Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) water operator salary, 2025
Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) is a sanitary district in Orange County. 5 people worked as water operators for Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) 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 $71,522 to $123,598.
What does Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$71,522 to $123,598
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Not reported
- Water operators
- 5
- 4 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $71,522
- bottom of the Wastewater Maintenance Worker II 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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) 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 Maintenance Worker IIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Maintenance Worker IIIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Maintenance Lead Workerfewer 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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Orange County and across California. Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)'s own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Orange County$128,661
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661 in 2025, $4,935 more than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)
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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)'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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)
Why is there no average water operator salary for Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)?
5 people worked as water operators for Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) 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 Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)?
The official range across Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)'s water operator titles runs from $71,522 to $123,598 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661.
What pension do water operators at Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) get?
The most common pension formula among Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange)'s water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.
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Sources for the Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange) 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Costa Mesa Sanitary District (Orange).