El Monte water operator salary, 2025
El Monte is a city in Los Angeles County. 5 people worked as water operators for El Monte 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 $66,005 to $88,880.
What does El Monte pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$66,005 to $88,880
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
- 3 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $66,005
- bottom of the Water Systems Operator I 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 El Monte 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 Systems Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Systems Operator IIfewer 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 El Monte?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Los Angeles County and across California. El Monte's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Los Angeles County$137,809
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809 in 2025, $14,083 more than the California average.
Pension and health cover at El Monte
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 El Monte'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 El Monte
Why is there no average water operator salary for El Monte?
5 people worked as water operators for El Monte 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 El Monte?
The official range across El Monte's water operator titles runs from $66,005 to $88,880 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809.
What pension do water operators at El Monte get?
The most common pension formula among El Monte's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
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Sources for the El Monte figures
Every person who held a water operator position at El Monte 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 El Monte.