Teachers
$87,9481
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 11 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in San Luis Obispo County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in San Luis Obispo 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 Luis Obispo 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
$148,0242
average total pay, full year, 2025, 128 worked the full year · 7 police departments
- El Paso De Robles$133,480
- San Luis Obispo$173,802
- Arroyo Grande$148,873
- Grover Beach$126,548
- Atascadero$134,301
- Pismo Beach$146,843
Firefighters
$140,8062
average total pay, full year, 2025, 32 worked the full year · 3 fire departments
- San Luis Obispo$170,195
- El Paso De Robles$115,256
- Five Cities Fire Authority$122,908
Registered nurses
$116,8092
average total pay, full year, 2025, 19 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Luis Obispo County$116,809
Correctional officers
$114,8922
average total pay, full year, 2025, 94 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Luis Obispo County$114,892
Librarians
$94,3402
average total pay, full year, 2025, 24 worked the full year · 2 employers
Paramedics and EMTs
Fewer than 5 full-year paramedics and EMTs
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- Cambria Community Healthcare DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$111,4142
average total pay, full year, 2025, 46 worked the full year · 5 employers
- San Luis Obispo County$118,785
- San Luis Obispo$129,670
- Atascadero$101,776
- El Paso De Robles$94,037
- Pismo Beach$96,449
Social workers
$96,5832
average total pay, full year, 2025, 98 worked the full year · 1 employer
- San Luis Obispo County$96,583
Water operators
$95,7852
average total pay, full year, 2025, 94 worked the full year · 10 employers
- San Luis Obispo$104,271
- Morro Bay$102,564
- Nipomo Community Services District$85,472
- El Paso De Robles$89,814
- Cambria Community Services District$84,998
- Pismo Beach$85,850
Public pay in the counties next to San Luis Obispo County
Questions about public pay in San Luis Obispo County
Which public job pays the most in San Luis Obispo County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in San Luis Obispo County: $148,024 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Firefighters average $140,806, registered nurses average $116,809, correctional officers average $114,892, 911 dispatchers average $111,414, social workers average $96,583, water operators average $95,785 and librarians average $94,340. Teachers average $87,948 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in San Luis Obispo County?
$87,948 on average on the salary schedules of San Luis Obispo County's 11 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Luis Obispo County teacher page.
Sources for the San Luis Obispo 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.