Sacramento County water operator salary, 2025
57 people worked as water operators for Sacramento County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $128,645, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Sacramento County?
Official pay range, water treatment operators1
$90,828 to $127,305
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group
The largest group of Sacramento County's water operators (19 of 57) hold the title Water System Operator, with an official range of $78,697 to $95,651. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $108,399, $12,748 above the top of the range.
- Water operators
- 57
- 49 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $78,697
- bottom of the Water System Operator range
- Median total pay
- $127,087
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 110th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Sacramento County 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
- Senior Water Treatment Operator$132,710
- Water Treatment Operations Supervisor$154,578
Water system operators
- Water System Operator$108,399
Water distribution operators
- Senior Water Distribution Operator$126,458
- Water Distribution Supervisorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Sacramento County pay water operators more than other employers in Sacramento County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Sacramento County next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Sacramento County$128,645
- All employers in Sacramento County$125,670
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Sacramento County earned $2,975 more than the Sacramento County average and $4,919 more than the California average.
Where does Sacramento County rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Sacramento County ranks 110th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 11 employers in Sacramento County
Sacramento County ranks 3rd of 11, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $113,104
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 Sacramento County
As reported by the county. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.5% at 67
- the most common formula among Sacramento County's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $10,672
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $17,854
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Sacramento County
What is the average water operator salary at Sacramento County?
Water operators at Sacramento County who worked the full year earned an average of $128,645 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $127,087: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $90,828 to $127,305.
How much overtime do water operators at Sacramento County earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $11,694 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $9,929: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Sacramento County get?
The most common pension formula among Sacramento County's water operators is 2.5% at 67, as reported by the county. The employer paid an average of $10,672 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Sacramento County
- Sacramento Area Sewer District (SacSewer)$150,278 average total pay
- Citrus Heights Water District$138,140 average total pay
- Folsom$125,137 average total pay
- Florin Resource Conservation District$120,018 average total pay
- Rancho Murieta Community Services District$113,104 average total pay
- Carmichael Water District$108,507 average total pay
- Sacramento$107,447 average total pay
- Sacramento Suburban Water District$103,026 average total pay
- Fair Oaks Water District$90,304 average total pay
- Galt$84,020 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
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Sources for the Sacramento County figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Sacramento County 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 Sacramento County.