Brea water operator salary, 2025

Brea is a city in Orange County. 12 people worked as water operators for Brea in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $80,420, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Brea?

Official pay range1

$60,043 to $81,989

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$80,420

average base pay $68,692

Water operators
12
5 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$60,043
bottom of the Water Distribution Operator I range
Median total pay
$78,072
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
278th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Brea 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. Water Distribution Operator I$60,043 to $76,861 · 8 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Distribution Operator II$64,050 to $81,989 · 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 Brea pay water operators more than other employers in Orange County?

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

Full-year water operators at Brea earned $48,241 less than the Orange County average and $43,306 less than the California average.

Where does Brea rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Brea ranks 278th of 300, below the middle employer.

Brea
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 19 employers in Orange County

Brea ranks 19th of 19, below the middle employer.

Brea
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $131,027

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 Brea

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 Brea's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$7,317
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$15,000
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Brea

What is the average water operator salary at Brea?

Water operators at Brea who worked the full year earned an average of $80,420 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $78,072: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $60,043 to $81,989.

How much overtime do water operators at Brea earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $4,444 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,903: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Brea get?

The most common pension formula among Brea's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $7,317 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Brea figures

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

How we read the data