California · 2025 pay
How much do Plumas County employees make?
$50,416typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$15,684 – $74,386what 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: Extra Help 160Pw Maintenance Worker IICorrectional Officer 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.
$15,518
$50,068
$74,150
$229,214
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 $43,593 in 2022 to $50,416 in 2025 (+16%).
What changed since 2024
- +4.6%Typical pay went up from $48,212 to $50,416.
- +24518 people were paid in 2025, compared with 494 in 2024.
- +16%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $43,593 to $50,416, while the number of people paid went up from 485 to 518.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Plumas County
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $46,269 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,067 |
| Extra pay | $2,731 |
| Total for the year | $50,068 |
Average of the 26 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.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extra Help 160 | 97 | $5,629 | $2k – $12k | ▲ 19.1% |
| Pw Maintenance Worker II | 14 | $45,367 | $40k – $49k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Correctional Officer I | 10 | $50,392 | $28k – $53k | new |
| Correctional Officer II | 8 | $76,689 | $68k – $79k | ▲ 10.4% |
| Deputy Sheriff II | 7 | $82,379 | $72k – $88k | ▲ 1.7% |
| Pw Road Maintenance Super | 7 | $74,900 | $70k – $79k | new |
| Admin. Assistant II | 7 | $49,247 | $45k – $51k | new |
| Health Education Special | 7 | $48,983 | $19k – $57k | ▲ 6.3% |
| Pw Maintenance Worker I | 7 | $25,365 | $23k – $35k | ▲ 71.4% |
| Sheriff Sergeant-Adv | 6 | $119,001 | $109k – $134k | ▲ 1.4% |
| Correctional Sergeant | 6 | $93,509 | $87k – $97k | ▲ 1.1% |
| Pw Main. Lead Worker | 6 | $64,395 | $61k – $70k | new |
| Board of Supervisors | 6 | $62,128 | $61k – $64k | ▼ 3.1% |
| Pw Maintenance Worker III | 6 | $51,762 | $7k – $60k | ▼ 7.5% |
| Sheriff Dispatcher II | 5 | $67,434 | $60k – $73k | ▲ 1.8% |
| Bh Case Management Specialist Senior | 5 | $66,797 | $66k – $71k | ▼ 9.5% |
| Fiscal/Technician Services Assistant III | 5 | $55,849 | $54k – $68k | new |
| Building and Grounds Maintenance Worker II | 5 | $50,606 | $38k – $53k | new |
| Extra Help 168 | 5 | $7,764 | $7k – $10k | ▼ 25.3% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k103
- $10k – $30k76
- $30k – $50k78
- $50k – $70k110
- $70k – $90k77
- $90k – $110k32
- $110k – $150k35
- $150k or more7
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Public Works | 76 | $47,257 |
| Social Services | 51 | $29,343 |
| Sheriff | 44 | $78,946 |
| Public Health | 39 | $54,260 |
| Mental Health | 29 | $65,976 |
| Jail | 25 | $53,185 |
| Library | 23 | $5,247 |
| Mhs | 20 | $16,194 |
| Senior Service | 17 | $42,173 |
| Probation | 14 | $62,610 |
| District Attorney | 11 | $63,829 |
| Facility Services | 11 | $53,248 |
Highest paid at Plumas County in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Plumas County employee make?
The typical employee was paid $50,416 in 2025: half of the 518 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $15,684 and $74,386.
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. 103 people (19.9%) 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 (90.6% of all pay), overtime (3.8%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (5.6%).
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