Fair Oaks Water District water operator salary, 2025

Fair Oaks Water District is an irrigation district in Sacramento County. 11 people worked as water operators for Fair Oaks Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $90,304.

What is the average water operator salary at Fair Oaks Water District?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$49,754 to $99,882

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

$90,304

average base pay $82,870

Water operators
11
8 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$49,754
bottom of the Distribution System Operator I range
Median total pay
$86,810
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
252nd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Fair Oaks 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 distribution operators

  1. Distribution System Operator I$49,754 to $67,184 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Distribution System Operator II$57,283 to $77,314 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Distribution System Operator III$68,099 to $91,894 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Distribution System Operator IV$73,965 to $99,882 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water Supply Operator$87,797 to $118,498 · 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 Fair Oaks Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Sacramento County?

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

Full-year water operators at Fair Oaks Water District earned $35,366 less than the Sacramento County average and $33,422 less than the California average.

Where does Fair Oaks 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

Fair Oaks Water District ranks 252nd of 300, below the middle employer.

Fair Oaks Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in Sacramento County

Fair Oaks Water District ranks 10th of 11, below the middle employer.

Fair Oaks Water District
$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $113,104

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 Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$7,695
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$23,229
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Fair Oaks Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Fair Oaks Water District?

Water operators at Fair Oaks Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $90,304 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $86,810: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $49,754 to $99,882.

How much overtime do water operators at Fair Oaks Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $1,008 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $1,166: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Fair Oaks Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Fair Oaks Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $7,695 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Fair Oaks Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Fair Oaks 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 Fair Oaks Water District.

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