California · 2025 pay
How much do Lassen County employees make?
$52,307typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$19,785 – $78,040what 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: 1104 Extra Help Office2054 Administrative Assistant0855 Correctional Deputy
✓ 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.
$19,214
$52,729
$78,312
$223,665
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 $46,380 in 2022 to $52,307 in 2025 (+13%).
What changed since 2024
- +0.2%Typical pay went up from $52,200 to $52,307.
- +19476 people were paid in 2025, compared with 457 in 2024.
- +13%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $46,380 to $52,307, while the number of people paid went up from 443 to 476.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Lassen County
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $49,496 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,849 |
| Extra pay | $1,384 |
| Total for the year | $52,729 |
Average of the 23 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k65
- $10k – $30k95
- $30k – $50k62
- $50k – $70k102
- $70k – $90k82
- $90k – $110k33
- $110k – $150k26
- $150k or more11
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff | 48 | $72,623 |
| Roads | 34 | $55,089 |
| Community Social Services Admin | 34 | $55,539 |
| Lrswma | 34 | $12,582 |
| Adult Detention Facility | 33 | $66,282 |
| Public Health | 29 | $47,035 |
| Behavioral Health | 26 | $67,926 |
| Hess Administration | 23 | $16,567 |
| Community Social Services Lw | 22 | $37,847 |
| Probation | 20 | $57,527 |
| Public Works | 19 | $29,042 |
| Child and Family Services | 18 | $79,976 |
Highest paid at Lassen County in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Lassen County employee make?
The typical employee was paid $52,307 in 2025: half of the 476 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $19,785 and $78,040.
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. 65 people (13.7%) 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 (94.2% of all pay), overtime (4.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.3%).
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