Patterson firefighter salary, 2025
Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County. 8 people worked as firefighters for Patterson in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its firefighter titles runs from $65,589 to $97,020.
What does Patterson pay its firefighters?
Official pay range1
$65,589 to $97,020
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest firefighter title
Average total pay, full-year firefighters1
Fewer than 5
8 firefighters in all, 0 of them full-year: too few for an average.
- Median total pay
- Fewer than 5
- the middle firefighter: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Fewer than 5
- average per full-year firefighter
- Starting salary
- $65,589
- bottom of the Fire Fighter range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each firefighter title at Patterson pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- Fire FighterFewer than 5
- Fire Fighter ParamedicFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Fire engineer and captain pay at Patterson
Ranks above firefighter, kept out of the firefighter figures on this page. Each rank's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the middle reported bottom and top of each rank's official range. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
What do firefighters earn around Patterson?
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across Stanislaus County and across California. Patterson's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its firefighters worked the full year.1
- All employers in Stanislaus County$132,597
- All employers in California$186,123
Full-year firefighters across Stanislaus County earned an average of $132,597 in 2025, $53,526 less than the California average.
Average firefighter pay in Stanislaus County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across all employers in each county that borders Stanislaus County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Santa Clara County$214,586 average, 7 employers$81,989 more than Stanislaus County
- Alameda County$211,608 average, 10 employers$79,011 more than Stanislaus County
- San Joaquin County$127,308 average, 11 employers$5,289 less than Stanislaus County
- Calaveras County$120,014 average, 5 employers$12,583 less than Stanislaus County
- Merced County$108,254 average, 1 employer$24,343 less than Stanislaus County
- Mariposa CountyNo employerNo firefighter employer in Mariposa County has a page here.
- Tuolumne CountyNo employerNo firefighter employer in Tuolumne County has a page here.
Pension and health cover at Patterson
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year firefighter, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.7% at 57
- the most common formula among Patterson's firefighters
- Employer pension contribution
- Fewer than 5
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Fewer than 5
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about firefighter pay at Patterson
Why is there no average firefighter salary for Patterson?
8 people worked as firefighters for Patterson in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a firefighter at Patterson?
The official range across Patterson's firefighter titles runs from $65,589 to $97,020 in 2025. For comparison, full-year firefighters across Stanislaus County earned an average of $132,597.
What is the starting salary for a firefighter at Patterson?
$65,589 a year: the bottom of the official range for Patterson's Fire Fighter title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
How much does a fire captain make at Patterson?
The official range for captains at Patterson runs from $90,525 to $121,312 in 2025. Too few worked the full year for an average.
What pension do firefighters at Patterson get?
The most common pension formula among Patterson's firefighters is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Stanislaus County
- Modesto$141,462 average total pay
- Turlock$114,297 average total pay
- Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District$109,265 average total pay
- Highest firefighter salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Water operator salaries at Patterson$83,417 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Stanislaus CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Patterson figures
Every person who held a firefighter position at Patterson at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Patterson.