Teachers
$84,1041
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 9 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Madera County, California
Teachers, police officers, registered nurses, correctional officers, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Madera 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 Madera 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
$94,8682
average total pay, full year, 2025, 46 worked the full year · 2 police departments
- Madera$92,865
- Chowchilla$111,287
Registered nurses
$93,1652
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Madera County$93,165
Correctional officers
$80,0042
average total pay, full year, 2025, 62 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Madera County$80,004
911 dispatchers
$79,7642
average total pay, full year, 2025, 24 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Madera County$94,247
- Madera$68,046
- Chowchilla$75,616
Social workers
$86,3982
average total pay, full year, 2025, 74 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Madera County$86,398
Water operators
$93,4352
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Madera County$93,435
Public pay in the counties next to Madera County
Questions about public pay in Madera County
Which public job pays the most in Madera County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Madera County: $94,868 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Water operators average $93,435, registered nurses average $93,165, social workers average $86,398, correctional officers average $80,004 and 911 dispatchers average $79,764. Teachers average $84,104 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Madera County?
$84,104 on average on the salary schedules of Madera County's 9 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Madera County teacher page.
Sources for the Madera 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.