Temescal Valley Water District water operator salary, 2025

Temescal Valley Water District is a water district in Riverside County. 5 people worked as water operators for Temescal Valley Water District 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 $110,000 to $130,000.

What does Temescal Valley Water District pay its water operators?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$110,000 to $130,000

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Not reported

Water operators
5
3 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$110,000
bottom of the Water Operator 3 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 Temescal Valley Water 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

Water system operators

  1. Water Operator 3$110,000 to $130,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator-1$110,000 to $130,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Operator-2$110,000 to $130,000 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Plant Operator$125,000 to $150,000 · 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.

What do water operators earn around Temescal Valley Water District?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Riverside County and across California. Temescal Valley Water District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Riverside County earned an average of $123,980 in 2025, $254 more than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Temescal Valley Water District

As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2.5% at 62
the most common formula among Temescal Valley Water District'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 Temescal Valley Water District

Why is there no average water operator salary for Temescal Valley Water District?

5 people worked as water operators for Temescal Valley Water District 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 Temescal Valley Water District?

The official range across Temescal Valley Water District's water operator titles runs from $110,000 to $130,000 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Riverside County earned an average of $123,980.

What pension do water operators at Temescal Valley Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Temescal Valley Water District's water operators is 2.5% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Temescal Valley Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Temescal Valley Water 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 Temescal Valley Water District.

How we read the data