Newport Beach water operator salary, 2025

Newport Beach is a city in Orange County. 5 people worked as water operators for Newport Beach 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 $78,111 to $133,584.

What does Newport Beach pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$78,111 to $133,584

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
5
4 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$78,111
bottom of the Water Production Operator 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 Newport Beach 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. Water Production Operator$78,111 to $115,391 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Production Supervisor$90,416 to $133,584 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Newport Beach?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Orange County and across California. Newport Beach's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661 in 2025, $4,935 more than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Newport Beach

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

Pension formula
2.5% at 55
the most common formula among Newport Beach's water operators
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Not reported
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Newport Beach

Why is there no average water operator salary for Newport Beach?

5 people worked as water operators for Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach?

The official range across Newport Beach's water operator titles runs from $78,111 to $133,584 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661.

What pension do water operators at Newport Beach get?

The most common pension formula among Newport Beach's water operators is 2.5% at 55, as reported by the city.

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Sources for the Newport Beach figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach.

How we read the data