Amador Water Agency water operator salary, 2025

Amador Water Agency is a water agency in Amador County. 10 people worked as water operators for Amador Water Agency in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $118,272, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Amador Water Agency?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$66,598 to $129,385

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$118,272

average base pay $97,898

Water operators
10
10 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$66,598
bottom of the Wastewater Operator I range
Median total pay
$112,844
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
145th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Amador Water Agency 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

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Operator I$66,598 to $83,247 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Operator II$73,900 to $92,375 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Wastewater Supervisor$103,508 to $129,385 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water Operator II$71,490 to $89,362 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator III$82,212 to $102,765 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Supervisor$103,508 to $129,385 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Amador Water Agency pay water operators more than other employers in Amador County?

Average total pay of full-year water operators: Amador Water Agency next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year water operators at Amador Water Agency earned $3,317 more than the Amador County average and $5,454 less than the California average.

Where does Amador Water Agency rank among California employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1

All 300 California employers

Amador Water Agency ranks 145th of 300, above the middle employer.

Amador Water Agency
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

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 Amador Water Agency

As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2% at 55
the most common formula among Amador Water Agency's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,251
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$25,997
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Amador Water Agency

What is the average water operator salary at Amador Water Agency?

Water operators at Amador Water Agency who worked the full year earned an average of $118,272 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $112,844: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $66,598 to $129,385.

How much overtime do water operators at Amador Water Agency earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $15,434 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $15,513: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Amador Water Agency get?

The most common pension formula among Amador Water Agency's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $10,251 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Amador Water Agency figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Amador Water Agency 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Amador Water Agency.

How we read the data