Atascadero water operator salary, 2025

Atascadero is a city in San Luis Obispo County. 5 people worked as water operators for Atascadero in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its water operator titles runs from $52,476 to $98,951.

What does Atascadero pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$52,476 to $98,951

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
5
4 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$52,476
bottom of the WW Operator In Training range
Median total pay
Not reported
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
Not reported
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each water operator title at Atascadero 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

  1. WW Operator In Training$52,476 to $63,784 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. WW Operator I$60,747 to $73,838 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Lead WWTP Operator$81,407 to $98,951 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Atascadero?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across San Luis Obispo County and across California. Atascadero's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across San Luis Obispo County earned an average of $95,785 in 2025, $27,941 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Atascadero

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

Pension formula
2% at 62
the most common formula among Atascadero's water operators
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Not reported
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Atascadero

Why is there no average water operator salary for Atascadero?

5 people worked as water operators for Atascadero in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.

What is the pay range for a water operator at Atascadero?

The official range across Atascadero's water operator titles runs from $52,476 to $98,951 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across San Luis Obispo County earned an average of $95,785.

What pension do water operators at Atascadero get?

The most common pension formula among Atascadero's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.

More salaries in San Luis Obispo County

Sources for the Atascadero figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Atascadero 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 Atascadero.

How we read the data