Monterey Park water operator salary, 2025

Monterey Park is a city in Los Angeles County. 8 people worked as water operators for Monterey Park in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $128,148, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Monterey Park?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$51,459 to $119,144

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$128,148

average base pay $99,188

Water operators
8
5 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$51,459
bottom of the Water Prod System Op range
Median total pay
$134,357
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
111th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Monterey Park 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 system operators

  1. Water Prod System Op$51,459 to $65,832 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operations Supervisor$93,140 to $119,144 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Production System Oper.$68,304 to $85,249 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Production Supervisor$93,140 to $119,144 · 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 Monterey Park pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Monterey Park earned $9,661 less than the Los Angeles County average and $4,422 more than the California average.

Where does Monterey Park rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Monterey Park ranks 111th of 300, above the middle employer.

Monterey Park
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Monterey Park ranks 11th of 26, above the middle employer.

Monterey Park
$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 Monterey Park

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 Monterey Park's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,756
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$19,853
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Monterey Park

What is the average water operator salary at Monterey Park?

Water operators at Monterey Park who worked the full year earned an average of $128,148 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $134,357: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $51,459 to $119,144.

How much overtime do water operators at Monterey Park earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $16,028 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $19,541: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Monterey Park get?

The most common pension formula among Monterey Park's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,756 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Monterey Park figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Monterey Park 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 Monterey Park.

How we read the data