Teachers
$113,8551
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 14 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Marin County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Marin 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 Marin 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
$153,1862
average total pay, full year, 2025, 112 worked the full year · 8 police departments
- San Rafael$176,390
- Novato$151,876
- Central Marin Police Authority$138,819
- Mill Valley$156,023
- Sausalito$125,237
- Tiburon$141,192
Firefighters
$198,7012
average total pay, full year, 2025, 79 worked the full year · 6 fire departments
- San Rafael$208,191
- Marin County$188,458
- Novato Fire Protection District$208,142
- Central Marin Fire Authority$189,270
- Southern Marin Fire Protection DistrictNo average
- Ross Valley Fire DepartmentNo average
Registered nurses
$167,3212
average total pay, full year, 2025, 21 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Marin County$167,321
Librarians
$105,4562
average total pay, full year, 2025, 46 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Marin County$103,031
- San AnselmoNo average
- San Rafael$109,739
- Belvedere-Tiburon Library Agency$100,637
- SausalitoNo average
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 2 ambulance services
- San RafaelNo average
- Marin CountyNo average
911 dispatchers
$153,4742
average total pay, full year, 2025, 43 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Marin County$164,459
- San Rafael$142,390
- NovatoNo average
- FairfaxNo average
Social workers
$124,0262
average total pay, full year, 2025, 97 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Marin County$124,026
Water operators
$132,9832
average total pay, full year, 2025, 92 worked the full year · 10 employers
- Marin Municipal Water District$143,225
- Ross Valley Sanitary District$149,886
- Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District (Marin)$138,816
- Central Marin Sanitation Agency$140,074
- San Rafael$104,763
- Mill Valley$108,579
Public pay in the counties next to Marin County
Questions about public pay in Marin County
Which public job pays the most in Marin County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Marin County: $198,701 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $167,321, 911 dispatchers average $153,474, police officers average $153,186, water operators average $132,983, social workers average $124,026 and librarians average $105,456. Teachers average $113,855 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Marin County?
$113,855 on average on the salary schedules of Marin County's 14 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Marin County teacher page.
Sources for the Marin 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.