What public jobs pay in Orange County, California

Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Orange 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 Orange 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.

Public pay in the counties next to Orange County

Questions about public pay in Orange County

Which public job pays the most in Orange County?

Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Orange County: $187,775 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $185,827, registered nurses average $182,207, 911 dispatchers average $137,560, water operators average $128,661, correctional officers average $120,002, librarians average $109,523, social workers average $98,439 and paramedics and EMTs average $63,220. Teachers average $113,241 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in Orange County?

$113,241 on average on the salary schedules of Orange County's 29 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Orange County teacher page.

Sources for the Orange County figures

Pay figures other than teachers' use only people who worked roughly the full year. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
  2. 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.

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