Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) water operator salary, 2025
Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) is a sanitary district in Santa Barbara County. 5 people worked as water operators for Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) 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 $65,568 to $115,944.
What does Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$65,568 to $115,944
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Not reported
- Water operators
- 5
- 4 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $65,568
- bottom of the Operator In Training 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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) 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
- Operator In Trainingfewer than 5
- Operator 3fewer 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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Santa Barbara County and across California. Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)'s own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Santa Barbara County$120,906
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Santa Barbara County earned an average of $120,906 in 2025, $2,820 less than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)
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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)'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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)
Why is there no average water operator salary for Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)?
5 people worked as water operators for Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) 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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)?
The official range across Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)'s water operator titles runs from $65,568 to $115,944 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Santa Barbara County earned an average of $120,906.
What pension do water operators at Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) get?
The most common pension formula among Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)'s water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.
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- Solvang$94,649 average total pay
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Sources for the Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara) 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 Carpinteria Sanitary District (Santa Barbara).