Corona water operator salary, 2025

Corona is a city in Riverside County. 44 people worked as water operators for Corona in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $146,046, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Corona?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$60,027 to $162,869

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$146,046

average base pay $104,850

The largest group of Corona's water operators (9 of 44) hold the title Water Reclamation Oper 3 Flex, with an official range of $89,460 to $108,739. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $168,940, $60,201 above the top of the range.

Water operators
44
28 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$60,027
bottom of the Water Operator I Flex range
Median total pay
$137,529
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
43rd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Corona 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 system operators

  1. Water Operator I Flex$60,027 to $72,963 · 6 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator II Flex$73,280 to $89,073 · 7 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Operator III Flex$89,460 to $108,739 · 8 people
    $118,065
  4. Lead Water Operator$96,892 to $117,772 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Chief Water Operator$133,993 to $162,869 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Water Reclamation Oper 1 Flex$60,027 to $72,963 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Reclamation Oper 2 Flex$73,280 to $89,073 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Reclamation Oper 3 Flex$89,460 to $108,739 · 9 people
    $168,940
  4. Lead Water Reclamation Operator$96,892 to $117,772 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Deputy Chief Operator-Water Recycle$121,272 to $147,406 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Chief Reclamations Operator$133,993 to $162,869 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. Deputy Chief Operator - Water$121,272 to $147,406 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Chief Distribution Operator$133,993 to $162,869 · 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 Corona pay water operators more than other employers in Riverside County?

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

Full-year water operators at Corona earned $22,066 more than the Riverside County average and $22,320 more than the California average.

Where does Corona rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Corona ranks 43rd of 300, above the middle employer.

Corona
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 14 employers in Riverside County

Corona ranks 1st of 14, above the middle employer.

Corona
$80k$100k$120k$140k

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 Corona

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 Corona's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$13,728
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,293
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Corona

What is the average water operator salary at Corona?

Water operators at Corona who worked the full year earned an average of $146,046 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $137,529: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $60,027 to $162,869.

How much overtime do water operators at Corona earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $25,961 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $22,218: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Corona get?

The most common pension formula among Corona's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $13,728 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Corona figures

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

How we read the data