Teachers
$100,4971
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 18 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Contra Costa County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa 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
$196,1732
average total pay, full year, 2025, 565 worked the full year · 17 police departments
Firefighters
$206,2992
average total pay, full year, 2025, 230 worked the full year · 6 fire departments
- Contra Costa County$190,594
- San Ramon Valley Fire Protection$247,793
- Richmond$191,056
- Moraga/Orinda Fire Protection District$219,466
- El Cerrito$189,670
- Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection DistrictNo average
Registered nurses
$207,3422
average total pay, full year, 2025, 615 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Contra Costa County$207,342
Librarians
$99,4512
average total pay, full year, 2025, 72 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Contra Costa County$97,428
- Contra Costa Community College District$108,229
- Richmond$100,783
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 2 ambulance services
- San Ramon Valley Fire ProtectionNo average
- Moraga/Orinda Fire Protection DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$162,3412
average total pay, full year, 2025, 144 worked the full year · 10 employers
- Contra Costa County$167,731
- Concord$163,404
- Antioch$149,756
- Richmond$206,109
- Brentwood$150,660
- Walnut Creek$120,071
Social workers
$118,2582
average total pay, full year, 2025, 290 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Contra Costa County$118,258
Water operators
$147,2532
average total pay, full year, 2025, 161 worked the full year · 13 employers
- Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Contra Costa)$163,134
- Antioch$114,664
- Contra Costa Water District$185,412
- Delta Diablo$156,717
- Brentwood$140,113
- Ironhouse Sanitary District (Contra Costa)$140,839
Public pay in the counties next to Contra Costa County
Questions about public pay in Contra Costa County
Which public job pays the most in Contra Costa County?
Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in Contra Costa County: $207,342 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $206,299, police officers average $196,173, 911 dispatchers average $162,341, water operators average $147,253, social workers average $118,258 and librarians average $99,451. Teachers average $100,497 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Contra Costa County?
$100,497 on average on the salary schedules of Contra Costa County's 18 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Contra Costa County teacher page.
Sources for the Contra Costa 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.