Hemet water operator salary, 2025
Hemet is a city in Riverside County. 9 people worked as water operators for Hemet in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $92,392, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Hemet?
Official pay range, water distribution operators1
$55,632 to $80,388
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 9
- 8 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $55,632
- bottom of the Water Distribution Sys Op I range
- Median total pay
- $96,060
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 244th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Hemet 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
- Water Distribution Sys Op Ifewer than 5
- Water Distribution Sys Operator Iifewer than 5
Water system operators
- Lead Water District Sys Operatorfewer than 5
- Water Prod Systems Operator Iifewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Water/Waste Water Supervisorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Hemet pay water operators more than other employers in Riverside County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Hemet next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Hemet$92,392
- All employers in Riverside County$123,980
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Hemet earned $31,588 less than the Riverside County average and $31,334 less than the California average.
Where does Hemet rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Hemet ranks 244th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 14 employers in Riverside County
Hemet ranks 13th of 14, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $119,944
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 Hemet
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 Hemet's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $34,860
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $11,974
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Hemet
What is the average water operator salary at Hemet?
Water operators at Hemet who worked the full year earned an average of $92,392 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $96,060: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $55,632 to $80,388.
How much overtime do water operators at Hemet earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $11,209 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $12,713: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Hemet get?
The most common pension formula among Hemet's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $34,860 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Riverside County
- Rancho California Water District$118,544 average total pay
- Coachella Valley Water District$118,446 average total pay
- Beaumont-Cherry Valley Water District$114,915 average total pay
- Riverside$112,281 average total pay
- Valley Sanitary District (Riverside)$107,177 average total pay
- Idyllwild Water District$84,932 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Riverside CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Hemet figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Hemet 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 Hemet.