Santa Fe Irrigation District water operator salary, 2025

Santa Fe Irrigation District is an irrigation district in San Diego County. 8 people worked as water operators for Santa Fe Irrigation District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $138,984, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Santa Fe Irrigation District?

Official pay range1

$81,706 to $162,899

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$138,984

average base pay $117,116

Water operators
8
6 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$81,706
bottom of the Water Treatment Operator II range
Median total pay
$142,210
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
62nd
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Santa Fe Irrigation 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

  1. Water Treatment Operator II$81,706 to $121,557 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Operator III$90,082 to $121,557 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Chief Water Treatment Operator$120,719 to $162,899 · 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 Fe Irrigation District pay water operators more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year water operators at Santa Fe Irrigation District earned $17,178 more than the San Diego County average and $15,258 more than the California average.

Where does Santa Fe Irrigation District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Santa Fe Irrigation District ranks 62nd of 300, above the middle employer.

Santa Fe Irrigation District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 20 employers in San Diego County

Santa Fe Irrigation District ranks 1st of 20, above the middle employer.

Santa Fe Irrigation District
$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $121,446

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 Fe Irrigation 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 Santa Fe Irrigation District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$13,548
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,650
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Santa Fe Irrigation District

What is the average water operator salary at Santa Fe Irrigation District?

Water operators at Santa Fe Irrigation District who worked the full year earned an average of $138,984 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $142,210: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $81,706 to $162,899.

How much overtime do water operators at Santa Fe Irrigation District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $18,649 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $20,756: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Santa Fe Irrigation District get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Fe Irrigation District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $13,548 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Santa Fe Irrigation District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Santa Fe Irrigation 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 Santa Fe Irrigation District.

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