Teachers
$98,6041
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 38 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Tulare County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, correctional officers, librarians, paramedics and EMTs, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Tulare 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 Tulare 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
$123,7972
average total pay, full year, 2025, 257 worked the full year · 7 police departments
Firefighters
$107,8772
average total pay, full year, 2025, 77 worked the full year · 5 fire departments
- Visalia$144,268
- Porterville$98,115
- Tulare$95,462
- Tulare County$82,422
- Dinuba$115,150
Registered nurses
$125,2592
average total pay, full year, 2025, 752 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Kaweah Delta Health Care District$124,228
- Sierra View Local Health Care District$136,946
- Tulare County$103,125
Correctional officers
$96,0572
average total pay, full year, 2025, 187 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Tulare County$96,057
Librarians
$101,7632
average total pay, full year, 2025, 14 worked the full year · 2 employers
- Tulare County$75,186
- Sequoias Community College District$152,715
Paramedics and EMTs
$84,1322
average total pay, full year, 2025, 9 worked the full year · 2 ambulance services
- Exeter District AmbulanceNo average
- Dinuba$84,684
911 dispatchers
$86,8252
average total pay, full year, 2025, 75 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Tulare County$85,924
- Visalia$106,380
- Porterville$72,916
- Tulare$75,414
- Dinuba$69,947
Social workers
$83,1142
average total pay, full year, 2025, 183 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Tulare County$83,026
- Sierra View Local Health Care DistrictNo average
- Kaweah Delta Health Care DistrictNo average
Water operators
$73,1752
average total pay, full year, 2025, 41 worked the full year · 3 employers
- Tulare$74,725
- Visalia$97,330
- Richgrove Community Services DistrictNo average
Public pay in the counties next to Tulare County
Questions about public pay in Tulare County
Which public job pays the most in Tulare County?
Of the jobs on this page, registered nurses have the highest average total pay in Tulare County: $125,259 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $123,797, firefighters average $107,877, librarians average $101,763, correctional officers average $96,057, 911 dispatchers average $86,825, paramedics and EMTs average $84,132, social workers average $83,114 and water operators average $73,175. Teachers average $98,604 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Tulare County?
$98,604 on average on the salary schedules of Tulare County's 38 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Tulare County teacher page.
Sources for the Tulare 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.