What public jobs pay in San Mateo County, California

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

Which public job pays the most in San Mateo County?

Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in San Mateo County: $219,236 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Registered nurses average $203,980, police officers average $201,772, correctional officers average $201,591, 911 dispatchers average $173,692, social workers average $137,387, water operators average $135,913 and librarians average $106,472. Teachers average $115,726 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in San Mateo County?

$115,726 on average on the salary schedules of San Mateo County's 19 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the San Mateo County teacher page.

Sources for the San Mateo 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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