Turlock water operator salary, 2025

Turlock is a city in Stanislaus County. 11 people worked as water operators for Turlock in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $116,865, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Turlock?

Official pay range1

$61,654 to $128,675

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$116,865

average base pay $89,473

Most of Turlock's water operators (7 of 11) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Oper, Sr, with an official range of $87,093 to $105,861. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $116,738, $10,877 above the top of the range.

Water operators
11
6 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$61,654
bottom of the Water Treatment Plant Oper I range
Median total pay
$118,366
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
149th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Turlock 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

  1. Water Treatment Plant Oper I$61,654 to $74,941 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Oper II$78,995 to $96,019 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Plant Oper, Sr$87,093 to $105,861 · 7 people
    $116,738
  4. Water Treatment Plant Supervisor$105,861 to $128,675 · 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 Turlock pay water operators more than other employers in Stanislaus County?

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

Full-year water operators at Turlock earned $21,013 more than the Stanislaus County average and $6,861 less than the California average.

Where does Turlock rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Turlock ranks 149th of 300, above the middle employer.

Turlock
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 8 employers in Stanislaus County

Turlock ranks 2nd of 8, above the middle employer.

Turlock
$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $94,904

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 Turlock

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 Turlock's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$8,102
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$25,814
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Turlock

What is the average water operator salary at Turlock?

Water operators at Turlock who worked the full year earned an average of $116,865 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $118,366: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $61,654 to $128,675.

How much overtime do water operators at Turlock earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $23,547 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $18,822: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Turlock get?

The most common pension formula among Turlock's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $8,102 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Turlock figures

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

How we read the data