Teachers
$88,2291
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 13 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Butte County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Butte 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 Butte 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
$129,1132
average total pay, full year, 2025, 95 worked the full year · 4 police departments
Firefighters
$129,8132
average total pay, full year, 2025, 16 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Chico$129,813
Registered nurses
$103,2582
average total pay, full year, 2025, 22 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Butte County$103,258
Correctional officers
$112,9772
average total pay, full year, 2025, 54 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Butte County$112,977
Librarians
$97,2172
average total pay, full year, 2025, 11 worked the full year · 2 employers
- California State University, Chico$104,721
- Butte CountyNo average
911 dispatchers
$100,3272
average total pay, full year, 2025, 43 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Chico$113,913
- Butte County$101,511
- Oroville$89,008
- Gridley$73,935
- ParadiseNo average
Social workers
$81,0282
average total pay, full year, 2025, 95 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Butte County$81,028
Water operators
$106,8362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 34 worked the full year · 6 employers
- Chico$121,032
- Paradise Irrigation District$129,567
- Oroville$61,724
- Sewerage Commission - Oroville Region$96,054
- Butte Water DistrictNo average
- South Feather Water and Power AgencyNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Butte County
Questions about public pay in Butte County
Which public job pays the most in Butte County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Butte County: $129,813 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $129,113, correctional officers average $112,977, water operators average $106,836, registered nurses average $103,258, 911 dispatchers average $100,327, librarians average $97,217 and social workers average $81,028. Teachers average $88,229 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Butte County?
$88,229 on average on the salary schedules of Butte County's 13 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Butte County teacher page.
Sources for the Butte 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.