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California · 2025 pay

How much do Central County Fire Department employees make?

$201,815typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$139,255 – $240,737what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: FirefighterFire Captain

✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$136,855

$201,499

$240,709

$519,071

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $173,918 in 2022 to $201,815 in 2025 (+16%).

What changed since 2024

  • +0.0%Typical pay went up from $201,757 to $201,815.
  • +12109 people were paid in 2025, compared with 97 in 2024.
  • +16%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $173,918 to $201,815, while the number of people paid went up from 100 to 109.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Central County Fire Department

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$147,016
Overtime$23,015
Extra pay$31,468
Total for the year$201,499

Average of the 6 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California), sco.ca.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Firefighter56$196,808$142k – $229k▼ 0.2%
Fire Captain27$258,817$206k – $280k▲ 1.6%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k1
  • $10k – $30k3
  • $30k – $50k2
  • $50k – $70k2
  • $70k – $90k2
  • $90k – $110k4
  • $110k – $150k18
  • $150k or more77

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Fire94$211,402
Admin15$126,231

Common questions

How much does a Central County Fire Department employee make?

The typical employee was paid $201,815 in 2025: half of the 109 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $139,255 and $240,737.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (67.2% of all pay), overtime (18.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (14.7%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 4 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals