Chino water operator salary, 2025

Chino is a city in San Bernardino County. 20 people worked as water operators for Chino in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $107,694, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Chino?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$63,542 to $89,570

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$107,694

average base pay $75,213

The largest group of Chino's water operators (6 of 20) hold the title Water Distribution Operator, with an official range of $63,542 to $77,236. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $95,125, $17,889 above the top of the range.

Water operators
20
17 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$56,162
bottom of the Wastewater Maint Worker range
Median total pay
$98,973
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
185th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Chino 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

  1. Water Distribution Operator$63,542 to $77,236 · 6 people
    $95,125
  2. Water Distribution Lead Oper$73,689 to $89,570 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Maint Worker$56,162 to $68,265 · 5 people
    $85,397
  2. Wastewater Maint Lead Worker$65,131 to $79,167 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Operator$71,892 to $87,385 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Lead Operator$83,372 to $101,340 · 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 Chino pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?

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

Full-year water operators at Chino earned $9,214 less than the San Bernardino County average and $16,032 less than the California average.

Where does Chino rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Chino ranks 185th of 300, below the middle employer.

Chino
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 23 employers in San Bernardino County

Chino ranks 11th of 23, above the middle employer.

Chino
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $107,676

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 Chino

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2.7% at 55
the most common formula among Chino's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$7,987
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$14,516
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Chino

What is the average water operator salary at Chino?

Water operators at Chino who worked the full year earned an average of $107,694 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $98,973: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $63,542 to $89,570.

How much overtime do water operators at Chino earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $14,125 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,345: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Chino get?

The most common pension formula among Chino's water operators is 2.7% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $7,987 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in San Bernardino County

Sources for the Chino figures

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

How we read the data