Teachers
$97,6551
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 21 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Fresno County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Fresno 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 Fresno 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
$129,4752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 818 worked the full year · 14 police departments
Firefighters
$130,5122
average total pay, full year, 2025, 186 worked the full year · 5 fire departments
- Fresno$133,748
- North Central Fire Protection District$80,303
- Clovis$176,683
- Sanger$89,499
- Coalinga$119,036
Registered nurses
$117,8832
average total pay, full year, 2025, 60 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Fresno County$117,883
Correctional officers
$106,3402
average total pay, full year, 2025, 366 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Fresno County$106,340
Librarians
$93,0452
average total pay, full year, 2025, 60 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Fresno County$70,227
- State Center Community College District$110,969
- California State University, Fresno$120,147
Paramedics and EMTs
$113,1962
average total pay, full year, 2025, 16 worked the full year · 3 ambulance services
911 dispatchers
$85,8742
average total pay, full year, 2025, 158 worked the full year · 8 employers
Social workers
$82,9552
average total pay, full year, 2025, 446 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Fresno County$82,955
Water operators
$84,7752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 192 worked the full year · 8 employers
- Fresno$88,445
- Fresno Irrigation District$75,789
- Westlands Water District$70,877
- Selma - Kingsburg - Fowler County Sanitation District (Fresno)$79,047
- Reedley$84,951
- CoalingaNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Fresno County
Questions about public pay in Fresno County
Which public job pays the most in Fresno County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Fresno County: $130,512 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $129,475, registered nurses average $117,883, paramedics and EMTs average $113,196, correctional officers average $106,340, librarians average $93,045, 911 dispatchers average $85,874, water operators average $84,775 and social workers average $82,955. Teachers average $97,655 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Fresno County?
$97,655 on average on the salary schedules of Fresno County's 21 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Fresno County teacher page.
Sources for the Fresno 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.