Los Altos water operator salary, 2025

Los Altos is a city in Santa Clara County. 7 people worked as water operators for Los Altos 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 $82,414 to $121,454.

What does Los Altos pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$82,414 to $121,454

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
7
2 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$82,414
bottom of the Wastewater Maintenance Worker 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 Los Altos 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. Wastewater Maintenance Worker I$82,414 to $100,175 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Maintenance Worker II$90,837 to $110,413 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Wastewater Maintenance Worker$99,920 to $121,454 · 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 Los Altos?

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

Full-year water operators across Santa Clara County earned an average of $157,077 in 2025, $33,351 more than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Los Altos

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 Los Altos'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 Los Altos

Why is there no average water operator salary for Los Altos?

7 people worked as water operators for Los Altos 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 Los Altos?

The official range across Los Altos's water operator titles runs from $82,414 to $121,454 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Santa Clara County earned an average of $157,077.

What pension do water operators at Los Altos get?

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

More salaries in Santa Clara County

Sources for the Los Altos figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Los Altos 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 Los Altos.

How we read the data