Teachers
$81,1501
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 12 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Mendocino County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Mendocino 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 Mendocino 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
$127,8762
average total pay, full year, 2025, 22 worked the full year · 3 police departments
- Ukiah$136,491
- Fort Bragg$101,082
- WillitsNo average
Firefighters
$98,6422
average total pay, full year, 2025, 5 worked the full year · 2 fire departments
- Ukiah$98,642
- Leggett Valley Fire Protection DistrictNo average
Registered nurses
Fewer than 5 full-year registered nurses
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- Mendocino CountyNo average
Correctional officers
$104,0872
average total pay, full year, 2025, 39 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Mendocino County$104,087
Paramedics and EMTs
$85,3502
average total pay, full year, 2025, 16 worked the full year · 4 ambulance services
- Ukiah$86,631
- Coast Life Support District$83,214
- Covelo Fire Protection DistrictNo average
- Long Valley Fire Protection District (Mendocino)No average
911 dispatchers
$104,0962
average total pay, full year, 2025, 20 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Mendocino County$97,528
- Ukiah$114,433
- WillitsNo average
Social workers
$88,4032
average total pay, full year, 2025, 56 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Mendocino County$88,694
Water operators
$93,1342
average total pay, full year, 2025, 44 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Ukiah$104,035
- Willits$85,319
- Fort BraggNo average
- Brooktrails Township Community Services District$67,073
Public pay in the counties next to Mendocino County
Questions about public pay in Mendocino County
Which public job pays the most in Mendocino County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Mendocino County: $127,876 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. 911 dispatchers average $104,096, correctional officers average $104,087, firefighters average $98,642, water operators average $93,134, social workers average $88,403 and paramedics and EMTs average $85,350. Teachers average $81,150 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Mendocino County?
$81,150 on average on the salary schedules of Mendocino County's 12 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Mendocino County teacher page.
Sources for the Mendocino 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.