Ontario water operator salary, 2025

Ontario is a city in San Bernardino County. 8 people worked as water operators for Ontario in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $114,548, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Ontario?

Official pay range1

$84,136 to $137,821

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$114,548

average base pay $95,172

Most of Ontario's water operators (7 of 8) hold the title Water Production Operator, with an official range of $84,136 to $102,211. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $111,575, $9,364 above the top of the range.

Water operators
8
8 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$84,136
bottom of the Water Production Operator range
Median total pay
$116,862
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
154th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Ontario 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$84,136 to $102,211 · 7 people
    $111,575
  2. Water Production Supervisor$113,381 to $137,821 · 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 Ontario pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?

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

Full-year water operators at Ontario earned $2,360 less than the San Bernardino County average and $9,178 less than the California average.

Where does Ontario rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Ontario ranks 154th of 300, below the middle employer.

Ontario
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 23 employers in San Bernardino County

Ontario ranks 7th of 23, above the middle employer.

Ontario
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $107,676

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 Ontario

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 Ontario's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,006
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,865
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Ontario

What is the average water operator salary at Ontario?

Water operators at Ontario who worked the full year earned an average of $114,548 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $116,862: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $84,136 to $137,821.

How much overtime do water operators at Ontario earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $14,872 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $16,290: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Ontario get?

The most common pension formula among Ontario's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,006 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in San Bernardino County

Sources for the Ontario figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Ontario 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 Ontario.

How we read the data