Teachers
$104,1271
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 17 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Merced County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Merced 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 Merced 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
$121,1632
average total pay, full year, 2025, 111 worked the full year · 6 police departments
Firefighters
$108,2542
average total pay, full year, 2025, 36 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Merced$110,254
Registered nurses
$117,6932
average total pay, full year, 2025, 8 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Merced County$103,768
Librarians
$114,0672
average total pay, full year, 2025, 13 worked the full year · 3 employers
- University of California, Merced$120,751
- Merced CountyNo average
- Merced Community College District$103,372
911 dispatchers
$76,6732
average total pay, full year, 2025, 39 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Merced County$90,708
- Merced$75,377
- Los Banos$86,470
- AtwaterNo average
- LivingstonNo average
Social workers
$78,2222
average total pay, full year, 2025, 99 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Merced County$78,222
Water operators
$88,3442
average total pay, full year, 2025, 61 worked the full year · 6 employers
- Merced$81,994
- Atwater$60,374
- San Luis Water District$54,021
- San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority$171,199
- Dos PalosNo average
- LivingstonNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Merced County
Questions about public pay in Merced County
Which public job pays the most in Merced County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Merced County: $121,163 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $117,693, librarians average $114,067, firefighters average $108,254, water operators average $88,344, social workers average $78,222 and 911 dispatchers average $76,673. Teachers average $104,127 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Merced County?
$104,127 on average on the salary schedules of Merced County's 17 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Merced County teacher page.
Sources for the Merced 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.