Coachella Valley Water District water operator salary, 2025
Coachella Valley Water District is a water district in Riverside County. 112 people worked as water operators for Coachella Valley Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $118,446, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Coachella Valley Water District?
Official pay range, water distribution operators1
$69,504 to $158,796
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group
The largest group of Coachella Valley Water District's water operators (20 of 112) hold the title Domestic Water Technician I, with an official range of $69,504 to $94,632. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $94,289, within the range.
- Water operators
- 112
- 102 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $69,504
- bottom of the Dom Distribution Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $111,254
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 144th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Coachella 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 distribution operators
- Dom Distribution Operator Ifewer than 5
- Domestic Water Technician I$94,289
- Dom Distribution Operator II$123,829
- Domestic Water Technician II$115,817
- Domestic Water Technician Srfewer than 5
- Ops Crew Chief Domestic$157,502
- Ops Supervisor Domesticfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Wastewater Rec Plant Op I$83,951
- Wastewater Rec Plant Op II$111,419
- Wastewater Rec Plant Op III$109,300
- Ops Supervisor Wastewaterfewer than 5
Other operator titles
- Control Systems Operator I$90,186
- Control Systems Operator IIfewer than 5
- Control Systems Operator Srfewer than 5
- Ops Crew Chief Controlfewer than 5
Wastewater collection operators
- Ops Crew Chief Collectionsfewer than 5
- Ops Supervisor Collectionsfewer than 5
Water treatment operators
- Ops Crew Chief Non-Potablefewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Coachella Valley Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Riverside County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Coachella Valley Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Coachella Valley Water District$118,446
- All employers in Riverside County$123,980
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Coachella Valley Water District earned $5,534 less than the Riverside County average and $5,280 less than the California average.
Where does Coachella 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
Coachella Valley Water District ranks 144th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 14 employers in Riverside County
Coachella Valley Water District ranks 9th of 14, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $119,944
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 Coachella 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
- 2.5% at 55
- the most common formula among Coachella Valley Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $40,675
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $4,403
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Coachella Valley Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Coachella Valley Water District?
Water operators at Coachella Valley Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $118,446 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $111,254: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $69,504 to $158,796.
How much overtime do water operators at Coachella Valley Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,880 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $6,994: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Coachella Valley Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Coachella Valley Water District's water operators is 2.5% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $40,675 a year into the pension plan.
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- Beaumont$123,241 average total pay
- Mission Springs Water District$121,345 average total pay
- Rancho California Water District$118,544 average total pay
- Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District$114,915 average total pay
- Riverside$112,281 average total pay
- Valley Sanitary District (Riverside)$107,177 average total pay
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Sources for the Coachella Valley Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Coachella 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Coachella Valley Water District.