Woodside Fire Protection District firefighter salary, 2025
Woodside Fire Protection District is a fire protection district in San Mateo County. 33 people worked as firefighters for Woodside Fire Protection District in 2025. Woodside Fire Protection District reported each person's own pay in place of an official pay range for these positions, so we can't tell who worked the full year and show no pay figures.
What does Woodside Fire Protection District pay its firefighters?
Official pay range1
Not reported
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest firefighter title
Average total pay, full-year firefighters1
Left out
33 firefighters in all; full-year count unknown (no real pay ranges).
- Median total pay
- Left out
- the middle firefighter: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Left out
- average per full-year firefighter
- Starting salary
- Not reported
- no official range reported
- Average pay rank
- Left out
- no average to rank
What does each firefighter title at Woodside Fire Protection District 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
- FirefighterNot reported
- Firefighter - ParaNot reported
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Fire captain pay at Woodside Fire Protection District
Ranks above firefighter, kept out of the firefighter figures on this page. Each rank's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the middle reported bottom and top of each rank's official range. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captains | 13 | Not reported | Not reported |
What do firefighters earn around Woodside Fire Protection District?
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across San Mateo County and across California. Woodside Fire Protection District's own average isn't shown: it reported each person's own pay in place of an official pay range, so the full-year rule can't be applied.1
- All employers in San Mateo County$219,236
- All employers in California$186,123
Full-year firefighters across San Mateo County earned an average of $219,236 in 2025, $33,113 more than the California average.
Average firefighter pay in San Mateo County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year firefighters across all employers in each county that borders San Mateo County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Santa Clara County$214,586 average, 7 employers$4,650 less than San Mateo County
- Alameda County$211,608 average, 10 employers$7,628 less than San Mateo County
- San Francisco County$188,729 average, 1 employer$30,507 less than San Mateo County
- Santa Cruz County$184,502 average, 3 employers$34,734 less than San Mateo County
Pension and health cover at Woodside Fire Protection District
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year firefighter, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.7% at 57
- the most common formula among Woodside Fire Protection District's firefighters
- Employer pension contribution
- Left out
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Left out
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about firefighter pay at Woodside Fire Protection District
Why is there no average firefighter salary for Woodside Fire Protection District?
Woodside Fire Protection District reported each person's own pay in place of an official pay range for its firefighter positions in 2025. Without a range we can't tell who worked the full year, so the page shows no pay figures.
What pension do firefighters at Woodside Fire Protection District get?
The most common pension formula among Woodside Fire Protection District's firefighters is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the agency.
More salaries in San Mateo County
- South San Francisco$240,483 average total pay
- San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department$220,998 average total pay
- Central County Fire Department$216,758 average total pay
- San Bruno$215,990 average total pay
- Daly City$213,140 average total pay
- Brisbane$190,686 average total pay
- Menlo Park Fire Protection District$170,701 average total pay
- Colma Fire Protection Districtfirefighter pay
- Highest firefighter salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in San Mateo CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Woodside Fire Protection District figures
Every person who held a firefighter position at Woodside Fire Protection District 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Woodside Fire Protection District.