Teachers
$101,9761
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 23 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Stanislaus County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Stanislaus 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 Stanislaus 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
$152,8172
average total pay, full year, 2025, 226 worked the full year · 5 police departments
Firefighters
$132,5972
average total pay, full year, 2025, 79 worked the full year · 4 fire departments
- Modesto$141,462
- Turlock$114,297
- Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District$109,265
- PattersonNo average
Registered nurses
$119,2992
average total pay, full year, 2025, 95 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Oak Valley Hospital District$117,836
- Stanislaus County$120,232
Librarians
$85,9242
average total pay, full year, 2025, 21 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Stanislaus County$79,537
- California State University, Stanislaus$98,698
Paramedics and EMTs
$91,0782
average total pay, full year, 2025, 17 worked the full year · 3 ambulance services
- Oak Valley Hospital District$91,078
- Del Puerto Health Care DistrictNo average
- West Side Community Healthcare DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$113,7052
average total pay, full year, 2025, 46 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Stanislaus County$117,459
- Turlock$124,222
- Ceres$98,644
- OakdaleNo average
Social workers
$73,5762
average total pay, full year, 2025, 535 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Stanislaus County$73,716
- Oak Valley Hospital DistrictNo average
Water operators
$95,8522
average total pay, full year, 2025, 155 worked the full year · 11 employers
- Modesto$101,838
- Turlock Irrigation District$104,894
- Oakdale Irrigation District$87,969
- Ceres$73,027
- Turlock$116,865
- Patterson$83,417
Public pay in the counties next to Stanislaus County
Questions about public pay in Stanislaus County
Which public job pays the most in Stanislaus County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Stanislaus County: $152,817 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $132,597, registered nurses average $119,299, 911 dispatchers average $113,705, water operators average $95,852, paramedics and EMTs average $91,078, librarians average $85,924 and social workers average $73,576. Teachers average $101,976 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Stanislaus County?
$101,976 on average on the salary schedules of Stanislaus County's 23 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Stanislaus County teacher page.
Sources for the Stanislaus 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.