Lake Arrowhead Community Services District water operator salary, 2025
Lake Arrowhead Community Services District is a community services district in San Bernardino County. 31 people worked as water operators for Lake Arrowhead Community Services District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $101,388, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District?
Official pay range, other operator titles1
$51,418 to $139,776
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for other operator titles, the largest group
The largest group of Lake Arrowhead Community Services District's water operators (7 of 31) hold the title Field Operator II, with an official range of $65,624 to $87,963. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $76,654, within the range.
- Water operators
- 31
- 26 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $51,418
- bottom of the Field Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $96,565
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 214th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Lake Arrowhead Community Services 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
Other operator titles
- Field Operator Ifewer than 5
- Field Operator II$76,654
- Senior Field Operator Ifewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Op IIfewer than 5
- Senior Field Operator IIfewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Op III$110,270
- Field Operations Supervisor Waterfewer than 5
- Water Operations Supervisorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Senior Wastewater Operator IIfewer than 5
- Field Operations Supervisor Wastewaterfewer than 5
- Wastewater Operations Supervisorfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Senior Water Operator IIfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Lake Arrowhead Community Services District pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Lake Arrowhead Community Services District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Lake Arrowhead Community Services District$101,388
- All employers in San Bernardino County$116,908
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District earned $15,520 less than the San Bernardino County average and $22,338 less than the California average.
Where does Lake Arrowhead Community Services District rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Lake Arrowhead Community Services District ranks 214th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 23 employers in San Bernardino County
Lake Arrowhead Community Services District ranks 16th of 23, below the middle employer.
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 Lake Arrowhead Community Services District
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 Lake Arrowhead Community Services District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $9,802
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $25,529
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District
What is the average water operator salary at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District?
Water operators at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District who worked the full year earned an average of $101,388 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $96,565: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $51,418 to $139,776.
How much overtime do water operators at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $2,363 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,236: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Lake Arrowhead Community Services District get?
The most common pension formula among Lake Arrowhead Community Services District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $9,802 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in San Bernardino County
- Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority$107,676 average total pay
- Upland$106,324 average total pay
- Mojave Water Agency$105,394 average total pay
- Victorville$104,665 average total pay
- Redlands$100,457 average total pay
- Big Bear Area Regional Wastewater Agency$98,953 average total pay
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Sources for the Lake Arrowhead Community Services District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Lake Arrowhead Community Services 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 Lake Arrowhead Community Services District.