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California · 2025 pay

How much do Santa Clara County employees make?

$112,757typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$69,873 – $178,573what 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: Clinical Nurse IIIPer Diem Clinical NurseHospital Services Assistant 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.

$69,778

$112,662

$178,678

$1,079,600

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 $89,188 in 2022 to $112,757 in 2025 (+26%).

What changed since 2024

  • +10.0%Typical pay went up from $102,480 to $112,757.
  • +3328,397 people were paid in 2025, compared with 28,364 in 2024.
  • +26%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $89,188 to $112,757, while the number of people paid went up from 27,347 to 28,397.

The next update is expected in late 2027.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Santa Clara County

4years of
official data
2022–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$102,657
Overtime$4,061
Extra pay$5,944
Total for the year$112,662

Average of the 1,419 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

Worth knowing about pay at Santa Clara County

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

  • 5¢

    Of every dollar Santa Clara County paid in 2025, about 5 cents was overtime.

    Usual among the 10 other counties in California in our data: about 8 cents. 10th highest of 11.

    The data shows what was paid, not why. Overtime is pay for hours beyond the regular schedule.

  • +30%

    Since 2022, total pay at Santa Clara County went up 30% while the number of people paid went up 4%.

    Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Clinical Nurse III1,885$205,303$162k – $238k▲ 3.8%
Per Diem Clinical Nurse897$88,857$49k – $145k▲ 10.4%
Hospital Services Assistant II716$68,593$24k – $98k▼ 2.6%
Sheriff's Correctional Deputy702$193,538$167k – $226k▲ 4.6%
Janitor636$61,688$38k – $73k▼ 4.6%
Clinical Nurse II555$155,812$131k – $183k▼ 2.4%
Physician - Vmc515$365,109$284k – $538k▲ 4.2%
Health Services Representative497$74,840$55k – $80k▲ 5.5%
Eligibility Worker II446$95,824$85k – $101k▲ 2.8%
Licensed Vocational Nurse430$95,748$53k – $101k▲ 5.0%
Eligibility Worker III325$128,835$112k – $159k▼ 0.9%
Deputy Sheriff315$187,107$155k – $229k▲ 3.2%
Elections Aide - Extra Help305$2,210$2k – $4k▼ 4.5%
Pharmacist301$182,023$74k – $219k▼ 1.3%
Pharmacy Technician292$89,598$51k – $93k▲ 4.4%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k1,656
  • $10k – $30k1,787
  • $30k – $50k1,675
  • $50k – $70k1,998
  • $70k – $90k3,741
  • $90k – $110k3,022
  • $110k – $150k4,516
  • $150k or more10,002

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

Pay by department

DepartmentPeopleTypical pay
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare13,141$102,873
Social Services Agency2,893$111,627
Probation Department939$134,911
Behavioral Health Services817$113,019
Sheriff's Office798$164,899
Sho - Custody Bureau Contract782$191,930
Registrar of Voters766$4,704
Technology Services & Solutions752$197,175
District Attorney726$138,777
Public Health Department637$114,463
County Library District465$59,803
Custody Health Services451$138,363

Common questions

How much does a Santa Clara County employee make?

The typical employee was paid $112,757 in 2025: half of the 28,397 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $69,873 and $178,573.

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. 1,656 people (5.8%) 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 (87.8% of all pay), overtime (5.1%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (7.1%).

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