Coastside County Water District water operator salary, 2025

Coastside County Water District is a water district in San Mateo County. 8 people worked as water operators for Coastside County Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $133,921.

What is the average water operator salary at Coastside County Water District?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$89,997 to $131,577

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

$133,921

average base pay $112,051

Water operators
8
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$89,997
bottom of the Treatment/Distribution Operator range
Median total pay
$122,841
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
87th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Coastside County 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

  1. Treatment/Distribution Operator$89,997 to $109,651 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Treatment/Distribution Operator (Lead)$96,747 to $117,878 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Distribution Operator$107,992 to $131,577 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Treatment Plant Supervisor$148,620 to $181,083 · 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 Coastside County Water District pay water operators more than other employers in San Mateo County?

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

Full-year water operators at Coastside County Water District earned $1,992 less than the San Mateo County average and $10,195 more than the California average.

Where does Coastside County 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

Coastside County Water District ranks 87th of 300, above the middle employer.

Coastside County Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in San Mateo County

Coastside County Water District ranks 6th of 11, level with the middle employer.

Coastside County Water District
$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $133,921

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 Coastside County 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 62
the most common formula among Coastside County Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,163
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,212
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Coastside County Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Coastside County Water District?

Water operators at Coastside County Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $133,921 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $122,841: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $89,997 to $131,577.

How much overtime do water operators at Coastside County Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $151 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Coastside County Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Coastside County Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $12,163 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Coastside County Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Coastside County 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 Coastside County Water District.

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