Teachers
$122,2561
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 29 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Santa Clara County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Santa Clara 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 Clara 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
$241,9582
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,089 worked the full year · 10 police departments
- San Jose$251,199
- Santa Clara$279,286
- Milpitas$195,378
- Mountain View$235,394
- Palo Alto$229,335
- Gilroy$180,254
Firefighters
$214,5862
average total pay, full year, 2025, 472 worked the full year · 7 fire departments
- San Jose$204,837
- Santa Clara County$225,543
- Santa Clara$235,480
- Mountain View$270,158
- Palo Alto$206,035
- Milpitas$213,043
Registered nurses
$242,9992
average total pay, full year, 2025, 1,889 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Santa Clara County$242,999
Correctional officers
$207,8972
average total pay, full year, 2025, 629 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Santa Clara County$207,897
Librarians
$118,0312
average total pay, full year, 2025, 213 worked the full year · 9 employers
- Santa Clara County$104,127
- San Jose$123,477
- San José State University$112,481
- Sunnyvale$107,054
- Mountain View$116,713
- West Valley-Mission Community College District$179,503
911 dispatchers
$171,6342
average total pay, full year, 2025, 271 worked the full year · 12 employers
- Santa Clara County$175,376
- San Jose$158,290
- Santa Clara$205,667
- Sunnyvale$200,657
- Palo Alto$194,277
- Gilroy$140,050
Social workers
$145,5662
average total pay, full year, 2025, 779 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Santa Clara County$145,566
Water operators
$157,0772
average total pay, full year, 2025, 174 worked the full year · 6 employers
- San Jose$143,341
- Santa Clara Valley Water District$198,541
- Palo Alto$148,209
- Sunnyvale$138,454
- Mountain View$168,369
- Los AltosNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Santa Clara County
Questions about public pay in Santa Clara County
Which public job pays the most in Santa Clara County?
Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in Santa Clara County: $242,999 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $241,958, firefighters average $214,586, correctional officers average $207,897, 911 dispatchers average $171,634, water operators average $157,077, social workers average $145,566 and librarians average $118,031. Teachers average $122,256 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Santa Clara County?
$122,256 on average on the salary schedules of Santa Clara County's 29 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Santa Clara County teacher page.
Sources for the Santa Clara 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.