Teachers
$98,0161
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 20 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Monterey County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Monterey 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 Monterey 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
$175,4902
average total pay, full year, 2025, 218 worked the full year · 12 police departments
- Salinas$188,105
- Monterey$180,544
- Seaside$185,396
- Marina$172,596
- Greenfield$155,507
- Pacific Grove$131,551
Firefighters
$135,6212
average total pay, full year, 2025, 110 worked the full year · 6 fire departments
- Salinas$120,213
- Monterey$168,908
- Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District$127,305
- North County Fire Protection District (Monterey)No average
- Seaside$141,999
- Marina$121,692
Registered nurses
$182,8652
average total pay, full year, 2025, 575 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District$187,968
- Monterey County$178,346
- Soledad Community Health Care DistrictNo average
- Community Human ServicesNo average
Correctional officers
$156,4452
average total pay, full year, 2025, 138 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Monterey County$156,445
Librarians
$92,7382
average total pay, full year, 2025, 41 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Monterey County$103,650
- Salinas$74,862
- MontereyNo average
- California State University, Monterey Bay$107,819
- Pacific GroveNo average
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- Carmel-By-The-SeaNo average
911 dispatchers
$150,0762
average total pay, full year, 2025, 44 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Monterey County$150,076
Social workers
$117,0322
average total pay, full year, 2025, 349 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Monterey County$116,898
- Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare District$127,279
Water operators
$126,4042
average total pay, full year, 2025, 60 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Monterey One Water$150,308
- Soledad$99,614
- Marina Coast Water District$130,281
- Greenfield$87,505
- Carmel Area Wastewater Agency (Monterey)$136,455
Public pay in the counties next to Monterey County
Questions about public pay in Monterey County
Which public job pays the most in Monterey County?
Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in Monterey County: $182,865 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $175,490, correctional officers average $156,445, 911 dispatchers average $150,076, firefighters average $135,621, water operators average $126,404, social workers average $117,032 and librarians average $92,738. Teachers average $98,016 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Monterey County?
$98,016 on average on the salary schedules of Monterey County's 20 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Monterey County teacher page.
Sources for the Monterey 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.