Palmdale Water District water operator salary, 2025

Palmdale Water District is an irrigation district in Los Angeles County. 8 people worked as water operators for Palmdale Water District 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 $151,259 to $165,760.

What does Palmdale Water District pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$151,259 to $165,760

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
8
1 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$151,259
bottom of the Plant Operator III Lead 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 Palmdale 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

  1. Plant Operator III Lead$151,259 to $165,589 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Plant Operator I$159,516 to $164,304 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Plant Operator II$159,516 to $165,760 · 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 Palmdale Water District?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Los Angeles County and across California. Palmdale Water District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809 in 2025, $14,083 more than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Palmdale 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 Palmdale Water District'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 Palmdale Water District

Why is there no average water operator salary for Palmdale Water District?

8 people worked as water operators for Palmdale Water District 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 Palmdale Water District?

The official range across Palmdale Water District's water operator titles runs from $151,259 to $165,760 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809.

What pension do water operators at Palmdale Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Palmdale Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Palmdale Water District figures

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

How we read the data