Placer County Water Agency water operator salary, 2025

Placer County Water Agency is a water agency in Placer County. 15 people worked as water operators for Placer County Water Agency in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $110,721, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Placer County Water Agency?

Official pay range1

$62,926 to $127,629

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$110,721

average base pay $95,528

Most of Placer County Water Agency's water operators (10 of 15) hold the title Treatment Plant Operator, with an official range of $80,309 to $102,498. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $112,745, $10,247 above the top of the range.

Water operators
15
14 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$62,926
bottom of the Treatment Plant Op Trainee II range
Median total pay
$111,761
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
171st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Placer County Water Agency 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. Treatment Plant Op Trainee II$62,926 to $80,319 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Treatment Plant Operator$80,309 to $102,498 · 10 people
    $112,745
  3. Treatment Plant Operator Retired Annuitant$80,309 to $102,498 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Lead Water Treatment Plant Op$84,338 to $107,638 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Treatment Plant Ops Supervisor$100,004 to $127,629 · 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 Placer County Water Agency pay water operators more than other employers in Placer County?

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

Full-year water operators at Placer County Water Agency earned $83 more than the Placer County average and $13,005 less than the California average.

Where does Placer County Water Agency rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Placer County Water Agency ranks 171st of 300, below the middle employer.

Placer County Water Agency
$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 Placer County Water Agency

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

Pension formula
2.7% at 55
the most common formula among Placer County Water Agency's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,768
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$24,708
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Placer County Water Agency

What is the average water operator salary at Placer County Water Agency?

Water operators at Placer County Water Agency who worked the full year earned an average of $110,721 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $111,761: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $62,926 to $127,629.

How much overtime do water operators at Placer County Water Agency earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $4,614 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $3,839: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Placer County Water Agency get?

The most common pension formula among Placer County Water Agency's water operators is 2.7% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $11,768 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Placer County Water Agency figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Placer County Water Agency 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 Placer County Water Agency.

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