Calaveras Public Utility District water operator salary, 2025

Calaveras Public Utility District is a public utility district in Calaveras County. 6 people worked as water operators for Calaveras Public Utility District 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 $60,902 to $97,843.

What does Calaveras Public Utility District pay its water operators?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$60,902 to $97,843

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
6
4 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$60,902
bottom of the Water Distribution/Treatment Operator II 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 Calaveras Public Utility 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

  1. Water Distribution/Treatment Operator II$60,902 to $76,669 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Distribution/Treatment Operator III$67,163 to $84,510 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Distribution/Treatment Operator IV$77,792 to $97,843 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. Chief Treatment Plant Operator$77,792 to $97,843 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Calaveras Public Utility District?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Calaveras County and across California. Calaveras Public Utility District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Calaveras County earned an average of $95,105 in 2025, $28,621 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Calaveras Public Utility 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 Public Utility District'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 Calaveras Public Utility District

Why is there no average water operator salary for Calaveras Public Utility District?

6 people worked as water operators for Calaveras Public Utility District 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 Calaveras Public Utility District?

The official range across Calaveras Public Utility District's water operator titles runs from $60,902 to $97,843 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Calaveras County earned an average of $95,105.

What pension do water operators at Calaveras Public Utility District get?

The most common pension formula among Calaveras Public Utility District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Calaveras Public Utility District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Calaveras Public Utility 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Calaveras Public Utility District.

How we read the data