Paramount water operator salary, 2025

Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County. 10 people worked as water operators for Paramount in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $69,248, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Paramount?

Official pay range1

$19,032 to $79,894

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$69,248

average base pay $58,027

Water operators
10
10 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$19,032
bottom of the Water Operator Aide - 5223 range
Median total pay
$81,835
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
293rd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Paramount 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 Operator Aide - 5223$19,032 to $23,130 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator - 5224$57,182 to $69,505 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Operator - 5225$57,182 to $69,505 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Senior Water Operator-5223$65,729 to $79,894 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Senior Water Operator-5224$65,729 to $79,894 · 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 Paramount pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Paramount earned $68,561 less than the Los Angeles County average and $54,478 less than the California average.

Where does Paramount rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Paramount ranks 293rd of 300, below the middle employer.

Paramount
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Paramount ranks 26th of 26, below the middle employer.

Paramount
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $113,552

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 Paramount

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 Paramount's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$5,544
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$8,787
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Paramount

What is the average water operator salary at Paramount?

Water operators at Paramount who worked the full year earned an average of $69,248 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $81,835: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $19,032 to $79,894.

How much overtime do water operators at Paramount earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,649 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,678: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Paramount get?

The most common pension formula among Paramount's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $5,544 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Paramount figures

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

How we read the data