Teachers
$81,6291
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 13 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Tehama County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Tehama 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 Tehama 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
$111,2742
average total pay, full year, 2025, 23 worked the full year · 2 police departments
Firefighters
$78,2552
average total pay, full year, 2025, 5 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Red Bluff$78,255
Registered nurses
Fewer than 5 full-year registered nurses
average total pay, full year, 2025 · 1 employer
- Tehama CountyNo average
Correctional officers
$90,3472
average total pay, full year, 2025, 16 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Tehama County$90,347
911 dispatchers
$82,4982
average total pay, full year, 2025, 18 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Tehama CountyNo average
- Corning$90,620
- Red Bluff$76,736
Social workers
$73,0632
average total pay, full year, 2025, 40 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Tehama County$73,063
Water operators
$78,2792
average total pay, full year, 2025, 15 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Red Bluff$75,395
Public pay in the counties next to Tehama County
Questions about public pay in Tehama County
Which public job pays the most in Tehama County?
Of the jobs on this page, police officers have the highest average total pay in Tehama County: $111,274 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Correctional officers average $90,347, 911 dispatchers average $82,498, water operators average $78,279, firefighters average $78,255 and social workers average $73,063. Teachers average $81,629 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Tehama County?
$81,629 on average on the salary schedules of Tehama County's 13 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Tehama County teacher page.
Sources for the Tehama 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.