Teachers
$97,3491
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 14 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Sacramento County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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
$152,7682
average total pay, full year, 2025, 700 worked the full year · 5 police departments
- Sacramento$159,413
- Elk Grove$150,471
- Citrus Heights$123,099
- Folsom$137,637
- Galt$121,101
Firefighters
$169,1992
average total pay, full year, 2025, 628 worked the full year · 4 fire departments
- Sacramento$152,985
- Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District$187,952
- Cosumnes Community Services District$173,004
- Folsom$160,308
Registered nurses
$156,8972
average total pay, full year, 2025, 156 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Sacramento County$158,744
- Schools Insurance Authority$110,744
Librarians
$110,5672
average total pay, full year, 2025, 70 worked the full year · 3 employers
Paramedics and EMTs
$89,7752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 54 worked the full year · 1 employer
911 dispatchers
$111,4992
average total pay, full year, 2025, 228 worked the full year · 7 employers
- Sacramento County$113,155
- Sacramento$114,175
- Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center$108,378
- Elk Grove$105,893
- Citrus Heights$106,351
- Folsom$117,962
Social workers
$98,5182
average total pay, full year, 2025, 544 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Sacramento County$98,518
Water operators
$125,6702
average total pay, full year, 2025, 229 worked the full year · 11 employers
- Sacramento Area Sewer District (SacSewer)$150,278
- Sacramento County$128,645
- Sacramento$107,447
- Florin Resource Conservation District$120,018
- Sacramento Suburban Water District$103,026
- Citrus Heights Water District$138,140
Public pay in the counties next to Sacramento County
Questions about public pay in Sacramento County
Which public job pays the most in Sacramento County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Sacramento County: $169,199 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $156,897, police officers average $152,768, water operators average $125,670, 911 dispatchers average $111,499, librarians average $110,567, social workers average $98,518 and paramedics and EMTs average $89,775. Teachers average $97,349 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Sacramento County?
$97,349 on average on the salary schedules of Sacramento County's 14 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Sacramento County teacher page.
Sources for the Sacramento 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.