Oxnard water operator salary, 2025

Oxnard is a city in Ventura County. 33 people worked as water operators for Oxnard in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $113,239, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Oxnard?

Official pay range, other operator titles1

$54,702 to $149,178

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for other operator titles, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$113,239

average base pay $86,359

Water operators
33
14 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$54,702
bottom of the Plant Operator Trainee range
Median total pay
$113,357
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
164th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Oxnard 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

Other operator titles

  1. Plant Operator Trainee$54,702 to $71,113 · 6 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Plant Operator$66,923 to $87,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Plant Operator Sr$70,000 to $91,000 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. EH Plant Operator Principal$77,778 to $109,515 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Plant Operator Principal$77,778 to $109,515 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Chief Plant Operator$99,452 to $149,178 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Plant Operator Trainee$54,702 to $71,113 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Plant Operator Sr$70,000 to $91,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Plant Operator Principal$77,778 to $109,515 · 6 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Chief Plant Operator$99,452 to $149,178 · 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 Oxnard pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?

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

Full-year water operators at Oxnard earned $1,603 more than the Ventura County average and $10,487 less than the California average.

Where does Oxnard rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Oxnard ranks 164th of 300, below the middle employer.

Oxnard
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in Ventura County

Oxnard ranks 5th of 11, above the middle employer.

Oxnard
$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $112,325

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 Oxnard

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 Oxnard's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,254
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$12,588
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Oxnard

What is the average water operator salary at Oxnard?

Water operators at Oxnard who worked the full year earned an average of $113,239 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $113,357: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $54,702 to $149,178.

How much overtime do water operators at Oxnard earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $10,886 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $9,722: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Oxnard get?

The most common pension formula among Oxnard's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,254 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Oxnard figures

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

How we read the data