San Luis Water District water operator salary, 2025

San Luis Water District is a water district in Merced County. 8 people worked as water operators for San Luis Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $54,021.

What is the average water operator salary at San Luis Water District?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$35,000 to $78,000

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$54,021

average base pay $51,813

Water operators
8
6 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$35,000
bottom of the System Operator/Maintenance I range
Median total pay
$52,397
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
299th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at San Luis Water District 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 system operators

  1. System Operator/Maintenance I$35,000 to $58,000 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. System Operator/Maintenance II$42,000 to $78,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Supervisor$60,000 to $105,000 · 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 San Luis Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Merced County?

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

Full-year water operators at San Luis Water District earned $34,323 less than the Merced County average and $69,705 less than the California average.

Where does San Luis Water District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

San Luis Water District ranks 299th of 300, below the middle employer.

San Luis Water District
$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 San Luis Water District

As reported by the agency. 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 Luis Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$4,070
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$12,274
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at San Luis Water District

What is the average water operator salary at San Luis Water District?

Water operators at San Luis Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $54,021 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $52,397: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $35,000 to $78,000.

How much overtime do water operators at San Luis Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $450 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at San Luis Water District get?

The most common pension formula among San Luis Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $4,070 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the San Luis Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at San Luis Water District 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 San Luis Water District.

How we read the data