Lathrop water operator salary, 2025

Lathrop is a city in San Joaquin County. 6 people worked as water operators for Lathrop in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $122,992, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Lathrop?

Official pay range1

$78,284 to $124,851

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$122,992

average base pay $97,465

Water operators
6
5 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$78,284
bottom of the Utility Operator I range
Median total pay
$126,827
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
127th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Lathrop 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

  1. Utility Operator I$78,284 to $95,155 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Utility Operator II$86,412 to $105,033 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Utility Operator III$102,716 to $124,851 · 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 Lathrop pay water operators more than other employers in San Joaquin County?

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

Full-year water operators at Lathrop earned $3,550 more than the San Joaquin County average and $734 less than the California average.

Where does Lathrop rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Lathrop ranks 127th of 300, above the middle employer.

Lathrop
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in San Joaquin County

Lathrop ranks 4th of 7, level with the middle employer.

Lathrop
$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $122,992

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 Lathrop

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 Lathrop's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$8,330
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$25,343
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Lathrop

What is the average water operator salary at Lathrop?

Water operators at Lathrop who worked the full year earned an average of $122,992 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $126,827: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $78,284 to $124,851.

How much overtime do water operators at Lathrop earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $20,113 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $22,390: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Lathrop get?

The most common pension formula among Lathrop's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $8,330 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Lathrop figures

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

How we read the data