What public jobs pay in Santa Barbara County, California

Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara County

Which public job pays the most in Santa Barbara County?

Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Santa Barbara County: $179,729 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Correctional officers average $156,036, police officers average $150,187, 911 dispatchers average $134,413, water operators average $120,906, registered nurses average $120,448, librarians average $113,729 and social workers average $95,019. Teachers average $103,010 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in Santa Barbara County?

$103,010 on average on the salary schedules of Santa Barbara County's 17 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Santa Barbara County teacher page.

Sources for the Santa Barbara 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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