Teachers
$93,1521
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 14 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in San Joaquin County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in San Joaquin 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 Joaquin 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
$172,4552
average total pay, full year, 2025, 460 worked the full year · 8 police departments
Firefighters
$127,3082
average total pay, full year, 2025, 115 worked the full year · 11 fire departments
- Stockton$108,054
- Liberty Fire Protection DistrictNo average
- South San Joaquin County Fire Authority$176,046
- French Camp-McKinley Fire Protection DistrictNo average
- Manteca$156,807
- Lodi$129,391
Registered nurses
$183,9052
average total pay, full year, 2025, 409 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Joaquin County$183,905
Correctional officers
$137,0092
average total pay, full year, 2025, 187 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Joaquin County$137,009
Librarians
$99,1692
average total pay, full year, 2025, 23 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Stockton$81,152
- San Joaquin Delta Community College District$156,646
- LodiNo average
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- South San Joaquin County Fire AuthorityNo average
911 dispatchers
$123,7902
average total pay, full year, 2025, 131 worked the full year · 6 employers
Social workers
$97,3752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 309 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Joaquin County$97,375
Water operators
$119,4422
average total pay, full year, 2025, 135 worked the full year · 7 employers
- Stockton$92,936
- Manteca$122,165
- Tracy$165,176
- Stockton-East Water District$103,810
- Lodi$135,150
- South San Joaquin Irrigation District$173,660
Public pay in the counties next to San Joaquin County
Questions about public pay in San Joaquin County
Which public job pays the most in San Joaquin County?
Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in San Joaquin County: $183,905 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $172,455, correctional officers average $137,009, firefighters average $127,308, 911 dispatchers average $123,790, water operators average $119,442, librarians average $99,169 and social workers average $97,375. Teachers average $93,152 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in San Joaquin County?
$93,152 on average on the salary schedules of San Joaquin County's 14 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Joaquin County teacher page.
Sources for the San Joaquin 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.