Thousand Oaks water operator salary, 2025
Thousand Oaks is a city in Ventura County. 12 people worked as water operators for Thousand Oaks in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $124,383, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Thousand Oaks?
Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1
$71,904 to $117,635
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 12
- 12 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $71,904
- bottom of the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $129,578
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 122nd
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Thousand Oaks 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 treatment operators
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator IIfewer than 5
- Senior Wastewater Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water Systems 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 Thousand Oaks pay water operators more than other employers in Ventura County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Thousand Oaks next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Thousand Oaks$124,383
- All employers in Ventura County$111,636
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Thousand Oaks earned $12,747 more than the Ventura County average and $657 more than the California average.
Where does Thousand Oaks rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Thousand Oaks ranks 122nd of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 11 employers in Ventura County
Thousand Oaks ranks 3rd of 11, above 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 Thousand Oaks
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 Thousand Oaks's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $10,715
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $13,768
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Thousand Oaks
What is the average water operator salary at Thousand Oaks?
Water operators at Thousand Oaks who worked the full year earned an average of $124,383 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $129,578: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $71,904 to $117,635.
How much overtime do water operators at Thousand Oaks earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $18,580 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $18,333: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Thousand Oaks get?
The most common pension formula among Thousand Oaks's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,715 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
- 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
- Santa Paula$97,076 average total pay
- Port Hueneme$92,994 average total pay
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Sources for the Thousand Oaks figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Thousand Oaks 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 Thousand Oaks.