Covina water operator salary, 2025

Covina is a city in Los Angeles County. 12 people worked as water operators for Covina in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $113,723, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Covina?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$54,172 to $118,111

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

$113,723

average base pay $82,964

Water operators
12
9 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$54,172
bottom of the Water Distribution Operator I range
Median total pay
$121,711
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
158th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Covina 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. Water Distribution Operator I$54,172 to $72,618 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Distribution Operator II$61,577 to $82,568 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Distribution Operatoriii$69,424 to $93,090 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Distribution Supervisor$88,137 to $118,111 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Sewer Maintenance Worker III$69,424 to $93,090 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator II$71,727 to $96,178 · 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 Covina pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Covina earned $24,086 less than the Los Angeles County average and $10,003 less than the California average.

Where does Covina rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Covina ranks 158th of 300, below the middle employer.

Covina
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Covina ranks 13th of 26, above the middle employer.

Covina
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $113,552

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 Covina

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 Covina's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$9,999
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$13,534
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Covina

What is the average water operator salary at Covina?

Water operators at Covina who worked the full year earned an average of $113,723 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $121,711: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $54,172 to $118,111.

How much overtime do water operators at Covina earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $25,052 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $21,454: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Covina get?

The most common pension formula among Covina's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $9,999 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Covina figures

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

How we read the data