Las Virgenes Municipal Water District water operator salary, 2025

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District is a water district in Los Angeles County. 31 people worked as water operators for Las Virgenes Municipal Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $145,125, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$61,051 to $166,791

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

$145,125

average base pay $110,764

The largest group of Las Virgenes Municipal Water District's water operators (8 of 31) hold the title Water Reclamation Plant Operator III, with an official range of $92,896 to $127,854. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $167,616, $39,762 above the top of the range.

Water operators
31
26 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$61,051
bottom of the Water Reclamation Plant Operator In Training range
Median total pay
$142,561
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
44th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Las Virgenes Municipal 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

  1. Water Reclamation Plant Operator In Training$61,051 to $84,025 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Reclamation Plant Operator I$70,800 to $97,444 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Reclamation Plant Operator II$78,150 to $107,559 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Reclamation Plant Operator III$92,896 to $127,854 · 8 people
    $167,616
  5. Chief Water Reclamation Plant Operator$128,280 to $166,791 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Operator I$70,800 to $97,444 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Distribution Operator II$78,150 to $107,559 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Distribution Operator III$92,896 to $127,854 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Sr. Water Distribution Operator$100,039 to $137,685 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Plant Operator I$70,800 to $97,444 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Operator II$78,150 to $107,559 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Plant Operator III$92,896 to $127,854 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Sr. Water Treatment Plant Operator$100,039 to $137,685 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Water Treatment Supervisor$122,099 to $158,754 · 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 Las Virgenes Municipal Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District earned $7,316 more than the Los Angeles County average and $21,399 more than the California average.

Where does Las Virgenes Municipal 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

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District ranks 44th of 300, above the middle employer.

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District ranks 5th of 26, above the middle employer.

Las Virgenes Municipal Water District
$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 Las Virgenes Municipal 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
2% at 62
the most common formula among Las Virgenes Municipal Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$34,116
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$20,590
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District?

Water operators at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $145,125 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $142,561: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $61,051 to $166,791.

How much overtime do water operators at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $29,316 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $23,030: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Las Virgenes Municipal Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Las Virgenes Municipal Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $34,116 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Las Virgenes Municipal 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Las Virgenes Municipal Water District.

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