Teachers
$83,9611
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 20 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Shasta County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Shasta 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 Shasta 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
$147,6712
average total pay, full year, 2025, 76 worked the full year · 2 police departments
Firefighters
$104,4852
average total pay, full year, 2025, 27 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Redding$109,754
Registered nurses
$100,2852
average total pay, full year, 2025, 20 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Mayers Memorial Hospital DistrictNo average
- Shasta County$100,528
Correctional officers
$104,1122
average total pay, full year, 2025, 37 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Shasta County$104,112
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- Mayers Memorial Hospital DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$116,5052
average total pay, full year, 2025, 28 worked the full year · 1 employer
Social workers
$74,7882
average total pay, full year, 2025, 135 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Shasta County$74,788
Water operators
$105,0342
average total pay, full year, 2025, 42 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Redding$115,637
- Shasta CountyNo average
- Bella Vista Water District$91,876
- Anderson$98,783
- Shasta LakeNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Shasta County
Questions about public pay in Shasta County
Which public job pays the most in Shasta County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Shasta County: $147,671 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. 911 dispatchers average $116,505, water operators average $105,034, firefighters average $104,485, correctional officers average $104,112, registered nurses average $100,285 and social workers average $74,788. Teachers average $83,961 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Shasta County?
$83,961 on average on the salary schedules of Shasta County's 20 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Shasta County teacher page.
Sources for the Shasta 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.