Teachers
$77,7181
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 7 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Lake County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, correctional officers, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Lake 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 Lake 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
$93,2042
average total pay, full year, 2025, 17 worked the full year · 2 police departments
Firefighters
$100,2382
average total pay, full year, 2025, 18 worked the full year · 2 fire departments
- Northshore Fire Protection District$104,134
- Lake County Fire Protection DistrictNo average
Correctional officers
$96,3352
average total pay, full year, 2025, 25 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Lake County$96,335
Paramedics and EMTs
$73,0272
average total pay, full year, 2025, 5 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Lake County Fire Protection DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$93,0052
average total pay, full year, 2025, 10 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Lake County$106,163
- ClearlakeNo average
Social workers
$90,3842
average total pay, full year, 2025, 46 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Lake County$90,384
Water operators
$84,3412
average total pay, full year, 2025, 16 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Lake County$83,846
- Hidden Valley Lake Community Services DistrictNo average
- Clearlake Oaks Water District$98,742
- Lakeport$70,535
- Konocti County Water DistrictNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Lake County
Questions about public pay in Lake County
Which public job pays the most in Lake County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Lake County: $100,238 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Correctional officers average $96,335, police officers average $93,204, 911 dispatchers average $93,005, social workers average $90,384, water operators average $84,341 and paramedics and EMTs average $73,027. Teachers average $77,718 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Lake County?
$77,718 on average on the salary schedules of Lake County's 7 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Lake County teacher page.
Sources for the Lake 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.