California · 2025 pay

How much do Mendocino County employees make?

Name: County of Mendocino employee pay 2025
Creator: PublicPayData

$68,842typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$45,843 – $95,541what 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: 0060 Staff Assistant III S546 Social Worker III S512 Eligibility Specialist 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.

$45,707

$68,699

$95,699

$276,474

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 $58,371 in 2022 to $68,842 in 2025 (+18%).

Typical payNumber of people paidTotal payroll

What changed since 2024

+7.7%Typical pay went up from $63,891 to $68,842.
−661,292 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,358 in 2024.
+18%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $58,371 to $68,842, while the number of people paid went down from 1,431 to 1,292.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Mendocino County

4years of
official data
2022–2025

Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay	$64,691
Overtime	$1,511
Extra pay	$2,498
Total for the year	$68,699

Average of the 65 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.

Job	People	Typical pay	Most earn	Since 2024
0060 Staff Assistant III	32	$46,335	$22k – $53k	▼ 1.4%
S546 Social Worker III	24	$78,424	$70k – $80k	▲ 7.9%
S512 Eligibility Specialist II	24	$57,038	$53k – $63k	▲ 10.8%
0072 Legal Secretary II	23	$53,073	$49k – $56k	▲ 7.1%
S528 Eligibility Specialist III	22	$68,885	$64k – $78k	▲ 0.5%
S513 Eligibility Specialist I	22	$15,816	$7k – $33k	▼ 36.3%
0086 Senior Department Analyst	21	$89,850	$83k – $94k	▲ 1.0%
0143 Department Analyst II	20	$80,710	$69k – $84k	▲ 2.7%
S542 Social Worker Assistant II	19	$56,535	$50k – $63k	▲ 1.6%
0057 Staff Assistant II	16	$34,057	$19k – $44k	▼ 16.5%
S545 Social Worker II	14	$73,233	$13k – $75k	▲ 9.5%
0164 Program Specialist II	14	$66,430	$59k – $69k	▲ 3.9%
0125 Account Specialist III	14	$56,803	$51k – $60k	▲ 5.7%
S544 Social Worker I	14	$33,195	$19k – $57k	▲ 18.0%
3029 Custodian	13	$45,447	$38k – $46k	▲ 3.7%
7011 Corrections Deputy 5%	12	$104,065	$88k – $107k	▲ 7.4%
3054 Road Maintenance Worker III	12	$54,709	$43k – $60k	▼ 8.6%
0170 Senior Program Manager	11	$122,672	$113k – $131k	▼ 0.9%
S547 Social Worker III-Dif	11	$93,167	$82k – $99k	▼ 2.9%
0168 Program Administrator	11	$92,207	$91k – $96k	▲ 5.3%
0165 Senior Program Specialist	11	$72,144	$70k – $76k	▼ 5.0%
3055 Road Maintenance Worker IV	11	$62,327	$57k – $68k	▼ 7.0%
7204 Deputy Sheriff Coroner	10	$119,870	$58k – $135k	▲ 95.2%
7009 Corrections Deputy	10	$89,855	$52k – $107k	▲ 7.6%
S511 Eligibility Specialist Supervisor	10	$82,129	$74k – $85k	▲ 10.4%
S516 Employ and Training Worker II	10	$68,190	$65k – $70k	▲ 2.0%
6001 Youth Corrections Officer	10	$66,922	$60k – $75k	▼ 2.8%
0063 Administrative Assistant	10	$58,815	$39k – $60k	▲ 4.0%
8013 Senior Library Technician	10	$51,308	$37k – $59k	▲ 20.1%
J089 Xh Work Experience Trainee	10	$1,894	$1k – $8k	▼ 58.7%
6021 Deputy Probation Officer II 3%	9	$45,970	$18k – $71k	▼ 31.1%
S540 Screener	9	$41,224	$11k – $48k	▲ 16.5%
