Livingston water operator salary, 2025

Livingston is a city in Merced County. 6 people worked as water operators for Livingston in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its water operator titles runs from $65,386 to $90,114.

What does Livingston pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$65,386 to $90,114

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
6
4 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$65,386
bottom of the Water/Wastewater Operator I range
Median total pay
Not reported
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
Not reported
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each water operator title at Livingston 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. Water/Wastewater Operator I$65,386 to $79,477 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water/Wastewater Operator II$74,137 to $90,114 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Livingston?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Merced County and across California. Livingston's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Merced County earned an average of $88,344 in 2025, $35,382 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Livingston

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 Livingston's water operators
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Not reported
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Livingston

Why is there no average water operator salary for Livingston?

6 people worked as water operators for Livingston in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.

What is the pay range for a water operator at Livingston?

The official range across Livingston's water operator titles runs from $65,386 to $90,114 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Merced County earned an average of $88,344.

What pension do water operators at Livingston get?

The most common pension formula among Livingston's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.

More salaries in Merced County

Sources for the Livingston figures

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

How we read the data