Barstow water operator salary, 2025
Barstow is a city in San Bernardino County. 8 people worked as water operators for Barstow in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $72,978.
What is the average water operator salary at Barstow?
Official pay range, water treatment operators1
$49,220 to $84,670
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 8
- 6 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $49,220
- bottom of the Wasterwater Treatment Operator In Trng range
- Median total pay
- $67,370
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 287th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Barstow 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 operators
- Wasterwater Treatment Operator In Trngfewer than 5
- Wasterwater Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
- Senior Wasterwater Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5
Other operator titles
- Lead Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Barstow pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Barstow next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Barstow$72,978
- All employers in San Bernardino County$116,908
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Barstow earned $43,930 less than the San Bernardino County average and $50,748 less than the California average.
Where does Barstow rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Barstow ranks 287th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 23 employers in San Bernardino County
Barstow ranks 23rd of 23, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $107,676
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 Barstow
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 Barstow's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $6,343
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $10,051
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Barstow
What is the average water operator salary at Barstow?
Water operators at Barstow who worked the full year earned an average of $72,978 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $67,370: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $49,220 to $84,670.
How much overtime do water operators at Barstow earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $578 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $494: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Barstow get?
The most common pension formula among Barstow's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $6,343 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in San Bernardino County
- Redlands$100,457 average total pay
- Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency$98,953 average total pay
- Running Springs Water District$91,670 average total pay
- Phelan Pinon Hill Community Services District$90,870 average total pay
- Big Bear City Community Services District$88,754 average total pay
- Crestline County Sanitation District (San Bernardino)$84,644 average total pay
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Sources for the Barstow figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Barstow 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 Barstow.