Bella Vista Water District water operator salary, 2025
Bella Vista Water District is a water district in Shasta County. 8 people worked as water operators for Bella Vista Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $91,876, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Bella Vista Water District?
Official pay range, water distribution operators1
$59,925 to $81,994
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 8
- 6 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $59,925
- bottom of the Water Distribution Operator, D2 range
- Median total pay
- $93,042
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 246th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Bella Vista 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 distribution operators
- Water Distribution Operator, D2fewer than 5
- Water Distribution Operator, D3fewer than 5
Water treatment operators
- Water Treatment Operator, T3fewer than 5
- Water Treatment Operator, T3fewer than 5
- Water Treatment Operator, T4fewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Bella Vista Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Shasta County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Bella Vista Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Bella Vista Water District$91,876
- All employers in Shasta County$105,034
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Bella Vista Water District earned $13,158 less than the Shasta County average and $31,850 less than the California average.
Where does Bella Vista 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
Bella Vista Water District ranks 246th of 300, below the middle employer.
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 Bella Vista 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% at 60
- the most common formula among Bella Vista Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $7,581
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $24,414
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Bella Vista Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Bella Vista Water District?
Water operators at Bella Vista Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $91,876 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $93,042: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $59,925 to $81,994.
How much overtime do water operators at Bella Vista Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,542 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $4,787: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Bella Vista Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Bella Vista Water District's water operators is 2% at 60, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $7,581 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Bella Vista Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Bella Vista 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 Bella Vista Water District.