Calaveras County Water District water operator salary, 2025
Calaveras County Water District is a water district in Calaveras County. 15 people worked as water operators for Calaveras County Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $100,832, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Calaveras County Water District?
Official pay range1
$56,052 to $102,744
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
The largest group of Calaveras County Water District's water operators (5 of 15) hold the title Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator III, with an official range of $75,132 to $93,180. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $93,884, $704 above the top of the range.
- Water operators
- 15
- 15 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $56,052
- bottom of the Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Oit range
- Median total pay
- $99,839
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 216th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Calaveras County 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/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Oitfewer than 5
- Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator III$93,884
- Water/Wastewater Operations Senior Supervisor$124,478
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Calaveras County Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Calaveras County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Calaveras County Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Calaveras County Water District$100,832
- All employers in Calaveras County$95,105
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Calaveras County Water District earned $5,727 more than the Calaveras County average and $22,894 less than the California average.
Where does Calaveras County 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
Calaveras County Water District ranks 216th 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 Calaveras County 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 62
- the most common formula among Calaveras County Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $10,208
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $30,168
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Calaveras County Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Calaveras County Water District?
Water operators at Calaveras County Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $100,832 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $99,839: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $56,052 to $102,744.
How much overtime do water operators at Calaveras County Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $3,870 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,478: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Calaveras County Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Calaveras County Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $10,208 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Calaveras County Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Calaveras County 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 Calaveras County Water District.