Camarillo water operator salary, 2025

Camarillo is a city in Ventura County. 19 people worked as water operators for Camarillo in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $123,357, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Camarillo?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$81,660 to $141,798

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$123,357

average base pay $95,159

The largest group of Camarillo's water operators (5 of 19) hold the title Water Recycling Plant Operator III, with an official range of $81,660 to $122,491. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $128,006, $5,515 above the top of the range.

Water operators
19
19 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$63,983
bottom of the Water Operator I range
Median total pay
$116,421
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
124th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Camarillo 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

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Water Recycling Plant Operator III$81,660 to $122,491 · 5 people
    $128,006
  2. Water Recycling Pl Oper Supervisor$94,532 to $141,798 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water Operator I$63,983 to $95,974 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator II$70,541 to $105,812 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Operator III$77,772 to $116,658 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Lead Water Operator$85,743 to $128,615 · 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 Camarillo pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?

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

Full-year water operators at Camarillo earned $11,721 more than the Ventura County average and $369 less than the California average.

Where does Camarillo rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Camarillo ranks 124th of 300, above the middle employer.

Camarillo
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in Ventura County

Camarillo ranks 4th of 11, above the middle employer.

Camarillo
$100k$120k$140k$160k

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 Camarillo

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 Camarillo's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,788
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,298
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Camarillo

What is the average water operator salary at Camarillo?

Water operators at Camarillo who worked the full year earned an average of $123,357 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $116,421: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $81,660 to $141,798.

How much overtime do water operators at Camarillo earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $6,685 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $4,271: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Camarillo get?

The most common pension formula among Camarillo's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $11,788 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Camarillo figures

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

How we read the data