Daly City water operator salary, 2025

Daly City is a city in San Mateo County. 22 people worked as water operators for Daly City in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $148,540, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Daly City?

Official pay range, wastewater collection operators1

$75,527 to $99,779

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater collection operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$148,540

average base pay $109,085

The largest group of Daly City's water operators (6 of 22) hold the title Collection System Operator II, with an official range of $82,088 to $99,779. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $127,627, $27,848 above the top of the range.

Water operators
22
19 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$75,527
bottom of the Collection System Operator I range
Median total pay
$138,841
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
40th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Daly City 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 collection operators

  1. Collection System Operator I$75,527 to $91,804 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Collection System Operator II$82,088 to $99,779 · 6 people
    $127,627

Water and wastewater operators

  1. Water/Ww Operator-In-Training$81,229 to $98,735 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water/Wastewater Operator II$106,693 to $129,685 · 5 people
    $193,525
  3. Senior W/Ww Operator$118,872 to $144,490 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Plant Operator I$91,543 to $111,271 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Plant Operator II$96,386 to $117,158 · 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 Daly City pay water operators more than other employers in San Mateo County?

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

Full-year water operators at Daly City earned $12,627 more than the San Mateo County average and $24,814 more than the California average.

Where does Daly City rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Daly City ranks 40th of 300, above the middle employer.

Daly City
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in San Mateo County

Daly City ranks 4th of 11, above the middle employer.

Daly City
$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $133,921

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 Daly City

As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2.5% at 62
the most common formula among Daly City's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$15,260
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$15,456
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Daly City

What is the average water operator salary at Daly City?

Water operators at Daly City who worked the full year earned an average of $148,540 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $138,841: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $75,527 to $99,779.

How much overtime do water operators at Daly City earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $21,242 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $11,813: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Daly City get?

The most common pension formula among Daly City's water operators is 2.5% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $15,260 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Daly City figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Daly City 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 Daly City.

How we read the data