Simi Valley water operator salary, 2025

Simi Valley is a city in Ventura County. 45 people worked as water operators for Simi Valley in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $98,826, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Simi Valley?

Official pay range, other operator titles1

$50,275 to $114,094

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for other operator titles, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$98,826

average base pay $77,871

The largest group of Simi Valley's water operators (9 of 45) hold the title Waterworks Operator II, with an official range of $65,353 to $83,473. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $85,068, $1,595 above the top of the range.

Water operators
45
31 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$46,229
bottom of the Wastewater Collection Systems Technician Trainee range
Median total pay
$87,930
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
224th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Simi Valley 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

Other operator titles

  1. Plant Operator Trainee$50,275 to $64,269 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Waterworks Operator Trainee$54,519 to $69,561 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Waterworks Operator I$59,319 to $75,884 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Waterworks Operator II$65,353 to $83,473 · 9 people
    $85,068
  5. Plant Operator I$66,005 to $84,353 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Plant Operator II$72,084 to $92,022 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  7. Waterworks Operator III$73,868 to $94,299 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  8. Plant Operator III$79,348 to $101,224 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  9. Water Operations Supervisor$88,966 to $114,094 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Collection Systems Technician Trainee$46,229 to $58,926 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Collection Systems Technician I$50,862 to $64,858 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Wastewater Collection Systems Technician II$55,936 to $71,305 · 5 people
    $98,652
  4. Wastewater Collection Systems Supervisor$81,302 to $104,130 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Supervisor$88,966 to $114,094 · 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 Simi Valley pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?

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

Full-year water operators at Simi Valley earned $12,810 less than the Ventura County average and $24,900 less than the California average.

Where does Simi Valley rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Simi Valley ranks 224th of 300, below the middle employer.

Simi Valley
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 11 employers in Ventura County

Simi Valley ranks 9th of 11, below the middle employer.

Simi Valley
$100k$120k$140k$160k

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 Simi Valley

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 Simi Valley's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$8,183
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$24,574
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Simi Valley

What is the average water operator salary at Simi Valley?

Water operators at Simi Valley who worked the full year earned an average of $98,826 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $87,930: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $50,275 to $114,094.

How much overtime do water operators at Simi Valley earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $16,372 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $5,143: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Simi Valley get?

The most common pension formula among Simi Valley's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $8,183 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Simi Valley figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Simi Valley 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 Simi Valley.

How we read the data