Greenfield water operator salary, 2025

Greenfield is a city in Monterey County. 8 people worked as water operators for Greenfield in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $87,505, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Greenfield?

Official pay range1

$66,165 to $99,606

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$87,505

average base pay $72,037

Most of Greenfield's water operators (8 of 8) hold the title Utilities System Operator, with an official range of $66,165 to $99,606. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $87,505, within the range.

Water operators
8
5 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$66,165
bottom of the Utilities System Operator range
Median total pay
$93,335
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
261st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Greenfield 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

  1. Utilities System Operator$66,165 to $99,606 · 8 people
    $87,505

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Greenfield pay water operators more than other employers in Monterey County?

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

Full-year water operators at Greenfield earned $38,899 less than the Monterey County average and $36,221 less than the California average.

Where does Greenfield rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Greenfield ranks 261st of 300, below the middle employer.

Greenfield
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 5 employers in Monterey County

Greenfield ranks 5th of 5, below the middle employer.

Greenfield
$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $130,281

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 Greenfield

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 Greenfield's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$5,662
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$12,831
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Greenfield

What is the average water operator salary at Greenfield?

Water operators at Greenfield who worked the full year earned an average of $87,505 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $93,335: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $66,165 to $99,606.

How much overtime do water operators at Greenfield earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $15,469 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $17,621: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Greenfield get?

The most common pension formula among Greenfield's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $5,662 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Greenfield figures

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

How we read the data