay rank is the percentile of your projected annual salary across every classification's step-1 pay in the dataset. “Top 25%” means you'd earn more than 75% of entry-step salaries in the dataset.