Mountain View water operator salary, 2025

Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County. 12 people worked as water operators for Mountain View in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $168,369, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Mountain View?

Official pay range, wastewater collection operators1

$88,513 to $118,757

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater collection operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$168,369

average base pay $116,989

Water operators
12
11 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$88,513
bottom of the Wastewater Utility Worker II range
Median total pay
$159,386
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
10th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Mountain View 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 collection operators

  1. Wastewater Utility Worker II$88,513 to $107,585 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Utility Worker III$97,696 to $118,757 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator$100,164 to $121,758 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Senior Water System Operator$110,533 to $134,362 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Supervisor$130,624 to $176,726 · 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 Mountain View pay water operators more than other employers in Santa Clara County?

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

Full-year water operators at Mountain View earned $11,292 more than the Santa Clara County average and $44,643 more than the California average.

Where does Mountain View rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Mountain View ranks 10th of 300, above the middle employer.

Mountain View
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 5 employers in Santa Clara County

Mountain View ranks 2nd of 5, above the middle employer.

Mountain View
$140k$160k$180k$200k

Middle employer: $148,209

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 Mountain View

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

Pension formula
2.7% at 55
the most common formula among Mountain View's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,247
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$33,583
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Mountain View

What is the average water operator salary at Mountain View?

Water operators at Mountain View who worked the full year earned an average of $168,369 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $159,386: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $88,513 to $118,757.

How much overtime do water operators at Mountain View earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $37,737 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $36,488: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Mountain View get?

The most common pension formula among Mountain View's water operators is 2.7% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,247 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Mountain View figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Mountain View 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 Mountain View.

How we read the data