Teachers
$103,4721
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 1 reporting school district
What public jobs pay in San Francisco County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in San Francisco 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 San Francisco 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
$255,0362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,217 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Francisco$255,036
Firefighters
$188,7292
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,291 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Francisco$188,729
Registered nurses
$244,7092
average total pay, full year, 2025, 4,954 worked the full year · 2 employers
- University of California, San Francisco$246,392
- San Francisco$240,719
Librarians
$124,2272
average total pay, full year, 2025, 213 worked the full year · 3 employers
- San Francisco$126,067
- San Francisco State University$102,712
- University of California, San Francisco$126,626
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- San FranciscoNo average
911 dispatchers
$192,4562
average total pay, full year, 2025, 162 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Francisco$192,456
Social workers
$129,6912
average total pay, full year, 2025, 513 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Francisco$129,691
Water operators
$164,8022
average total pay, full year, 2025, 178 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Francisco$164,802
Public pay in the counties next to San Francisco County
Questions about public pay in San Francisco County
Which public job pays the most in San Francisco County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in San Francisco County: $255,036 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $244,709, 911 dispatchers average $192,456, firefighters average $188,729, water operators average $164,802, social workers average $129,691 and librarians average $124,227. Teachers average $103,472 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in San Francisco County?
$103,472 on average on the salary schedules of San Francisco County's 1 reporting school district (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Francisco County teacher page.
Sources for the San Francisco 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.