Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) water operator salary, 2025
Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) is a sanitary district in Marin County. 5 people worked as water operators for Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) 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 $63,898 to $146,456.
What does Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$63,898 to $146,456
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Not reported
- Water operators
- 5
- 3 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $63,898
- bottom of the WWTP Operator in Training 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 Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) 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
- WWTP Operator in Trainingfewer than 5
- WWTP Operatorfewer than 5
- WWTP Senior Operatorfewer 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 Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Marin County and across California. Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)'s own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Marin County$132,983
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Marin County earned an average of $132,983 in 2025, $9,257 more than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)
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 Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)'s water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- Not reported
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Not reported
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)
Why is there no average water operator salary for Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)?
5 people worked as water operators for Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) 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 Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)?
The official range across Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)'s water operator titles runs from $63,898 to $146,456 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Marin County earned an average of $132,983.
What pension do water operators at Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) get?
The most common pension formula among Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin)'s water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.
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Sources for the Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin) 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 Sanitary District No. 5 (Marin).