St. Helena firefighter salary, 2025

St. Helena is a city in Napa County. 24 people worked as firefighters for St. Helena in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $170,646, overtime included.

What is the average firefighter salary at St. Helena?

Official pay range1

$79,331 to $79,331

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest firefighter title

Average total pay, full-year firefighters1

$170,646

average base pay $114,734

Based on the 7 of 24 firefighters who worked the full year.

Most of St. Helena's firefighters (24 of 24) hold the title Firefighter, with an official salary of $79,331. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $170,646, $91,315 above the top of the range.

Median total pay
$165,208
the middle firefighter: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$47,357
average per full-year firefighter
Starting salary
Not reported
no official range reported
Average pay rank
98th
of 202 California employers

What does each firefighter title at St. Helena pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. Firefighter$79,331 · 24 people
    $170,646

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does St. Helena pay firefighters more than other employers in Napa County?

Average total pay of full-year firefighters: St. Helena next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year firefighters at St. Helena earned $41,230 less than the Napa County average and $15,477 less than the California average.

Average firefighter pay in Napa County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year firefighters across all employers in each county that borders Napa County, and how much more or less it pays.1

Napa County Shades match the state map.

Where does St. Helena rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year firefighters, by average total pay.1

All 202 California employers

St. Helena ranks 98th of 202, above the middle employer.

St. Helena
$100k$150k$200k$250k

Middle employer: $169,232

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Pension and health cover at St. Helena

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year firefighter, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2% at 57
the most common formula among St. Helena's firefighters
Employer pension contribution
$14,303
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$21,061
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about firefighter pay at St. Helena

What is the average firefighter salary at St. Helena?

Firefighters at St. Helena who worked the full year earned an average of $170,646 in 2025, overtime included. The middle firefighter earned $165,208: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its firefighter titles runs from $79,331 to $79,331.

How much overtime do firefighters at St. Helena earn?

Full-year firefighters were paid an average of $47,357 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $48,142: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do firefighters at St. Helena get?

The most common pension formula among St. Helena's firefighters is 2% at 57, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $14,303 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the St. Helena figures

Every person who held a firefighter position at St. Helena at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by St. Helena.

How we read the data