7214 Deputy Sheriff Coroner 15%	8	$167,130	$157k – $209k	▲ 7.3%
0135 Administrative Services Manager II	8	$125,709	$118k – $131k	▼ 5.1%
7207 Deputy Sheriff Coroner 5%	8	$116,786	$97k – $141k	▲ 8.5%
7176 Corrections Deputy 2%	8	$93,319	$91k – $112k	▼ 4.2%
2032 Planner II	8	$91,718	$88k – $95k	▲ 15.4%
0163 Program Specialist I	8	$59,718	$50k – $61k	new
0171 Program Manager	7	$106,594	$94k – $131k	▲ 8.0%
7177 Corrections Deputy 7%	7	$106,153	$106k – $121k	new
S549 Social Worker Supervisor I	7	$98,628	$90k – $107k	▲ 5.5%
0169 Staff Services Administrator	7	$82,937	$82k – $92k	▼ 9.8%
8020 Library Assistant II	7	$42,132	$28k – $44k	new
8001 Library Assistant I	7	$22,279	$19k – $25k	new
F001 Xh Youth Corrections Officer	7	$5,000	$4k – $21k	new
7023 Deputy County Counsel IV	6	$191,900	$128k – $199k	▲ 6.8%
7073 Deputy Public Defender IV	6	$139,665	$98k – $152k	▼ 9.2%
0017 Supervisor	6	$113,090	$110k – $119k	▲ 7.6%
3059 Road Maintenance Supervisor III	6	$99,413	$94k – $103k	▼ 2.6%
S506 Child Support Specialist II	6	$66,785	$64k – $70k	▲ 9.6%
0142 Department Analyst I	6	$66,769	$63k – $70k	▲ 19.4%
0067 Office Services Supervisor	6	$31,369	$20k – $53k	▼ 47.7%
H001 Xh Library Assistant 1	6	$7,370	$4k – $13k	new
J057 Xh Staff Assistant 2	6	$3,830	$3k – $10k	▼ 49.1%
7213 Deputy Sheriff Coroner 13%	5	$142,477	$131k – $162k	new
7181 Corrections Sergeant 7%	5	$135,457	$134k – $138k	▼ 2.6%
0219 Senior Program Manager-Fam/Child Services	5	$128,717	$92k – $141k	new
7211 Deputy Sheriff Coroner 10%	5	$125,333	$83k – $132k	▼ 15.1%
S550 Social Worker Supervisor I Dif	5	$118,313	$113k – $133k	▲ 5.0%
6026 Super Deputy Prob Officer 5%	5	$97,749	$30k – $103k	new
0108 Information Systems Technician II	5	$74,097	$73k – $75k	new
6005 Deputy Probation Officer I	5	$58,561	$35k – $61k	new
7074 Public Safety Dispatcher	5	$55,391	$38k – $69k	new
4090 Substance Abuse Counselor II	5	$53,296	$50k – $58k	▼ 12.3%
2050 Animal Facility Attendant	5	$26,150	$22k – $38k	▲ 222.1%

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How many people earn what

Under $10k86
$10k – $30k117
$30k – $50k166
$50k – $70k295
$70k – $90k246
$90k – $110k156
$110k – $150k140
$150k or more86

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

Pay by department

Department	People	Typical pay
Social Services	342	$63,480
Sheriff Coroner	122	$99,873
Jail	76	$99,798
Dot Administration	64	$64,762
Library	53	$43,094
Public Health	49	$62,215
Probation Office	49	$60,999
Planning and Building	48	$82,443
District Attorney	47	$69,710
Buildings & Grounds	34	$50,039
Mental Health	34	$77,467
Information Services	29	$82,024

Common questions

How much does a Mendocino County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $68,842 in 2025: half of the 1,292 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $45,843 and $95,541.

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. 86 people (6.7%) 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 (87.7% of all pay), overtime (5.3%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (7.0%).

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