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California · 2025 pay

How much do Inyo County employees make?

$70,283typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$43,370 – $101,156what 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: Office Technician IIIDeputyEquipment Operator Heavy 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.

$43,287

$70,721

$100,733

$256,501

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 $58,854 in 2022 to $70,283 in 2025 (+19%).

What changed since 2024

  • +11.5%Typical pay went up from $63,052 to $70,283.
  • −2534 people were paid in 2025, compared with 536 in 2024.
  • +19%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $58,854 to $70,283, while the number of people paid went up from 520 to 534.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Inyo County

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$60,448
Overtime$1,377
Extra pay$8,896
Total for the year$70,721

Average of the 27 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
Office Technician III26$63,992$56k – $74k▲ 15.0%
Deputy18$111,700$62k – $147k▲ 3.5%
Equipment Operator Heavy II14$62,613$23k – $64k▲ 12.5%
Field Assistant13$12,195$10k – $20k▲ 24.0%
Integrated Case Worker III9$75,978$69k – $78k▲ 14.8%
Correctional Officer III8$114,072$111k – $120k▲ 17.5%
Correctional Officer I8$72,394$43k – $87k▼ 0.7%
Office Technician II8$59,014$53k – $62k▲ 29.7%
Food Cook7$45,022$37k – $56k▲ 7.6%
Corporal6$156,308$140k – $178k▲ 7.3%
Social Worker III6$94,957$92k – $109knew
Administrative Analyst III6$94,526$83k – $102knew
Administrative Analyst II6$62,213$43k – $86k▲ 0.1%
Librarian II6$47,365$22k – $65k▼ 11.3%
Reserve6$38,594$23k – $53knew

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k29
  • $10k – $30k65
  • $30k – $50k63
  • $50k – $70k107
  • $70k – $90k87
  • $90k – $110k77
  • $110k – $150k63
  • $150k or more43

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Sheriff53$90,892
Social Services50$78,300
Mental Health45$63,754
Health39$60,123
Jail34$107,465
Road32$66,255
Public Works19$67,347
Water18$30,999
Solid Waste18$58,450
Eastern Sierra Area Agency Agi14$43,531
District Attorney13$125,849
Information Services13$104,165

Common questions

How much does a Inyo County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $70,283 in 2025: half of the 534 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $43,370 and $101,156.

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. 29 people (5.4%) 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 (82.6% of all pay), overtime (4.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (12.9%).

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