Paradise Irrigation District water operator salary, 2025

Paradise Irrigation District is an irrigation district in Butte County. 8 people worked as water operators for Paradise Irrigation District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $129,567, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Paradise Irrigation District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$68,411 to $129,684

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$129,567

average base pay $106,383

Water operators
8
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$68,411
bottom of the Water Treatment Plant Operator II range
Median total pay
$119,421
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
108th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Paradise Irrigation 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 treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Plant Operator II$68,411 to $97,386 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Operator III$74,818 to $106,475 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Plant Operations Supervisor$76,536 to $129,684 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Treatment Plant Operator IV$81,640 to $116,168 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Water Treatment Plant Operator V$88,962 to $126,610 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Distribution System Operator$70,387 to $100,131 · 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 Paradise Irrigation District pay water operators more than other employers in Butte County?

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

Full-year water operators at Paradise Irrigation District earned $22,731 more than the Butte County average and $5,841 more than the California average.

Where does Paradise Irrigation District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Paradise Irrigation District ranks 108th of 300, above the middle employer.

Paradise Irrigation District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

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 Paradise Irrigation District

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

Pension formula
Not reported
the most common formula among Paradise Irrigation District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$21,801
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Paradise Irrigation District

What is the average water operator salary at Paradise Irrigation District?

Water operators at Paradise Irrigation District who worked the full year earned an average of $129,567 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $119,421: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $68,411 to $129,684.

How much overtime do water operators at Paradise Irrigation District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $19,011 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $8,866: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

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Sources for the Paradise Irrigation District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Paradise Irrigation 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 Paradise Irrigation District.

How we read the data