Inland Empire Utilities Agency water operator salary, 2025

Inland Empire Utilities Agency is a water district in San Bernardino County. 51 people worked as water operators for Inland Empire Utilities Agency in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $158,715, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Inland Empire Utilities Agency?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$69,719 to $138,338

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$158,715

average base pay $110,648

The largest group of Inland Empire Utilities Agency's water operators (7 of 51) hold the title Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator II, with an official range of $88,965 to $108,397. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $122,250, $13,853 above the top of the range.

Water operators
51
41 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$69,719
bottom of the Collection System Operator I range
Median total pay
$160,776
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
22nd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Inland Empire Utilities Agency 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

  1. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator In Training$69,719 to $84,948 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator I$80,701 to $98,327 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator II$88,965 to $108,397 · 7 people
    $122,250
  4. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator III$98,083 to $119,503 · 7 people
    $151,971
  5. Recycled Water Distribution Operator$102,990 to $125,483 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator IV$108,138 to $131,756 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  7. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator V$108,138 to $131,756 · 6 people
    $178,364
  8. Senior Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator$113,540 to $138,338 · 7 people
    $186,776

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Collection System Operator I$69,719 to $84,948 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Collection System Operator II$84,731 to $103,237 · 5 people
    $133,027
  3. Collection System Operator III$93,414 to $113,819 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Plant Operator III$98,083 to $119,503 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Plant Operator IV$108,138 to $131,756 · 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 Inland Empire Utilities Agency pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?

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

Full-year water operators at Inland Empire Utilities Agency earned $41,807 more than the San Bernardino County average and $34,989 more than the California average.

Where does Inland Empire Utilities Agency rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Inland Empire Utilities Agency ranks 22nd of 300, above the middle employer.

Inland Empire Utilities Agency
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 23 employers in San Bernardino County

Inland Empire Utilities Agency ranks 2nd of 23, above the middle employer.

Inland Empire Utilities Agency
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $107,676

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 Inland Empire Utilities Agency

As reported by the agency. 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 Inland Empire Utilities Agency's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,775
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$10,406
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Inland Empire Utilities Agency

What is the average water operator salary at Inland Empire Utilities Agency?

Water operators at Inland Empire Utilities Agency who worked the full year earned an average of $158,715 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $160,776: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $69,719 to $138,338.

How much overtime do water operators at Inland Empire Utilities Agency earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $17,125 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $15,204: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Inland Empire Utilities Agency get?

The most common pension formula among Inland Empire Utilities Agency's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $11,775 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Inland Empire Utilities Agency figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Inland Empire Utilities Agency 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 Inland Empire Utilities Agency.

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