Cucamonga Valley Water District water operator salary, 2025

Cucamonga Valley Water District is a water district in San Bernardino County. 23 people worked as water operators for Cucamonga Valley Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $126,136, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Cucamonga Valley Water District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$75,566 to $161,188

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

$126,136

average base pay $103,576

The largest group of Cucamonga Valley Water District's water operators (6 of 23) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Operator II, with an official range of $88,525 to $115,128. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $126,686, $11,558 above the top of the range.

Water operators
23
22 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$74,110
bottom of the Wastewater Utility Worker II range
Median total pay
$124,758
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
117th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Cucamonga Valley 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 Operator I$75,566 to $98,259 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Op II$88,525 to $115,128 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Plant Operator II$88,525 to $115,128 · 6 people
    $126,686
  4. Lead Water Treatment Operator$103,750 to $134,888 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Operations Supervisor (Water Treatment Plant)$123,990 to $161,188 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Utility Worker II$74,110 to $96,325 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Lead Wastewater Utility Worker$86,819 to $112,861 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator II$83,450 to $108,493 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Lead Water System Operator$97,739 to $127,088 · 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 Cucamonga Valley Water District pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?

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

Full-year water operators at Cucamonga Valley Water District earned $9,228 more than the San Bernardino County average and $2,410 more than the California average.

Where does Cucamonga Valley 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

Cucamonga Valley Water District ranks 117th of 300, above the middle employer.

Cucamonga Valley Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 23 employers in San Bernardino County

Cucamonga Valley Water District ranks 5th of 23, above the middle employer.

Cucamonga Valley Water District
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $107,676

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 Cucamonga Valley 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% at 62
the most common formula among Cucamonga Valley Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,105
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,673
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Cucamonga Valley Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Cucamonga Valley Water District?

Water operators at Cucamonga Valley Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $126,136 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $124,758: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $75,566 to $161,188.

How much overtime do water operators at Cucamonga Valley Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $12,937 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,818: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Cucamonga Valley Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Cucamonga Valley Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $12,105 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Cucamonga Valley Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Cucamonga Valley 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 Cucamonga Valley Water District.

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