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California · 2025 pay

How much do Los Angeles County employees make?

$97,881typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$64,150 – $151,910what most people earned

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

LA County Auditor-Controller publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Deputy SheriffEligibility Worker IIIntermediate Typist-Clerk

✓ Official data from LA County Auditor-ControllerMatches the agency's latest releaselacounty.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.

$64,177

$97,918

$151,984

$2,707,025

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 $67,724 in 2016 to $97,881 in 2025 (+45%).

What changed since 2024

  • +7.3%Typical pay went up from $91,246 to $97,881.
  • +542103,554 people were paid in 2025, compared with 103,012 in 2024.
  • +45%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $67,724 to $97,881, while the number of people paid went up from 99,406 to 103,554.

The next update is expected in summer 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Los Angeles County

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$84,655
Overtime$4,071
Extra pay$9,193
Total for the year$97,918

Average of the 5,177 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: County of Los Angeles (Auditor-Controller), lacounty.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Deputy Sheriff7,151$187,082$154k – $228k▲ 5.2%
Eligibility Worker II6,295$68,027$59k – $72k▲ 9.4%
Intermediate Typist-Clerk3,468$56,679$51k – $61k▲ 16.6%
Children's Social Worker III3,098$120,045$106k – $129k▲ 6.0%
Registered Nurse I2,571$116,840$102k – $134k▲ 7.9%
Intermediate Clerk1,732$55,931$43k – $60k▲ 19.6%
Registered Nurse II1,487$146,245$129k – $162k▲ 6.8%
Physician Post Graduate Years 2-71,465$93,591$58k – $99k▲ 7.6%
Fire Fighter (56 Hours)1,341$183,714$141k – $230k▲ 1.6%
Nursing Attendant I1,256$61,802$45k – $68k▲ 22.1%
Sergeant1,178$265,479$220k – $328k▲ 8.4%
Senior Typist-Clerk1,163$64,278$58k – $69k▲ 8.6%
Eligibility Supervisor1,029$85,376$81k – $88k▲ 7.8%
Custody Assistant1,007$111,617$91k – $130k▲ 4.9%
Deputy Probation Officer II Field995$135,070$114k – $167k▲ 4.3%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k4,509
  • $10k – $30k4,871
  • $30k – $50k4,639
  • $50k – $70k17,292
  • $70k – $90k15,759
  • $90k – $110k11,084
  • $110k – $150k18,817
  • $150k or more26,583

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Sheriff14,677$158,108
Public Social Services Dept13,623$70,899
Children & Family Services8,842$104,487
Los Angeles General Medical Center7,851$96,865
Mental Health5,924$95,040
Fire Department5,177$170,936
Harbor-ucla Medical Center4,648$101,591
Public Health4,325$113,597
Probation Department3,804$111,897
Public Works Department3,666$101,767
Olive View-ucla Medical Center2,855$108,293
Parks & Recreation Department2,834$22,684

Common questions

How much does a Los Angeles County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $97,881 in 2025: half of the 103,554 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $64,150 and $151,910.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (82.1% of all pay), overtime (9.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (8.6%).

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

From County of Los Angeles (Auditor-Controller) (lacounty.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in summer 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; 347 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals