Corcoran water operator salary, 2025

Corcoran is a city in Kings County. 11 people worked as water operators for Corcoran in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $68,937, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Corcoran?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$39,314 to $93,564

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

$68,937

average base pay $56,223

Water operators
11
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$39,314
bottom of the Wwtp Operator In Training range
Median total pay
$67,121
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
294th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Corcoran 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. Wwtp Operator In Training$39,314 to $47,787 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wwtp Utility Operator$46,223 to $56,184 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Wwtp Utility Operator 1$46,223 to $56,184 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Wwtp Utility Operator 2$52,253 to $63,514 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Wwtp Chief Plant Operator$76,975 to $93,564 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Utility Operator$48,459 to $58,902 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water Shift Operator$59,045 to $71,769 · 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 Corcoran pay water operators more than other employers in Kings County?

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

Full-year water operators at Corcoran earned $2,666 less than the Kings County average and $54,789 less than the California average.

Where does Corcoran rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Corcoran ranks 294th of 300, below the middle employer.

Corcoran
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

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 Corcoran

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 55
the most common formula among Corcoran's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$3,811
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$11,417
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Corcoran

What is the average water operator salary at Corcoran?

Water operators at Corcoran who worked the full year earned an average of $68,937 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $67,121: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $39,314 to $93,564.

How much overtime do water operators at Corcoran earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,617 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $5,220: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Corcoran get?

The most common pension formula among Corcoran's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $3,811 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Corcoran figures

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

How we read the data