McFarland water operator salary, 2025
McFarland is a city in Kern County. 10 people worked as water operators for McFarland 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 $42,755 to $75,444.
What does McFarland pay its water operators?
Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1
$42,755 to $75,444
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
Not reported
- Water operators
- 10
- 1 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $42,755
- bottom of the Utilities Operator In Training 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 McFarland 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
- Utilities Operator In Trainingfewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator IIfewer than 5
- Utilities Operator Ifewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water Operator Ifewer than 5
- Utilities Operator Ifewer than 5
- Utilities Operator IIfewer than 5
- Utilities Operator IIIfewer 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 McFarland?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Kern County and across California. McFarland's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Kern County$99,167
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Kern County earned an average of $99,167 in 2025, $24,559 less than the California average.
Questions about water operator pay at McFarland
Why is there no average water operator salary for McFarland?
10 people worked as water operators for McFarland 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 McFarland?
The official range across McFarland's water operator titles runs from $42,755 to $75,444 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Kern County earned an average of $99,167.
More salaries in Kern County
- Kern County Water Agency$132,568 average total pay
- Tehachapi$94,315 average total pay
- North of the River Sanitary District No.1 (Kern)$84,082 average total pay
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Sources for the McFarland figures
Every person who held a water operator position at McFarland 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 McFarland.