What public jobs pay in Shasta County, California

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

Firefighters

$104,4852

average total pay, full year, 2025, 27 worked the full year · 1 employer

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Questions about public pay in Shasta County

Which public job pays the most in Shasta County?

Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Shasta County: $147,671 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. 911 dispatchers average $116,505, water operators average $105,034, firefighters average $104,485, correctional officers average $104,112, registered nurses average $100,285 and social workers average $74,788. Teachers average $83,961 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.

How much do teachers make in Shasta County?

$83,961 on average on the salary schedules of Shasta County's 20 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Shasta County teacher page.

Sources for the Shasta 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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