Teachers
$102,0941
average salary on the schedule, 2024-25 · 20 reporting school districts
What public jobs pay in Ventura County, California
Teachers, police officers, firefighters, registered nurses, librarians, 911 dispatchers, social workers and water operators in Ventura 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 Ventura 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
$162,0852
average total pay, full year, 2025, 374 worked the full year · 5 police departments
- Oxnard$159,159
- San Buenaventura$170,802
- Simi Valley$157,360
- Santa Paula$146,842
- Port Hueneme$180,450
Firefighters
$183,4172
average total pay, full year, 2025, 212 worked the full year · 3 fire departments
- Ventura County$192,279
- Oxnard$159,747
- San Buenaventura$179,065
Registered nurses
$158,5832
average total pay, full year, 2025, 452 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Ventura County$158,583
Librarians
$91,3682
average total pay, full year, 2025, 39 worked the full year · 5 employers
- Thousand Oaks$92,519
- Oxnard$84,608
- Ventura County$94,824
- California State University, Channel Islands$107,282
- Ventura County Community College DistrictNo average
911 dispatchers
$138,2332
average total pay, full year, 2025, 86 worked the full year · 6 employers
- Ventura County$179,292
- Oxnard$129,301
- Simi Valley$95,867
- San Buenaventura$104,464
- Port Hueneme$122,751
- Santa Paula$108,119
Social workers
$100,2162
average total pay, full year, 2025, 310 worked the full year · 1 employer
- Ventura County$100,216
Water operators
$111,6362
average total pay, full year, 2025, 179 worked the full year · 11 employers
- Simi Valley$98,826
- San Buenaventura$109,361
- Oxnard$113,239
- Camarillo$123,357
- United Water Conservation District$112,325
- Santa Paula$97,076
Public pay in the counties next to Ventura County
Questions about public pay in Ventura County
Which public job pays the most in Ventura County?
Of the jobs on this page, firefighters have the highest average total pay in Ventura County: $183,417 for those who worked the full year, overtime included. Police officers average $162,085, registered nurses average $158,583, 911 dispatchers average $138,233, water operators average $111,636, social workers average $100,216 and librarians average $91,368. Teachers average $102,094 on the salary schedule, a figure without overtime or extra pay.
How much do teachers make in Ventura County?
$102,094 on average on the salary schedules of Ventura County's 20 reporting school districts (2024-25). Each district's figure is on the Ventura County teacher page.
Sources for the Ventura 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.