About City of Fairfield
What is the City of Fairfield?
The City of Fairfield is the municipal government of Fairfield, California — the Solano County seat, incorporated in 1903, with a population just under 120,000 midway between San Francisco and Sacramento. It is a full-service city: its own police and fire departments and a municipally-owned water system serving roughly 120,000 people, alongside Public Works, Community Development and Parks & Recreation. The city's neighbours give it its character — Travis Air Force Base is the county's largest employer, and Jelly Belly Candy Company is headquartered in town.
Where will I work?
Fairfield City Hall at 1000 Webster Street. The city moved to a 9/80 schedule from August 29, 2025 — per its own office-hours page, City Hall is open 8:00 AM to 5:30 PM and "closed every other Friday". The city's own job bulletins list the schedule as a headline benefit: the Associate/Senior Civil Engineer posting includes "A 9/80 work schedule" alongside retirement health savings accounts and tuition reimbursement of up to $4,000 annually.
What is the City of Fairfield team like?
A workforce in the 500-1,000 band across public safety, the water utility, engineering, planning and community services. Current civilian postings include a Civil Engineer (Land Development), Building Inspector Supervisor and Building Engineering Plans Examiner. We list Fairfield's civilian professional positions — sworn police/fire, dispatch and part-time recreation roles run separate schedules and are excluded from our feed.
Work-Life Balance
Every other Friday is yours, structurally — the building closes. The city's own bulletins sell the 9/80 as a benefit, and pair it with unusually concrete extras: retirement health savings accounts and up to $4,000 a year in tuition reimbursement. Employee reviews on Indeed run 3.7 employer-wide (34 Fairfield, CA reviews) with gripes about management and turnover rather than hours; a Glassdoor snippet shows 79% would recommend, with work-life balance around 3.8. Standard California municipal conditions apply: CalPERS defined-benefit pension, formal leave accruals, paid holidays and published salary ranges.
Perks and Benefits
- 9/80 schedule — "closed every other Friday" on the city's own office-hours page; "A 9/80 work schedule" verbatim in its bulletins
- CalPERS defined-benefit pension + retirement health savings accounts
- Tuition reimbursement up to $4,000 annually (verbatim in bulletins)
- Salary ranges published on every job bulletin
- Formal vacation, sick leave and paid-holiday provisions