Vacaville water operator salary, 2025

Vacaville is a city in Solano County. 24 people worked as water operators for Vacaville in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $143,784, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Vacaville?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$90,446 to $166,029

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

$143,784

average base pay $124,300

The largest group of Vacaville's water operators (5 of 24) hold the title Wastewater Plant Operator III, with an official range of $99,468 to $120,903. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $145,998, $25,095 above the top of the range.

Water operators
24
20 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$90,211
bottom of the Water Plant Operator II range
Median total pay
$144,552
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
46th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Vacaville 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. Wastewater Plant Operator II$90,446 to $109,936 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Plant Operator III$99,468 to $120,903 · 5 people
    $145,998
  3. Sr Wastewater Plant Operator$109,419 to $132,999 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Wastewater Plant Supervisor$124,217 to $150,986 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Chief Plant Operator-Wastewater$136,596 to $166,029 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Plant Operator II$90,211 to $109,651 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Plant Operator III$99,223 to $120,606 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Sr Water Plant Operator$109,150 to $132,673 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Chief Plant Operator - Water$124,646 to $151,504 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Wastewater Collections Supervisor$108,057 to $131,331 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Chief Operator-Water Distribution$119,082 to $144,741 · 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 Vacaville pay water operators more than other employers in Solano County?

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

Full-year water operators at Vacaville earned $2,057 more than the Solano County average and $20,058 more than the California average.

Where does Vacaville rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Vacaville ranks 46th of 300, above the middle employer.

Vacaville
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in Solano County

Vacaville ranks 3rd of 7, above the middle employer.

Vacaville
$140k

Middle employer: $142,415

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 Vacaville

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 Vacaville's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$13,018
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$24,063
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Vacaville

What is the average water operator salary at Vacaville?

Water operators at Vacaville who worked the full year earned an average of $143,784 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $144,552: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $90,446 to $166,029.

How much overtime do water operators at Vacaville earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $13,405 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $11,309: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Vacaville get?

The most common pension formula among Vacaville's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $13,018 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in Solano County

Sources for the Vacaville figures

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

How we read the data