Rio Dell water operator salary, 2025
Rio Dell is a city in Humboldt County. 5 people worked as water operators for Rio Dell in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its water operator titles runs from $43,693 to $57,201.
What does Rio Dell pay its water operators?
Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1
$43,693 to $57,201
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
Not reported
- Water operators
- 5
- 2 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $43,693
- bottom of the Wastewater Operator I range
- Median total pay
- Not reported
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- Not reported
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each water operator title at Rio Dell 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
- Wastewater Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator IIfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Operator IIfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
What do water operators earn around Rio Dell?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Humboldt County and across California. Rio Dell's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Humboldt County$69,682
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Humboldt County earned an average of $69,682 in 2025, $54,044 less than the California average.
Questions about water operator pay at Rio Dell
Why is there no average water operator salary for Rio Dell?
5 people worked as water operators for Rio Dell in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a water operator at Rio Dell?
The official range across Rio Dell's water operator titles runs from $43,693 to $57,201 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Humboldt County earned an average of $69,682.
More salaries in Humboldt County
Sources for the Rio Dell figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Rio Dell 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Rio Dell.