Tulare water operator salary, 2025

Tulare is a city in Tulare County. 17 people worked as water operators for Tulare in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $74,725, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Tulare?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$45,458 to $90,887

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$74,725

average base pay $64,716

The largest group of Tulare's water operators (7 of 17) hold the title WWTP Operator II, with an official range of $58,333 to $70,904. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $69,327, within the range.

Water operators
17
15 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$45,458
bottom of the WWTP Operator Trainee range
Median total pay
$71,727
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
284th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Tulare 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

  1. WWTP Operator Trainee$45,458 to $55,255 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. WWTP Operator I$52,795 to $64,172 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. WWTP Operator II$58,333 to $70,904 · 7 people
    $69,327
  4. WWTP Operator III$71,212 to $86,559 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. WWTP Lead Operator$74,773 to $90,887 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Maintenance. Technician I$59,116 to $71,856 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Maintenance Technician II$60,609 to $73,671 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Supervisor$71,471 to $86,873 · 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 Tulare pay water operators more than other employers in Tulare County?

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

Full-year water operators at Tulare earned $1,550 more than the Tulare County average and $49,001 less than the California average.

Where does Tulare rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Tulare ranks 284th of 300, below the middle employer.

Tulare
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

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 Tulare

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 Tulare's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$5,666
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$8,529
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Tulare

What is the average water operator salary at Tulare?

Water operators at Tulare who worked the full year earned an average of $74,725 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $71,727: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $45,458 to $90,887.

How much overtime do water operators at Tulare earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $9,171 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,291: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Tulare get?

The most common pension formula among Tulare's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $5,666 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in Tulare County

Sources for the Tulare figures

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

How we read the data