Torrance water operator salary, 2025

Torrance is a city in Los Angeles County. 33 people worked as water operators for Torrance in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $112,978, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Torrance?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$70,595 to $104,374

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

$112,978

average base pay $93,889

The largest group of Torrance's water operators (14 of 33) hold the title Water System Operator III, with an official range of $90,147 to $104,374. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $122,558, $18,184 above the top of the range.

Water operators
33
24 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$70,595
bottom of the Water System Operator I range
Median total pay
$107,494
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
166th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Torrance 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 System Operator I$70,595 to $81,765 · 10 people
    $88,432
  2. Water System Operator II$77,854 to $90,168 · 6 people
    $100,596
  3. Water System Operator III$90,147 to $104,374 · 14 people
    $122,558

Other operator titles

  1. Water Operations Supervisor$100,090 to $139,131 · 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 Torrance pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year water operators at Torrance earned $24,831 less than the Los Angeles County average and $10,748 less than the California average.

Where does Torrance rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Torrance ranks 166th of 300, below the middle employer.

Torrance
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 26 employers in Los Angeles County

Torrance ranks 16th of 26, below the middle employer.

Torrance
$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $113,552

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 Torrance

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 Torrance's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,291
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$14,197
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Torrance

What is the average water operator salary at Torrance?

Water operators at Torrance who worked the full year earned an average of $112,978 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $107,494: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $70,595 to $104,374.

How much overtime do water operators at Torrance earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $12,080 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $12,133: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Torrance get?

The most common pension formula among Torrance's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,291 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Torrance figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Torrance 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 Torrance.

How we read the data