Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District firefighter salary, 2025
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is a fire protection district in Contra Costa County. 6 people worked as firefighters for Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District 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 $100,348 to $100,348.
What does Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District pay its firefighters?
Official pay range1
$100,348 to $100,348
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest firefighter title
Average total pay, full-year firefighters1
Fewer than 5
6 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
- $100,348
- bottom of the Rh Firefighter Paramedic 56Hr range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each firefighter title at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District 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
- Rh Firefighter Paramedic 56HrFewer than 5
- Firefighter-Special DistrictNot reported
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Fire captain pay at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
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
| Rank | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captains | 6 | Not reported | Not reported |
What do firefighters earn around Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District?
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across Contra Costa County and across California. Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its firefighters worked the full year.1
- All employers in Contra Costa County$206,299
- All employers in California$186,123
Full-year firefighters across Contra Costa County earned an average of $206,299 in 2025, $20,176 more than the California average.
Average firefighter pay in Contra Costa County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across all employers in each county that borders Contra Costa County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Alameda County$211,608 average, 10 employers$5,309 more than Contra Costa County
- Solano County$199,614 average, 5 employers$6,685 less than Contra Costa County
- Marin County$198,701 average, 6 employers$7,598 less than Contra Costa County
- San Francisco County$188,729 average, 1 employer$17,570 less than Contra Costa County
- Sacramento County$169,199 average, 4 employers$37,100 less than Contra Costa County
- Sonoma County$166,351 average, 7 employers$39,948 less than Contra Costa County
- San Joaquin County$127,308 average, 11 employers$78,991 less than Contra Costa County
Pension and health cover at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
As reported by the agency. 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 Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District'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 Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
Why is there no average firefighter salary for Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District?
6 people worked as firefighters for Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District 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 Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District?
The official range across Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District's firefighter titles runs from $100,348 to $100,348 in 2025. For comparison, full-year firefighters across Contra Costa County earned an average of $206,299.
What is the starting salary for a firefighter at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District?
$100,348 a year: the bottom of the official range for Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District's Rh Firefighter Paramedic 56Hr title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
What pension do firefighters at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District get?
The most common pension formula among Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District's firefighters is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the agency.
More salaries in Contra Costa County
- San Ramon Valley Fire Protection$247,793 average total pay
- Moraga/Orinda Fire Protection District$219,466 average total pay
- Richmond$191,056 average total pay
- Contra Costa County$190,594 average total pay
- El Cerrito$189,670 average total pay
- Highest firefighter salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Contra Costa CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District figures
Every person who held a firefighter position at Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District 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 Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District.