What public jobs pay in San Diego County, California

Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in San Diego 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 Diego 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.

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Questions about public pay in San Diego County

Which public job pays the most in San Diego County?

Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in San Diego County: $165,443 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $155,333, firefighters average $145,053, correctional officers average $133,298, water operators average $121,806, 911 dispatchers average $119,104, librarians average $106,093, social workers average $97,698 and paramedics and EMTs average $93,366. Teachers average $102,646 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in San Diego County?

$102,646 on average on the salary schedules of San Diego County's 37 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Diego County teacher page.

Sources for the San Diego 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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