Contra Costa Water District water operator salary, 2025

Contra Costa Water District is a water district in Contra Costa County. 25 people worked as water operators for Contra Costa Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $185,412, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Contra Costa Water District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$118,664 to $195,853

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

$185,412

average base pay $146,273

The largest group of Contra Costa Water District's water operators (10 of 25) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Oper Grade IV, with an official range of $124,696 to $151,590. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $190,353, $38,763 above the top of the range.

Water operators
25
25 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$102,336
bottom of the System Control Operator range
Median total pay
$184,997
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
4th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Contra Costa 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 Plant Oper Grade III$118,664 to $144,206 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Oper Grade IV$124,696 to $151,590 · 10 people
    $190,353
  3. Sr Water Treatment Plnt Op Grade V$137,072 to $166,608 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Treatment Supervisor$161,138 to $195,853 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. System Control Operator$102,336 to $124,384 · 6 people
    $149,254
  2. Water Operations Supervisor$153,504 to $186,576 · 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 Contra Costa Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Contra Costa County?

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

Full-year water operators at Contra Costa Water District earned $38,159 more than the Contra Costa County average and $61,686 more than the California average.

Where does Contra Costa 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

Contra Costa Water District ranks 4th of 300, above the middle employer.

Contra Costa Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 13 employers in Contra Costa County

Contra Costa Water District ranks 1st of 13, above the middle employer.

Contra Costa Water District
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k

Middle employer: $140,113

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 Contra Costa 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
2.35% at 55
the most common formula among Contra Costa Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$56,576
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$23,308
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Contra Costa Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Contra Costa Water District?

Water operators at Contra Costa Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $185,412 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $184,997: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $118,664 to $195,853.

How much overtime do water operators at Contra Costa Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $9,881 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,600: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Contra Costa Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Contra Costa Water District's water operators is 2.35% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $56,576 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Contra Costa Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Contra Costa 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 Contra Costa Water District.

How we read the data