Idyllwild Water District water operator salary, 2025
Idyllwild Water District is a water district in Riverside County. 7 people worked as water operators for Idyllwild Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $84,932.
What is the average water operator salary at Idyllwild Water District?
Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1
$42,900 to $102,669
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 7
- 7 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $42,900
- bottom of the Chief Wastewater Operator range
- Median total pay
- $78,893
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 267th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Idyllwild 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
Wastewater treatment operators
- Chief Wastewater Operatorfewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator IIIfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Operator IIfewer than 5
- Chief Water 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 Idyllwild Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Riverside County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Idyllwild Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Idyllwild Water District$84,932
- All employers in Riverside County$123,980
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Idyllwild Water District earned $39,048 less than the Riverside County average and $38,794 less than the California average.
Where does Idyllwild 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
Idyllwild Water District ranks 267th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 14 employers in Riverside County
Idyllwild Water District ranks 14th 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 Idyllwild 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
- Not reported
- the most common formula among Idyllwild Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- Not reported
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $18,238
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Idyllwild Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Idyllwild Water District?
Water operators at Idyllwild Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $84,932 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $78,893: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $42,900 to $102,669.
How much overtime do water operators at Idyllwild Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $359 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $47: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
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
- Hemet$92,392 average total pay
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Sources for the Idyllwild Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Idyllwild 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Idyllwild Water District.