Long Beach water operator salary, 2025

Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County. 28 people worked as water operators for Long Beach in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $113,284, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Long Beach?

Official pay range1

$58,352 to $140,801

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$113,284

average base pay $99,729

The largest group of Long Beach's water operators (14 of 28) hold the title Water Treatment Operator II, with an official range of $72,891 to $98,983. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $103,609, $4,626 above the top of the range.

Water operators
28
25 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$58,352
bottom of the Water Treatment Operator I range
Median total pay
$110,297
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
163rd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Long Beach 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 Treatment Operator I$58,352 to $78,957 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Operator II$72,891 to $98,983 · 14 people
    $103,609
  3. Water Treatment Operator III$83,317 to $112,908 · 9 people
    $123,201
  4. Water Treatment Supervisor I$105,219 to $140,801 · 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 Long Beach pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Long Beach earned $24,525 less than the Los Angeles County average and $10,442 less than the California average.

Where does Long Beach rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Long Beach ranks 163rd of 300, below the middle employer.

Long Beach
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Long Beach ranks 15th of 26, below the middle employer.

Long Beach
$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 Long Beach

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 Long Beach's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$31,012
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$15,224
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Long Beach

What is the average water operator salary at Long Beach?

Water operators at Long Beach who worked the full year earned an average of $113,284 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $110,297: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $58,352 to $140,801.

How much overtime do water operators at Long Beach earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $10,687 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $9,531: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Long Beach get?

The most common pension formula among Long Beach's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $31,012 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Long Beach figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Long Beach 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 Long Beach.

How we read the data