Teachers
$73,0551
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 22 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Humboldt County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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
$118,3982
average total pay, full year, 2025, 50 worked the full year · 3 police departments
Firefighters
$95,2132
average total pay, full year, 2025, 15 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Humboldt Bay Fire$95,213
Registered nurses
$109,2952
average total pay, full year, 2025, 30 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Humboldt County$109,295
- Southern Humboldt Community Healthcare DistrictNo average
Correctional officers
$97,8362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 49 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Humboldt County$97,836
Librarians
$98,1542
average total pay, full year, 2025, 10 worked the full year · 2 employers
- California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt$108,774
- Humboldt CountyNo average
911 dispatchers
$82,9212
average total pay, full year, 2025, 27 worked the full year · 4 employers
- Humboldt County$82,014
- Eureka$86,546
- Arcata$72,459
- FortunaNo average
Social workers
$89,6602
average total pay, full year, 2025, 113 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Humboldt County$89,660
Water operators
$69,6822
average total pay, full year, 2025, 24 worked the full year · 3 employers
Public pay in the counties next to Humboldt County
Questions about public pay in Humboldt County
Which public job pays the most in Humboldt County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Humboldt County: $118,398 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $109,295, librarians average $98,154, correctional officers average $97,836, firefighters average $95,213, social workers average $89,660, 911 dispatchers average $82,921 and water operators average $69,682. Teachers average $73,055 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Humboldt County?
$73,055 on average on the salary schedules of Humboldt County's 22 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Humboldt County teacher page.
Sources for the Humboldt 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.