Kern County Water Agency water operator salary, 2025
Kern County Water Agency is a water agency in Kern County. 12 people worked as water operators for Kern County Water Agency in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $132,568, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Kern County Water Agency?
Official pay range, water system operators1
$56,618 to $78,686
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 12
- 8 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $56,618
- bottom of the Systems Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $126,510
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 94th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Kern County Water 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
Water system operators
- Systems Operator Ifewer than 5
- Systems Operator IIfewer than 5
Water treatment operators
- Water Purification Plant Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Purification Plant Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Water Purification Plant Operator IVfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Kern County Water Agency pay water operators more than other employers in Kern County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Kern County Water Agency next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Kern County Water Agency$132,568
- All employers in Kern County$99,167
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Kern County Water Agency earned $33,401 more than the Kern County average and $8,842 more than the California average.
Where does Kern County Water Agency rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Kern County Water Agency ranks 94th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 10 employers in Kern County
Kern County Water Agency ranks 2nd of 10, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $92,144
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 Kern County Water Agency
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 1.62% at 65
- the most common formula among Kern County Water Agency's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $48,423
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $20,932
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Kern County Water Agency
What is the average water operator salary at Kern County Water Agency?
Water operators at Kern County Water Agency who worked the full year earned an average of $132,568 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $126,510: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $56,618 to $78,686.
How much overtime do water operators at Kern County Water Agency earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $22,242 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $21,938: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Kern County Water Agency get?
The most common pension formula among Kern County Water Agency's water operators is 1.62% at 65, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $48,423 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Kern County
- Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency$137,891 average total pay
- Rosamond Community Services District$125,348 average total pay
- Bear Valley Community Services District$106,541 average total pay
- Tehachapi$94,315 average total pay
- Delano$89,974 average total pay
- Shafter$88,221 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Kern CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Kern County Water Agency figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Kern County Water 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Kern County Water Agency.