What public jobs pay in San Benito County, California

Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, social workers and water operators in San Benito 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 San Benito 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.

Firefighters

$160,7782

average total pay, full year, 2025, 12 worked the full year · 1 employer

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Questions about public pay in San Benito County

Which public job pays the most in San Benito County?

Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in San Benito County: $189,634 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $183,016, firefighters average $160,778, correctional officers average $117,476, water operators average $110,416 and social workers average $82,545. Teachers average $92,802 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in San Benito County?

$92,802 on average on the salary schedules of San Benito County's 10 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Benito County teacher page.

Sources for the San Benito County figures

Pay figures other than teachers' use only people who worked roughly the full year. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. Each district's report to the California Department of Education, Form J-90 database, 2024-25: salary schedules and full-time equivalents.
  2. 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.

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