Santa Paula water operator salary, 2025
Santa Paula is a city in Ventura County. 12 people worked as water operators for Santa Paula in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $97,076, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Santa Paula?
Official pay range1
$62,525 to $92,040
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
The largest group of Santa Paula's water operators (6 of 12) hold the title Water Systems Operator I, with an official range of $62,525 to $76,045. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $85,088, $9,043 above the top of the range.
- Water operators
- 12
- 10 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $62,525
- bottom of the Water Systems Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $94,574
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 232nd
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Santa Paula 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 I$85,088
- Water Systems Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Systems Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Water Systems Operator IVfewer 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 Paula pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Santa Paula next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Santa Paula$97,076
- All employers in Ventura County$111,636
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Santa Paula earned $14,560 less than the Ventura County average and $26,650 less than the California average.
Where does Santa Paula rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Santa Paula ranks 232nd of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 11 employers in Ventura County
Santa Paula ranks 10th of 11, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $112,325
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 Paula
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 Santa Paula's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $6,476
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $4,743
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Santa Paula
What is the average water operator salary at Santa Paula?
Water operators at Santa Paula who worked the full year earned an average of $97,076 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $94,574: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $62,525 to $92,040.
How much overtime do water operators at Santa Paula earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $8,979 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,072: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Santa Paula get?
The most common pension formula among Santa Paula's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $6,476 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Ventura County
- Calleguas Municipal Water District$160,203 average total pay
- Ojai Valley Sanitary District (Ventura)$152,955 average total pay
- Thousand Oaks$124,383 average total pay
- Camarillo$123,357 average total pay
- Oxnard$113,239 average total pay
- United Water Conservation District$112,325 average total pay
- San Buenaventura$109,361 average total pay
- Camrosa Water District$105,738 average total pay
- Simi Valley$98,826 average total pay
- Port Hueneme$92,994 average total pay
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Sources for the Santa Paula figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Santa Paula 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 Santa Paula.