Carpinteria Valley Water District water operator salary, 2025

Carpinteria Valley Water District is a water district in Santa Barbara County. 6 people worked as water operators for Carpinteria Valley Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $134,367, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Carpinteria Valley Water District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$71,239 to $132,073

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$134,367

average base pay $106,595

Water operators
6
5 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$71,239
bottom of the Water Treatment Operator I range
Median total pay
$127,572
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
85th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Carpinteria Valley 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 treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Operator I$71,239 to $88,968 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Operator II$78,635 to $98,204 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Operator III$93,472 to $116,734 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Lead Water Treatment Operator$105,755 to $132,073 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Operator III$76,717 to $95,809 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Lead Water Distribution Operator$98,204 to $122,643 · 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 Carpinteria Valley Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Santa Barbara County?

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

Full-year water operators at Carpinteria Valley Water District earned $13,461 more than the Santa Barbara County average and $10,641 more than the California average.

Where does Carpinteria Valley 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

Carpinteria Valley Water District ranks 85th of 300, above the middle employer.

Carpinteria Valley Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 10 employers in Santa Barbara County

Carpinteria Valley Water District ranks 4th of 10, above the middle employer.

Carpinteria Valley Water District
$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $115,039

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 Carpinteria Valley 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 Carpinteria Valley Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,683
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$25,309
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Carpinteria Valley Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Carpinteria Valley Water District?

Water operators at Carpinteria Valley Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $134,367 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $127,572: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $71,239 to $132,073.

How much overtime do water operators at Carpinteria Valley Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $27,259 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $28,128: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Carpinteria Valley Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Carpinteria Valley Water District's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $11,683 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Carpinteria Valley Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Carpinteria Valley 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.

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

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