Dixon water operator salary, 2025
Dixon is a city in Solano County. 10 people worked as water operators for Dixon in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $140,723, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Dixon?
Official pay range, water system operators1
$68,264 to $139,818
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 10
- 7 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $68,264
- bottom of the Water Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $142,963
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 55th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Dixon 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
- Water Operator Ifewer than 5
- Senior Water Operatorfewer than 5
- Water Operations Supervisorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Wastewater System Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater System Operator IIfewer than 5
- Senior Wastewater Systems Operatorfewer than 5
Other operator titles
- Chief Plant Operatorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Dixon pay water operators more than other employers in Solano County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Dixon next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Dixon$140,723
- All employers in Solano County$141,727
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Dixon earned $1,004 less than the Solano County average and $16,997 more than the California average.
Where does Dixon rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Dixon ranks 55th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 7 employers in Solano County
Dixon ranks 5th of 7, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $142,415
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 Dixon
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 Dixon's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $9,966
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $20,548
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Dixon
What is the average water operator salary at Dixon?
Water operators at Dixon who worked the full year earned an average of $140,723 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $142,963: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $68,264 to $139,818.
How much overtime do water operators at Dixon earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $12,412 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,820: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Dixon get?
The most common pension formula among Dixon's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $9,966 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Solano County
- Vallejo$154,514 average total pay
- Benicia$151,550 average total pay
- Vacaville$143,784 average total pay
- Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District$142,415 average total pay
- Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District$137,099 average total pay
- Fairfield$133,589 average total pay
- Solano Irrigation Districtwater operator pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Solano CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Dixon figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Dixon 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 Dixon.