Inglewood water operator salary, 2025

Inglewood is a city in Los Angeles County. 9 people worked as water operators for Inglewood in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $101,107, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Inglewood?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$67,342 to $130,511

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$101,107

average base pay $88,718

Most of Inglewood's water operators (7 of 9) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Operator, with an official range of $67,342 to $95,397. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $84,765, within the range.

Water operators
9
9 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$67,342
bottom of the Water Treatment Plant Operator range
Median total pay
$94,532
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
215th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Inglewood 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 treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Plant Operator$67,342 to $95,397 · 7 people
    $84,765
  2. Pw Supervisor-Water Treatment Plant$92,129 to $130,511 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. Pw Supervisor-Water Operations$92,129 to $130,511 · 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 Inglewood pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Inglewood earned $36,702 less than the Los Angeles County average and $22,619 less than the California average.

Where does Inglewood rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Inglewood ranks 215th of 300, below the middle employer.

Inglewood
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Inglewood ranks 20th of 26, below the middle employer.

Inglewood
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $113,552

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 Inglewood

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 Inglewood's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$20,071
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$19,027
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Inglewood

What is the average water operator salary at Inglewood?

Water operators at Inglewood who worked the full year earned an average of $101,107 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $94,532: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $67,342 to $130,511.

How much overtime do water operators at Inglewood earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,567 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $3,415: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Inglewood get?

The most common pension formula among Inglewood's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $20,071 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Inglewood figures

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

How we read the data