Cambria Community Services District water operator salary, 2025

Cambria Community Services District is a community services district in San Luis Obispo County. 10 people worked as water operators for Cambria Community Services District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $84,998, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Cambria Community Services District?

Official pay range, other operator titles1

$53,771 to $92,259

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for other operator titles, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$84,998

average base pay $71,677

Water operators
10
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$53,771
bottom of the Operator I range
Median total pay
$80,675
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
265th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Cambria Community Services 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

Other operator titles

  1. Operator I$53,771 to $71,895 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Operator II$60,912 to $81,443 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Operator II,$60,912 to $81,443 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Operator II, Step$60,912 to $81,443 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Operator T3/D2 Step$69,002 to $92,259 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Operator II$67,302 to $89,987 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Operator III$74,362 to $99,426 · 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 Cambria Community Services District pay water operators more than other employers in San Luis Obispo County?

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

Full-year water operators at Cambria Community Services District earned $10,787 less than the San Luis Obispo County average and $38,728 less than the California average.

Where does Cambria Community Services District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Cambria Community Services District ranks 265th of 300, below the middle employer.

Cambria Community Services District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in San Luis Obispo County

Cambria Community Services District ranks 7th of 7, below the middle employer.

Cambria Community Services District
$80k$100k

Middle employer: $89,814

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 Cambria Community Services 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 Cambria Community Services District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$8,181
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$12,314
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Cambria Community Services District

What is the average water operator salary at Cambria Community Services District?

Water operators at Cambria Community Services District who worked the full year earned an average of $84,998 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $80,675: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $53,771 to $92,259.

How much overtime do water operators at Cambria Community Services District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $3,651 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $3,913: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Cambria Community Services District get?

The most common pension formula among Cambria Community Services District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $8,181 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Cambria Community Services District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Cambria Community Services 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 Cambria Community Services District.

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