Fairfield water operator salary, 2025

Fairfield is a city in Solano County. 40 people worked as water operators for Fairfield in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $133,589, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Fairfield?

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$66,735 to $120,418

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

$133,589

average base pay $111,218

Water operators
40
26 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$66,735
bottom of the Water Distribution Operator I range
Median total pay
$140,448
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
91st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Fairfield 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. Water Distribution Operator I$66,735 to $81,116 · 15 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Distribution Operator II$73,663 to $89,538 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Distribution Oper IIa$77,392 to $94,071 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Distribution Oper III$85,427 to $103,837 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Water Distribution Oper Sr$99,069 to $120,418 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Plant Operator II$87,562 to $106,433 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Plant Operator III$96,653 to $117,481 · 5 people
    $134,285
  3. Water Plant Operator Iv$106,687 to $129,680 · 9 people
    $154,554
  4. Water Treatment Supervisor$123,742 to $150,408 · 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 Fairfield pay water operators more than other employers in Solano County?

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

Full-year water operators at Fairfield earned $8,138 less than the Solano County average and $9,863 more than the California average.

Where does Fairfield rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Fairfield ranks 91st of 300, above the middle employer.

Fairfield
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in Solano County

Fairfield ranks 7th of 7, below the middle employer.

Fairfield
$140k

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 Fairfield

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 Fairfield's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,579
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$14,623
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Fairfield

What is the average water operator salary at Fairfield?

Water operators at Fairfield who worked the full year earned an average of $133,589 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $140,448: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $66,735 to $120,418.

How much overtime do water operators at Fairfield earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $13,164 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,328: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Fairfield get?

The most common pension formula among Fairfield's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $11,579 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Fairfield figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Fairfield 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 Fairfield.

How we read the data