Alameda County Water District water operator salary, 2025
Alameda County Water District is a water district in Alameda County. 11 people worked as water operators for Alameda County Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $208,245, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Alameda County Water District?
Official pay range1
$119,440 to $159,694
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Most of Alameda County Water District's water operators (7 of 11) hold the title Advanced Water Treatment Plt Op, with an official range of $131,381 to $159,694. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $222,586, $62,892 above the top of the range.
- Water operators
- 11
- 10 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $119,440
- bottom of the Water Treatment Plant Operator range
- Median total pay
- $214,106
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 2nd
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Alameda County Water District pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- Water Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5
- Advanced Water Treatment Plt Op$222,586
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Alameda County Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Alameda County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Alameda County Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Alameda County Water District$208,245
- All employers in Alameda County$159,204
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Alameda County Water District earned $49,041 more than the Alameda County average and $84,519 more than the California average.
Where does Alameda County Water District rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Alameda County Water District ranks 2nd of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 10 employers in Alameda County
Alameda County Water District ranks 1st of 10, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $157,428
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Pension and health cover at Alameda County Water District
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.5% at 55
- the most common formula among Alameda County Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $20,648
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $22,875
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Alameda County Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Alameda County Water District?
Water operators at Alameda County Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $208,245 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $214,106: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $119,440 to $159,694.
How much overtime do water operators at Alameda County Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $45,089 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $47,372: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Alameda County Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Alameda County Water District's water operators is 2.5% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $20,648 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Alameda County
- East Bay Municipal Utility District$166,840 average total pay
- Alameda County$164,851 average total pay
- Union Sanitary District (Alameda)$158,954 average total pay
- San Leandro$158,180 average total pay
- Hayward$156,677 average total pay
- Dublin San Ramon Services District$154,580 average total pay
- Oro Loma Sanitary District (Alameda)$149,209 average total pay
- Pleasanton$135,097 average total pay
- Oakland$126,509 average total pay
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Sources for the Alameda County Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Alameda County Water District at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with a lot of overtime. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Alameda County Water District.