Otay Water District water operator salary, 2025

Otay Water District is a water district in San Diego County. 16 people worked as water operators for Otay Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $120,056, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Otay Water District?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$75,564 to $126,579

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

$120,056

average base pay $105,350

The largest group of Otay Water District's water operators (5 of 16) hold the title Water Systems Operator III, with an official range of $87,475 to $109,344. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $122,629, $13,285 above the top of the range.

Water operators
16
14 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$75,564
bottom of the Water Systems Operator I range
Median total pay
$122,356
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
139th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Otay Water District 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 Systems Operator I$75,564 to $94,455 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Systems Operator II$83,310 to $104,137 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Systems Operator III$87,475 to $109,344 · 5 people
    $122,629
  4. Lead Water Systems Operator$101,264 to $126,579 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Reclamation Plant Operator III$91,849 to $114,811 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Lead Reclamation Plant Operator$106,327 to $132,908 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Reclamation Plant Supervisor$123,086 to $153,857 · 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 Otay Water District pay water operators more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year water operators at Otay Water District earned $1,750 less than the San Diego County average and $3,670 less than the California average.

Where does Otay Water District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Otay Water District ranks 139th of 300, above the middle employer.

Otay Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 20 employers in San Diego County

Otay Water District ranks 14th of 20, below the middle employer.

Otay Water District
$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $121,446

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 Otay Water District

As reported by the agency. 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 Otay Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$27,994
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$31,723
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Otay Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Otay Water District?

Water operators at Otay Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $120,056 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $122,356: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $75,564 to $126,579.

How much overtime do water operators at Otay Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,687 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $6,824: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Otay Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Otay Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $27,994 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Otay Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Otay Water District 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 Otay Water District.

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