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California · 2025 pay

How much do Mariposa County employees make?

$57,152typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$15,423 – $82,016what 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: Sheriff's DeputyExtra Help Recreation Aide IExtra Help Library Assistant I

✓ 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.

$15,428

$57,172

$81,618

$214,971

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 $49,843 in 2022 to $57,152 in 2025 (+15%).

What changed since 2024

  • +6.2%Typical pay went up from $53,815 to $57,152.
  • −11714 people were paid in 2025, compared with 725 in 2024.
  • +15%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $49,843 to $57,152, while the number of people paid went up from 670 to 714.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Mariposa County

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$53,598
Overtime$750
Extra pay$2,824
Total for the year$57,172

Average of the 35 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
Sheriff's Deputy31$96,397$78k – $109k▲ 6.3%
Extra Help Recreation Aide I31$1,848$1k – $3k▲ 1.0%
Extra Help Library Assistant I24$3,843$1k – $8k▲ 46.8%
Custodial Deputy20$80,580$54k – $92k▲ 4.6%
Administrative Analyst I/II19$82,156$74k – $95k▼ 0.2%
Maintenance Worker I/II - Road19$43,392$24k – $58k▼ 2.4%
Eligibility Specialist I/II13$57,813$40k – $64k▲ 72.0%
Social Worker III12$71,079$58k – $78k▼ 5.7%
Extra Help Reserve Firefighter I/II12$11,493$3k – $18k▲ 24.0%
Senior Administrative Analyst11$95,708$92k – $104k▼ 2.6%
Office Technician11$61,659$60k – $68k▲ 4.0%
Staff Services Analyst I/II10$73,234$71k – $76k▲ 6.8%
Mental Health Assistant III10$71,902$67k – $81k▲ 1.3%
Accounting Technician I/II10$45,132$18k – $52k▼ 10.8%
Program Specialist I/II9$54,900$32k – $66k▼ 2.7%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k141
  • $10k – $30k99
  • $30k – $50k72
  • $50k – $70k145
  • $70k – $90k114
  • $90k – $110k71
  • $110k – $150k51
  • $150k or more21

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Sheriff73$79,121
Behavioral Health65$66,233
Parks and Recreation46$2,457
Human Services Administration44$67,251
Social Services35$73,277
Roads32$54,415
Library32$4,566
Health Division31$61,406
Fire29$9,407
Employment and Community Services29$63,565
Adult Detention26$88,436
Facility Maintenance26$23,789

Common questions

How much does a Mariposa County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $57,152 in 2025: half of the 714 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $15,423 and $82,016.

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. 141 people (19.7%) 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 (90.1% of all pay), overtime (2.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (7.6%).

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