Roseville water operator salary, 2025

Roseville is a city in Placer County. 64 people worked as water operators for Roseville in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $104,126, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Roseville?

Official pay range, wastewater collection operators1

$57,961 to $118,523

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$104,126

average base pay $91,296

The largest group of Roseville's water operators (21 of 64) hold the title Wastewater Utility Maintenance Worker II, with an official range of $63,758 to $89,714. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $91,234, $1,520 above the top of the range.

Water operators
64
59 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$57,961
bottom of the Wastewater Utility Maintenance Worker I range
Median total pay
$104,807
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
201st
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Roseville 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 collection operators

  1. Wastewater Utility Maintenance Worker I$57,961 to $81,558 · 7 people
    $75,737
  2. Wastewater Utility Maintenance Worker II$63,758 to $89,714 · 21 people
    $91,234
  3. Senior Wastewater Utility Maintenance Worker$70,134 to $98,685 · 6 people
    $112,916
  4. Wastewater Collection Supervisor$88,444 to $118,523 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Grade I$61,625 to $86,713 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Grade III 8Hr$76,241 to $107,279 · 5 people
    $122,601
  3. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Grade III 24Hr$81,960 to $115,325 · 6 people
    $115,808
  4. Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Grade IV$91,795 to $129,164 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Wastewater Treatment Plant Chief Operator$110,842 to $148,539 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Plant Operator Grade III 24Hr$80,054 to $112,643 · 6 people
    $123,679

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Supervisor$88,444 to $118,523 · 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 Roseville pay water operators more than other employers in Placer County?

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

Full-year water operators at Roseville earned $6,512 less than the Placer County average and $19,600 less than the California average.

Where does Roseville rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Roseville ranks 201st of 300, below the middle employer.

Roseville
$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 Roseville

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 Roseville's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$11,340
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$23,238
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Roseville

What is the average water operator salary at Roseville?

Water operators at Roseville who worked the full year earned an average of $104,126 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $104,807: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $57,961 to $118,523.

How much overtime do water operators at Roseville earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,014 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $3,642: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Roseville get?

The most common pension formula among Roseville's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $11,340 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Roseville figures

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

How we read the data