Teachers
$103,4941
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 71 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Los Angeles County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles 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
$180,4662
average total pay, full year, 2025, 8,907 worked the full year · 47 police departments
- Los Angeles$175,345
- Long Beach$210,975
- Glendale$179,402
- Santa Monica$250,024
- Pasadena$198,809
- Torrance$226,452
Firefighters
$206,8612
average total pay, full year, 2025, 3,949 worked the full year · 27 fire departments
- Los Angeles$217,243
- Los Angeles County$191,667
- Long Beach$213,911
- Pasadena$204,800
- Torrance$204,906
- Glendale$200,189
Registered nurses
$155,8692
average total pay, full year, 2025, 8,289 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Los Angeles County$145,756
- University of California, Los Angeles$175,376
- Antelope Valley Healthcare District$137,968
- Los Angeles$154,840
- Long Beach$123,628
Librarians
$111,1142
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,069 worked the full year · 39 employers
- Los Angeles$116,589
- Los Angeles County$104,638
- University of California, Los Angeles$123,403
- Long Beach$97,200
- Los Angeles Community College District$156,383
- Santa Monica$115,514
Paramedics and EMTs
$80,9082
average total pay, full year, 2025, 78 worked the full year · 11 ambulance services
- Long BeachNo average
- Torrance$98,311
- Glendale$87,871
- Downey$69,597
- Los Angeles County$75,762
- La Habra HeightsNo average
911 dispatchers
$121,0752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,033 worked the full year · 38 employers
- Los Angeles$122,673
- Los Angeles County$114,289
- Long Beach$124,346
- South Bay Regional Public Communications Authority$142,582
- Pomona$109,695
- Santa Monica$151,360
Social workers
$112,8792
average total pay, full year, 2025, 7,165 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Los Angeles County$112,967
- Norwalk$58,810
- Los Angeles$101,231
Water operators
$137,8092
average total pay, full year, 2025, 914 worked the full year · 34 employers
- Los Angeles$143,766
- County Sanitation District No. 2 (Los Angeles)$138,702
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California$209,366
- Torrance$112,978
- Las Virgenes Municipal Water District$145,125
- Long Beach$113,284
Public pay in the counties next to Los Angeles County
Questions about public pay in Los Angeles County
Which public job pays the most in Los Angeles County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Los Angeles County: $206,861 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $180,466, registered nurses average $155,869, water operators average $137,809, 911 dispatchers average $121,075, social workers average $112,879, librarians average $111,114 and paramedics and EMTs average $80,908. Teachers average $103,494 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Los Angeles County?
$103,494 on average on the salary schedules of Los Angeles County's 71 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Los Angeles County teacher page.
Sources for the Los Angeles 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.