California · 2025 pay
How much do Orange County Fire Authority employees make?
$157,269typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$70,043 – $223,515what 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: FirefighterFire CaptainFire Apparatus Engineer
✓ 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.
$68,358
$157,341
$223,931
$508,522
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 $133,633 in 2022 to $157,269 in 2025 (+18%).
What changed since 2024
- +3.3%Typical pay went up from $152,279 to $157,269.
- +601,938 people were paid in 2025, compared with 1,878 in 2024.
- +18%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $133,633 to $157,269, while the number of people paid went up from 1,836 to 1,938.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Orange County Fire Authority
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $100,657 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $32,770 |
| Extra pay | $23,915 |
| Total for the year | $157,341 |
Average of the 97 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Worth knowing about pay at Orange County Fire Authority
What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.
- +21%
Since 2022, total pay at Orange County Fire Authority went up 21% while the number of people paid went up 6%.
Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.
- 30¢
Of every dollar Orange County Fire Authority paid in 2025, about 30 cents was overtime.
The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefighter | 606 | $164,978 | $106k – $205k | ▲ 1.5% |
| Fire Captain | 313 | $254,966 | $219k – $294k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Fire Apparatus Engineer | 279 | $209,246 | $174k – $236k | ▲ 8.5% |
| Reserve Firefighter | 139 | $1,478 | $1k – $2k | ▲ 56.7% |
| Hand Crew Firefighter | 49 | $74,785 | $41k – $86k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Fire Battalion Chief | 39 | $340,072 | $317k – $385k | ▲ 4.9% |
| Fire Communications Dispatcher | 36 | $154,087 | $40k – $206k | ▲ 61.7% |
| Senior Fire Prevention Specialist | 31 | $105,043 | $94k – $116k | ▼ 7.4% |
| Board Director | 26 | $1,250 | $1k – $2k | new |
| Senior Administrative Assistant | 23 | $36,406 | $18k – $77k | new |
| Firefighter Trainee | 20 | $10,423 | $6k – $13k | ▼ 5.7% |
| Heavy Equipment Technician II | 16 | $96,289 | $77k – $122k | ▼ 22.3% |
| Senior Accounting Support Specialist | 15 | $72,362 | $58k – $84k | ▼ 4.4% |
| Administrative Assistant | 14 | $26,987 | $13k – $63k | ▼ 43.5% |
| Helicopter Coordinator | 13 | $70,282 | $35k – $132k | new |
| Fire Division Chief | 12 | $360,433 | $334k – $388k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Assistant Chief | 12 | $317,366 | $214k – $357k | ▲ 0.7% |
| Assistant Fire Marshal | 9 | $153,591 | $150k – $173k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Fire Prevention Analyst | 9 | $136,259 | $126k – $148k | ▲ 2.0% |
| EMS Nurse Educator | 9 | $113,355 | $47k – $120k | new |
| Structure Specialist | 8 | $1,777 | $1k – $6k | ▼ 67.2% |
| Senior Information Technology Analyst | 7 | $163,324 | $155k – $213k | ▲ 1.3% |
| Fire Pilot | 6 | $242,512 | $198k – $296k | ▼ 0.5% |
| Fire Communications Supervisor | 6 | $190,361 | $164k – $255k | ▼ 0.4% |
| Management Analyst | 6 | $148,359 | $126k – $171k | ▲ 22.4% |
| Fire Community Relations/Education Specialist | 6 | $104,635 | $103k – $122k | ▲ 5.0% |
| Business Analyst | 6 | $103,887 | $82k – $111k | ▲ 6.8% |
| Communications Technician | 6 | $89,525 | $72k – $109k | ▲ 30.4% |
| Equipment Technician II | 6 | $39,993 | $20k – $57k | new |
| Us and R Warehouse and Logistics Specialist | 6 | $29,462 | $7k – $89k | new |
| Deputy Fire Chief | 5 | $323,356 | $28k – $363k | new |
| Human Resources Analyst II | 5 | $125,656 | $113k – $127k | ▲ 9.8% |
| Senior Service Center Technician | 5 | $119,061 | $108k – $120k | new |
| Senior Accountant | 5 | $117,128 | $115k – $140k | new |
| Service Center Technician II | 5 | $63,891 | $62k – $79k | ▼ 33.4% |
| Services Aide | 5 | $36,535 | $20k – $37k | new |
| Supply Services Specialist | 5 | $20,191 | $2k – $24k | new |
| Medical Team Manager | 5 | $8,009 | $5k – $15k | ▼ 9.1% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k227
- $10k – $30k95
- $30k – $50k98
- $50k – $70k65
- $70k – $90k124
- $90k – $110k104
- $110k – $150k219
- $150k or more1,006
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Operations Department | 1,543 | $180,956 |
| Support Services Department | 174 | $108,941 |
| Community Risk Reduction Department | 74 | $112,282 |
| Business Services Department | 59 | $83,656 |
| Executive Management | 33 | $140,301 |
| Human Resources Department | 29 | $112,582 |
| Governing Board | 26 | $1,250 |
Highest paid at Orange County Fire Authority in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Orange County Fire Authority employee make?
The typical employee was paid $157,269 in 2025: half of the 1,938 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $70,043 and $223,515.
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. 227 people (11.7%) 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 (55.0% of all pay), overtime (29.9%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (15.2%).
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