Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency water operator salary, 2025

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency is a water agency in Los Angeles County. 11 people worked as water operators for Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $181,692, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency?

Official pay range1

$91,872 to $166,176

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$181,692

average base pay $132,333

Most of Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency's water operators (7 of 11) hold the title Treatment Plant Operator III, with an official range of $123,456 to $150,456. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $193,041, $42,585 above the top of the range.

Water operators
11
9 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$91,872
bottom of the Treatment Plant Operator I range
Median total pay
$184,124
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
5th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency 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

  1. Treatment Plant Operator I$91,872 to $111,900 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Treatment Plant Operator II$111,864 to $136,308 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Treatment Plant Operator III$123,456 to $150,456 · 7 people
    $193,041
  4. Treatment Plant Operator Supervisor$136,368 to $166,176 · 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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency earned $43,883 more than the Los Angeles County average and $57,966 more than the California average.

Where does Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency ranks 5th of 300, above the middle employer.

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency ranks 2nd of 26, above the middle employer.

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $113,552

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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$15,555
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$20,688
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

What is the average water operator salary at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency?

Water operators at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency who worked the full year earned an average of $181,692 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $184,124: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $91,872 to $166,176.

How much overtime do water operators at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $28,397 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $30,778: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $15,555 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency 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 Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency.

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