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California · 2025 pay

How much do Fresno County employees make?

$61,126typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$43,805 – $88,533what 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: Eligibility Worker IIIOffice Assistant IICorrectional Officer II

✓ 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.

$43,752

$61,119

$88,476

$334,076

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 $50,947 in 2022 to $61,126 in 2025 (+20%).

What changed since 2024

  • +7.1%Typical pay went up from $57,054 to $61,126.
  • −4678,689 people were paid in 2025, compared with 9,156 in 2024.
  • +20%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $50,947 to $61,126, while the number of people paid went down from 8,980 to 8,689.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Fresno County

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$58,395
Overtime$1,358
Extra pay$1,366
Total for the year$61,119

Average of the 434 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
Eligibility Worker III602$60,999$52k – $66k▼ 2.8%
Office Assistant II518$46,168$42k – $50k▼ 0.9%
Correctional Officer II347$97,285$85k – $108k▼ 1.2%
Elections Worker258$637$1k – $1k▼ 32.5%
Social Worker III248$77,011$69k – $83k▲ 1.2%
Eligibility Worker II228$45,364$42k – $49k▲ 2.3%
Deputy Sheriff III184$135,952$119k – $155k▼ 0.4%
Program Technician II182$52,413$48k – $56k▼ 1.7%
Social Services Program Supervisor149$79,359$73k – $85k▼ 2.4%
Job Specialist III143$67,988$62k – $72k▼ 2.2%
Deputy Sheriff II140$97,637$71k – $115k▼ 7.1%
Library Assistant132$36,543$20k – $44k▲ 3.9%
Staff Analyst III129$77,519$70k – $88k▼ 0.6%
Office Assistant I125$37,747$28k – $40k▲ 53.7%
Correctional Officer I125$25,245$11k – $48k▼ 17.1%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k621
  • $10k – $30k674
  • $30k – $50k1,732
  • $50k – $70k2,233
  • $70k – $90k1,343
  • $90k – $110k855
  • $110k – $150k842
  • $150k or more389

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Department of Social Services2,627$58,067
Sheriff1,415$96,204
Behavioral Health698$59,583
Department of Public Health415$66,839
County Clerk - Elections355$780
Probation326$71,069
Library Operations Admin296$43,943
District Attorney-criminal Div276$70,958
Public Works & Planning- Roads271$71,455
Dept of Child Support Services270$51,885
Probation-juvenile Institution234$69,321
Public Defender183$80,386

Common questions

How much does a Fresno County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $61,126 in 2025: half of the 8,689 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $43,805 and $88,533.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 621 people (7.1%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (89.7% of all pay), overtime (6.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.2%).

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; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals