Calleguas Municipal Water District water operator salary, 2025
Calleguas Municipal Water District is a water district in Ventura County. 5 people worked as water operators for Calleguas Municipal Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $160,203, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Calleguas Municipal Water District?
Official pay range, water distribution operators1
$74,004 to $101,391
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 5
- 5 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $74,004
- bottom of the Water Distribution Operator range
- Median total pay
- $167,548
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 20th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Calleguas Municipal 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 Operatorfewer than 5
Water treatment operators
- Water Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Senior Operatorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Calleguas Municipal Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Calleguas Municipal Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Calleguas Municipal Water District$160,203
- All employers in Ventura County$111,636
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Calleguas Municipal Water District earned $48,567 more than the Ventura County average and $36,477 more than the California average.
Where does Calleguas Municipal 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
Calleguas Municipal Water District ranks 20th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 11 employers in Ventura County
Calleguas Municipal Water District ranks 1st of 11, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $112,325
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 Calleguas Municipal 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 55
- the most common formula among Calleguas Municipal Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $15,313
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $21,706
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Calleguas Municipal Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Calleguas Municipal Water District?
Water operators at Calleguas Municipal Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $160,203 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $167,548: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $74,004 to $101,391.
How much overtime do water operators at Calleguas Municipal Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $26,072 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $26,302: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Calleguas Municipal Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Calleguas Municipal Water District's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $15,313 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Calleguas Municipal Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Calleguas Municipal 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 Calleguas Municipal Water District.