Teachers
$102,8871
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 14 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Placer County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers and water operators in Placer 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 Placer 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
$150,7112
average total pay, full year, 2025, 175 worked the full year · 4 police departments
Firefighters
$153,2572
average total pay, full year, 2025, 93 worked the full year · 6 fire departments
- Roseville$168,237
- North Tahoe Fire Protection District$152,990
- Rocklin$172,724
- South Placer Fire Protection District$141,014
- Lincoln$132,944
- Olympic Valley Public Service District$136,926
Registered nurses
$114,9962
average total pay, full year, 2025, 11 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Placer County$114,996
Correctional officers
$118,0462
average total pay, full year, 2025, 91 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Placer County$118,046
Librarians
$80,6362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 18 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Placer County$92,265
- RosevilleNo average
911 dispatchers
$122,5672
average total pay, full year, 2025, 57 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Roseville$125,535
- Placer County$132,708
- Rocklin$119,810
- Lincoln$112,506
- AuburnNo average
Water operators
$110,6382
average total pay, full year, 2025, 105 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Roseville$104,126
- Placer County Water Agency$110,721
- Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency$123,589
- San Juan Water District$130,429
Public pay in the counties next to Placer County
Questions about public pay in Placer County
Which public job pays the most in Placer County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Placer County: $153,257 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $150,711, 911 dispatchers average $122,567, correctional officers average $118,046, registered nurses average $114,996, water operators average $110,638 and librarians average $80,636. Teachers average $102,887 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Placer County?
$102,887 on average on the salary schedules of Placer County's 14 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Placer County teacher page.
Sources for the Placer 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.