Coalinga water operator salary, 2025

Coalinga is a city in Fresno County. 7 people worked as water operators for Coalinga 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 $39,255 to $50,100.

What does Coalinga pay its water operators?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$39,255 to $50,100

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
7
4 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$39,255
bottom of the Wastewater Operator Apprentice 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 Coalinga 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

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Operator Apprentice$39,255 to $50,100 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water Operator II$57,997 to $74,020 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator III$63,942 to $81,607 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Operator IV$70,496 to $89,972 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. Part-Time Water Operator III$63,942 to $81,607 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Coalinga?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Fresno County and across California. Coalinga's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Fresno County earned an average of $84,775 in 2025, $38,951 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Coalinga

As reported by the city. 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 Coalinga'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 Coalinga

Why is there no average water operator salary for Coalinga?

7 people worked as water operators for Coalinga 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 Coalinga?

The official range across Coalinga's water operator titles runs from $39,255 to $50,100 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Fresno County earned an average of $84,775.

What pension do water operators at Coalinga get?

The most common pension formula among Coalinga's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.

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Sources for the Coalinga figures

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

How we read the data