Teachers
$107,9691
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 19 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Alameda County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Alameda County: the county figure for each job and every employer with a page, from official pay records.
How much does each public job pay in Alameda County?
Teachers: average salary on the county's school district schedules. Every other job: average total pay of people who worked the full year, overtime included, across all of the county's employers, where at least 5 worked the full year.
Police officers
$220,1612
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,156 worked the full year · 15 police departments
Firefighters
$211,6082
average total pay, full year, 2025, 533 worked the full year · 10 fire departments
- Oakland$216,496
- Alameda County$210,661
- Alameda$208,935
- Hayward$206,177
- Berkeley$210,083
- Pleasanton$196,645
Registered nurses
$200,1202
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,778 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Alameda Health System$234,717
- Washington Township Health Care District$166,945
- Alameda County$176,849
- University of California, Berkeley$149,474
- BerkeleyNo average
Librarians
$114,7322
average total pay, full year, 2025, 231 worked the full year · 10 employers
- Oakland$111,842
- University of California, Berkeley$125,309
- Alameda County$100,479
- Hayward$112,914
- Chabot-Las Positas Community College District$135,480
- California State University, East Bay$119,056
Paramedics and EMTs
$113,8692
average total pay, full year, 2025, 12 worked the full year · 2 ambulance services
911 dispatchers
$161,6162
average total pay, full year, 2025, 247 worked the full year · 14 employers
- Oakland$165,752
- Alameda County$172,808
- Hayward$171,711
- Fremont$165,277
- San Leandro$155,682
- East Bay Regional Park District$136,523
Social workers
$125,7042
average total pay, full year, 2025, 427 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Alameda County$124,676
- Alameda Health System$150,771
- Washington Township Health Care District$116,313
- Oakland$88,808
Water operators
$159,2042
average total pay, full year, 2025, 284 worked the full year · 10 employers
- East Bay Municipal Utility District$166,840
- Oakland$126,509
- Union Sanitary District (Alameda)$158,954
- Dublin San Ramon Services District$154,580
- Alameda County$164,851
- Oro Loma Sanitary District (Alameda)$149,209
Public pay in the counties next to Alameda County
Questions about public pay in Alameda County
Which public job pays the most in Alameda County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Alameda County: $220,161 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $211,608, registered nurses average $200,120, 911 dispatchers average $161,616, water operators average $159,204, social workers average $125,704, librarians average $114,732 and paramedics and EMTs average $113,869. Teachers average $107,969 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Alameda County?
$107,969 on average on the salary schedules of Alameda County's 19 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Alameda County teacher page.
Sources for the Alameda County figures
Pay figures other than teachers' use only people who worked roughly the full year. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges and wages reported by every city, county and special district, and for nurses, correctional officers and librarians by the University of California, state departments and, for librarians, the California State University and community college districts.