Teachers
$93,3771
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 11 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in El Dorado County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in El Dorado 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 El Dorado 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
$139,1252
average total pay, full year, 2025, 35 worked the full year · 2 police departments
- South Lake Tahoe$142,002
- Placerville$127,621
Firefighters
$146,3082
average total pay, full year, 2025, 63 worked the full year · 5 fire departments
- El Dorado County Fire Protection District$144,051
- Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services DistrictNo average
- El Dorado Hills County Water District$174,658
- South Lake Tahoe$132,173
- Lake Valley Fire Protection DistrictNo average
Registered nurses
$100,3292
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 1 employer
- El Dorado County$100,329
Correctional officers
$101,3362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 58 worked the full year · 1 employer
- El Dorado County$101,336
Librarians
$72,2102
average total pay, full year, 2025, 5 worked the full year · 1 employer
- El Dorado County$72,210
Paramedics and EMTs
$107,7332
average total pay, full year, 2025, 19 worked the full year · 3 ambulance services
911 dispatchers
$109,1172
average total pay, full year, 2025, 19 worked the full year · 2 employers
- El Dorado County$96,828
- South Lake Tahoe$126,014
Social workers
$96,6322
average total pay, full year, 2025, 75 worked the full year · 1 employer
- El Dorado County$96,632
Water operators
$113,0032
average total pay, full year, 2025, 32 worked the full year · 3 employers
- South Tahoe Public Utility District$117,933
- Georgetown Divide Public Utility District$96,027
- Placerville$100,644
Public pay in the counties next to El Dorado County
Questions about public pay in El Dorado County
Which public job pays the most in El Dorado County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in El Dorado County: $146,308 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $139,125, water operators average $113,003, 911 dispatchers average $109,117, paramedics and EMTs average $107,733, correctional officers average $101,336, registered nurses average $100,329, social workers average $96,632 and librarians average $72,210. Teachers average $93,377 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in El Dorado County?
$93,377 on average on the salary schedules of El Dorado County's 11 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the El Dorado County teacher page.
Sources for the El Dorado 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.