Solvang water operator salary, 2025
Solvang is a city in Santa Barbara County. 9 people worked as water operators for Solvang in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $94,649, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Solvang?
Official pay range, wastewater collection operators1
$54,891 to $68,640
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater collection operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 9
- 7 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $54,891
- bottom of the WWTP Collection System Operator range
- Median total pay
- $91,844
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 237th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Solvang 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
Wastewater collection operators
- WWTP Collection System Operatorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- WWTP Operator Ifewer than 5
- WWTP Operator IIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Supervisorfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Lead Operatorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Solvang pay water operators more than other employers in Santa Barbara County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Solvang next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Solvang$94,649
- All employers in Santa Barbara County$120,906
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Solvang earned $26,257 less than the Santa Barbara County average and $29,077 less than the California average.
Where does Solvang rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Solvang ranks 237th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 10 employers in Santa Barbara County
Solvang ranks 10th of 10, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $115,039
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 Solvang
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 Solvang's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $6,064
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $444
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Solvang
What is the average water operator salary at Solvang?
Water operators at Solvang who worked the full year earned an average of $94,649 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $91,844: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $54,891 to $68,640.
How much overtime do water operators at Solvang earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $6,449 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $6,159: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Solvang get?
The most common pension formula among Solvang's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $6,064 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Santa Barbara County
- Carpinteria Valley Water District$134,367 average total pay
- Montecito Water District$121,555 average total pay
- Santa Barbara County$108,523 average total pay
- Santa Maria$108,147 average total pay
- Lompoc$98,428 average total pay
- Goleta Sanitary District (Santa Barbara)$96,865 average total pay
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Sources for the Solvang figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Solvang 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 Solvang.