Fortuna water operator salary, 2025
Fortuna is a city in Humboldt County. 7 people worked as water operators for Fortuna in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $64,383.
What is the average water operator salary at Fortuna?
Official pay range1
$43,240 to $86,684
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
- Water operators
- 7
- 7 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $43,240
- bottom of the Treatment Plant Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $64,235
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 296th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Fortuna 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
- Treatment Plant Operator Ifewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Operator I/OITfewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Operator IIfewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Operator III/Shift Supervisorfewer than 5
- Chief Treatment 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 Fortuna pay water operators more than other employers in Humboldt County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Fortuna next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Fortuna$64,383
- All employers in Humboldt County$69,682
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Fortuna earned $5,299 less than the Humboldt County average and $59,343 less than the California average.
Where does Fortuna rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Fortuna ranks 296th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
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 Fortuna
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 Fortuna's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $6,843
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $22,495
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Fortuna
What is the average water operator salary at Fortuna?
Water operators at Fortuna who worked the full year earned an average of $64,383 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $64,235: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $43,240 to $86,684.
How much overtime do water operators at Fortuna earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $348 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $122: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Fortuna get?
The most common pension formula among Fortuna's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $6,843 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Fortuna figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Fortuna 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 Fortuna.