Buena Park water operator salary, 2025
Buena Park is a city in Orange County. 7 people worked as water operators for Buena Park 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 $56,056 to $98,426.
What does Buena Park pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$56,056 to $98,426
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
- 7
- 3 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $56,056
- bottom of the Sewer Services Tech 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 Buena Park 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
- Sewer Services Techfewer than 5
- Senior Sewer Services Techfewer than 5
- Lead Sewer Services Techfewer 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 Buena Park?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Orange County and across California. Buena Park's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Orange County$128,661
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661 in 2025, $4,935 more than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Buena Park
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 Buena Park'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 Buena Park
Why is there no average water operator salary for Buena Park?
7 people worked as water operators for Buena Park 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 Buena Park?
The official range across Buena Park's water operator titles runs from $56,056 to $98,426 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661.
What pension do water operators at Buena Park get?
The most common pension formula among Buena Park's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Orange County
- South Coast Water District$163,062 average total pay
- Trabuco Canyon Water District$146,052 average total pay
- Yorba Linda Water District$130,259 average total pay
- Fullerton$110,439 average total pay
- Orange County$109,811 average total pay
- Newport Beachwater operator pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Orange CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Buena Park figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Buena Park 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 Buena Park.