San Bruno water operator salary, 2025
San Bruno is a city in San Mateo County. 12 people worked as water operators for San Bruno in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $130,816, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at San Bruno?
Official pay range1
$76,331 to $123,206
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
- Water operators
- 12
- 9 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $76,331
- bottom of the Water Systems Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $131,918
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 100th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at San Bruno 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 Systems Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Systems Operator IIfewer than 5
- Lead Water Systems Op - Pumpsfewer than 5
- Lead Water Systems Operator - Fieldfewer than 5
- Lead Water Systems Operator - Wellsfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does San Bruno pay water operators more than other employers in San Mateo County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: San Bruno next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- San Bruno$130,816
- All employers in San Mateo County$135,913
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at San Bruno earned $5,097 less than the San Mateo County average and $7,090 more than the California average.
Where does San Bruno rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
San Bruno ranks 100th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 11 employers in San Mateo County
San Bruno ranks 7th of 11, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $133,921
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 San Bruno
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 San Bruno's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $12,946
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $27,392
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at San Bruno
What is the average water operator salary at San Bruno?
Water operators at San Bruno who worked the full year earned an average of $130,816 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $131,918: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $76,331 to $123,206.
How much overtime do water operators at San Bruno earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $22,620 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $22,331: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at San Bruno get?
The most common pension formula among San Bruno's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,946 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in San Mateo County
- Daly City$148,540 average total pay
- Mid Peninsula Water District$134,667 average total pay
- Coastside County Water District$133,921 average total pay
- San Mateo$127,225 average total pay
- Millbrae$125,464 average total pay
- Pacifica$119,825 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in San Mateo CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the San Bruno figures
Every person who held a water operator position at San Bruno 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 San Bruno.