Marina Coast Water District water operator salary, 2025

Marina Coast Water District is a water district in Monterey County. 14 people worked as water operators for Marina Coast Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $130,281.

What is the average water operator salary at Marina Coast Water District?

Official pay range1

$81,327 to $129,881

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$130,281

average base pay $109,141

Most of Marina Coast Water District's water operators (9 of 14) hold the title System Operator II, with an official range of $92,014 to $120,607. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $138,043, $17,436 above the top of the range.

Water operators
14
14 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$81,327
bottom of the System Operator I range
Median total pay
$137,094
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
103rd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Marina Coast 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

  1. System Operator I$81,327 to $106,599 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. System Operator II$92,014 to $120,607 · 9 people
    $138,043
  3. Lead Operator$99,089 to $129,881 · 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 Marina Coast Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Monterey County?

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

Full-year water operators at Marina Coast Water District earned $3,877 more than the Monterey County average and $6,555 more than the California average.

Where does Marina Coast 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

Marina Coast Water District ranks 103rd of 300, above the middle employer.

Marina Coast Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 5 employers in Monterey County

Marina Coast Water District ranks 3rd of 5, level with the middle employer.

Marina Coast Water District
$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $130,281

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 Marina Coast 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 Marina Coast Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,097
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$26,231
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Marina Coast Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Marina Coast Water District?

Water operators at Marina Coast Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $130,281 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $137,094: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $81,327 to $129,881.

How much overtime do water operators at Marina Coast Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $426 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Marina Coast Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Marina Coast Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $11,097 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Marina Coast Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Marina Coast 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Marina Coast Water District.

How we read the data