Pomona water operator salary, 2025

Pomona is a city in Los Angeles County. 20 people worked as water operators for Pomona in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $135,606, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Pomona?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$89,628 to $161,616

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

$135,606

average base pay $104,208

The largest group of Pomona's water operators (5 of 20) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Operator III, with an official range of $89,628 to $111,576. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $143,928, $32,352 above the top of the range.

Water operators
20
20 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$68,256
bottom of the Wastewater Maintenance Technician II range
Median total pay
$152,712
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
77th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Pomona 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 III$89,628 to $111,576 · 5 people
    $143,928
  2. Water Production Supervisor$123,444 to $150,048 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Supervisor (T2)$123,444 to $150,048 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Treatment Supervisor (T1)$132,960 to $161,616 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Maintenance Technician II$68,256 to $82,980 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Maintenance Technician III$79,152 to $96,216 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator III$87,324 to $106,200 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater System Supervisor$123,444 to $150,048 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Supervisor$123,444 to $150,048 · 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 Pomona pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Pomona earned $2,203 less than the Los Angeles County average and $11,880 more than the California average.

Where does Pomona rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Pomona ranks 77th of 300, above the middle employer.

Pomona
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Pomona ranks 9th of 26, above the middle employer.

Pomona
$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 Pomona

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 55
the most common formula among Pomona's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,262
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$16,205
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Pomona

What is the average water operator salary at Pomona?

Water operators at Pomona who worked the full year earned an average of $135,606 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $152,712: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $89,628 to $161,616.

How much overtime do water operators at Pomona earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $15,114 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,776: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Pomona get?

The most common pension formula among Pomona's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,262 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Pomona figures

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

How we read the data