South Feather Water and Power Agency water operator salary, 2025
South Feather Water and Power Agency is an irrigation district in Butte County. 5 people worked as water operators for South Feather Water and Power Agency in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its water operator titles runs from $77,064 to $156,541.
What does South Feather Water and Power Agency pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$77,064 to $156,541
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Not reported
- Water operators
- 5
- 4 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $77,064
- bottom of the Treatment Plant Operator V range
- Median total pay
- Not reported
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- Not reported
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each water operator title at South Feather Water and Power 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
- Treatment Plant Operator Vfewer than 5
- Treatment Plant Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Water Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
- Sr. Water Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
What do water operators earn around South Feather Water and Power Agency?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Butte County and across California. South Feather Water and Power Agency's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Butte County$106,836
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Butte County earned an average of $106,836 in 2025, $16,890 less than the California average.
Pension and health cover at South Feather Water and Power 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 South Feather Water and Power Agency's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- Not reported
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Not reported
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at South Feather Water and Power Agency
Why is there no average water operator salary for South Feather Water and Power Agency?
5 people worked as water operators for South Feather Water and Power Agency in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a water operator at South Feather Water and Power Agency?
The official range across South Feather Water and Power Agency's water operator titles runs from $77,064 to $156,541 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Butte County earned an average of $106,836.
What pension do water operators at South Feather Water and Power Agency get?
The most common pension formula among South Feather Water and Power Agency's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.
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Sources for the South Feather Water and Power Agency figures
Every person who held a water operator position at South Feather Water and Power 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by South Feather Water and Power Agency.