Teachers
$99,4831
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 11 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Kings County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Kings 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 Kings 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
$111,6462
average total pay, full year, 2025, 77 worked the full year · 4 police departments
Firefighters
$112,8022
average total pay, full year, 2025, 15 worked the full year · 2 fire departments
- Kings County$101,308
- Hanford$130,042
Registered nurses
$98,4912
average total pay, full year, 2025, 7 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Kings County$98,491
Correctional officers
$90,1242
average total pay, full year, 2025, 81 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Kings County$90,124
911 dispatchers
$79,5152
average total pay, full year, 2025, 33 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Kings County$79,817
- Hanford$91,040
- Corcoran$62,065
- LemooreNo average
Social workers
$88,4052
average total pay, full year, 2025, 63 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Kings County$88,405
Water operators
$71,6032
average total pay, full year, 2025, 36 worked the full year · 3 employers
Public pay in the counties next to Kings County
Questions about public pay in Kings County
Which public job pays the most in Kings County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Kings County: $112,802 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $111,646, registered nurses average $98,491, correctional officers average $90,124, social workers average $88,405, 911 dispatchers average $79,515 and water operators average $71,603. Teachers average $99,483 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Kings County?
$99,483 on average on the salary schedules of Kings County's 11 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Kings County teacher page.
Sources for the Kings 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.