Los Angeles County water operator salary, 2025

28 people worked as water operators for Los Angeles County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $125,097, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Los Angeles County?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$58,128 to $121,872

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

$125,097

average base pay $105,800

The largest group of Los Angeles County's water operators (13 of 28) hold the title Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, with an official salary of $105,976. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $122,739, $16,763 above the top of the range.

Water operators
28
23 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$58,128
bottom of the Asst Wastewater Treatment Plant Opr range
Median total pay
$126,254
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
121st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Los Angeles County 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. Asst Wastewater Treatment Plant Opr$58,128 to $74,197 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator$105,976 · 13 people
    $122,739
  3. Wastewater Treatment Plt Opr Supervisor$121,872 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Sewer Maintenance Supervisor$84,757 to $114,219 · 10 people
    $124,129

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Los Angeles County pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Los Angeles County earned $12,712 less than the Los Angeles County average and $1,371 more than the California average.

Where does Los Angeles County rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Los Angeles County ranks 121st of 300, above the middle employer.

Los Angeles County
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Los Angeles County ranks 12th of 26, above the middle employer.

Los Angeles County
$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 Los Angeles County

As reported by the county. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2% at 61
the most common formula among Los Angeles County's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,375
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$22,010
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Los Angeles County

What is the average water operator salary at Los Angeles County?

Water operators at Los Angeles County who worked the full year earned an average of $125,097 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $126,254: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $58,128 to $121,872.

How much overtime do water operators at Los Angeles County earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $12,400 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,724: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Los Angeles County get?

The most common pension formula among Los Angeles County's water operators is 2% at 61, as reported by the county. The employer paid an average of $10,375 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in Los Angeles County

Sources for the Los Angeles County figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Los Angeles County 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 Angeles County.

How we read the data