Marin Municipal Water District water operator salary, 2025
Marin Municipal Water District is a water district in Marin County. 21 people worked as water operators for Marin Municipal Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $143,225, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Marin Municipal Water District?
Official pay range, water treatment operators1
$108,804 to $166,392
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group
The largest group of Marin Municipal Water District's water operators (6 of 21) hold the title Distribution System Operator, with an official range of $107,760 to $129,204. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $124,060, within the range.
- Water operators
- 21
- 18 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $107,760
- bottom of the Distribution System Operator range
- Median total pay
- $141,934
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 49th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Marin Municipal Water District 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
Water treatment operators
- Treatment Plant System Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Treatment Plant System Operator IV$149,965
- Water Treatment Plant Supervisorfewer than 5
Water distribution operators
- Distribution System Operator$124,060
- Distribution System Operator Supervisorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Marin Municipal Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Marin County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Marin Municipal Water District next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Marin Municipal Water District$143,225
- All employers in Marin County$132,983
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Marin Municipal Water District earned $10,242 more than the Marin County average and $19,499 more than the California average.
Where does Marin Municipal Water District rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Marin Municipal Water District ranks 49th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 8 employers in Marin County
Marin Municipal Water District ranks 3rd of 8, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $139,445
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 Marin Municipal Water District
As reported by the agency. 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 Marin Municipal Water District's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $14,774
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $20,442
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Marin Municipal Water District
What is the average water operator salary at Marin Municipal Water District?
Water operators at Marin Municipal Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $143,225 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $141,934: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $108,804 to $166,392.
How much overtime do water operators at Marin Municipal Water District earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,690 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $4,311: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Marin Municipal Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Marin Municipal Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $14,774 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Marin Municipal Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Marin Municipal Water District 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Marin Municipal Water District.