Redding water operator salary, 2025

Redding is a city in Shasta County. 27 people worked as water operators for Redding in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $115,637, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Redding?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$71,490 to $127,692

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$115,637

average base pay $101,423

Water operators
27
23 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$61,402
bottom of the Water Plant Operator-In-Training range
Median total pay
$117,065
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
151st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Redding 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

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Plant Operator - Grade III$71,490 to $91,250 · 6 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Senior Wastewater Plant Operator - Grade III$81,973 to $104,603 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Wastewater Plant Operator - Grade IV$84,011 to $107,224 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Senior Wastewater Plant Operator - Grade V$86,112 to $109,907 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Public Works Supervisor Wastewater - Grade V$90,744 to $127,692 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Working Supervisor - Wastewater Plant - Grade V$109,845 to $115,357 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Plant Operator-In-Training$61,402 to $67,683 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Plant Operator - T-3 (D-2)$70,720 to $90,272 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Plant Operator - T-4 (D-3)$72,488 to $92,518 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Water Plant Operator - T-5 (D-4)$74,298 to $94,827 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Senior Water Plant Operator - T-4 (D-3)$82,784 to $105,664 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Working Supervisor - Water Plant - T-4/T-5$105,622 to $110,906 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Working Supervisor - Wastewater Collection - Grade III$89,669 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Working Supervisor - Wastewater Collection - Grade IV$91,853 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Working Supervisor - Water Distribution - D4$91,853 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Working Supervisor - Water Distribution - D5$94,078 · 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 Redding pay water operators more than other employers in Shasta County?

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

Full-year water operators at Redding earned $10,603 more than the Shasta County average and $8,089 less than the California average.

Where does Redding rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Redding ranks 151st of 300, below the middle employer.

Redding
$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 Redding

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 Redding's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$54,116
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$20,738
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Redding

What is the average water operator salary at Redding?

Water operators at Redding who worked the full year earned an average of $115,637 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $117,065: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $71,490 to $127,692.

How much overtime do water operators at Redding earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $9,595 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $6,456: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Redding get?

The most common pension formula among Redding's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $54,116 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Redding figures

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

How we read the data