Teachers
$88,3701
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 6 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Nevada County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Nevada 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 Nevada 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
$138,5092
average total pay, full year, 2025, 40 worked the full year · 3 police departments
- Grass Valley$124,816
- Truckee$169,572
- Nevada City$114,958
Firefighters
$129,3562
average total pay, full year, 2025, 42 worked the full year · 4 fire departments
- North San Juan Fire Protection DistrictNo average
- Truckee Fire Protection District$155,627
- Grass Valley$91,126
- Penn Valley Fire Protection District$97,666
Registered nurses
$112,5162
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Nevada County$112,516
Correctional officers
$109,2202
average total pay, full year, 2025, 35 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Nevada County$109,220
Librarians
$89,2142
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Nevada County$89,214
911 dispatchers
$126,2352
average total pay, full year, 2025, 7 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Nevada County$126,235
Social workers
$98,9162
average total pay, full year, 2025, 25 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Nevada County$98,916
Water operators
$102,3932
average total pay, full year, 2025, 33 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Nevada Irrigation District$101,537
- Nevada County$107,052
Public pay in the counties next to Nevada County
Questions about public pay in Nevada County
Which public job pays the most in Nevada County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Nevada County: $138,509 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $129,356, 911 dispatchers average $126,235, registered nurses average $112,516, correctional officers average $109,220, water operators average $102,393, social workers average $98,916 and librarians average $89,214. Teachers average $88,370 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Nevada County?
$88,370 on average on the salary schedules of Nevada County's 6 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Nevada County teacher page.
Sources for the Nevada 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.