Vallecitos Water District water operator salary, 2025

Vallecitos Water District is a water district in San Diego County. 11 people worked as water operators for Vallecitos Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $135,384, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Vallecitos Water District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$64,968 to $95,987

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$135,384

average base pay $112,271

Water operators
11
10 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$64,968
bottom of the Treatment Plant Operator 1 range
Median total pay
$138,228
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
78th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Vallecitos Water District 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 treatment operators

  1. Treatment Plant Operator 1$64,968 to $95,987 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Trmt Plant Opr 2$78,217 to $115,563 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Senior Wastewater Trmt Plant Opr$92,782 to $137,081 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Wastewater Coll Sys Supervisor$99,827 to $147,489 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Wastewater Trmt Plant Supv$110,059 to $162,608 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator 2$80,148 to $118,416 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Senior Water System Ops Opr$95,073 to $140,467 · 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 Vallecitos Water District pay water operators more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year water operators at Vallecitos Water District earned $13,578 more than the San Diego County average and $11,658 more than the California average.

Where does Vallecitos Water District rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Vallecitos Water District ranks 78th of 300, above the middle employer.

Vallecitos Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 20 employers in San Diego County

Vallecitos Water District ranks 2nd of 20, above the middle employer.

Vallecitos Water District
$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $121,446

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 Vallecitos Water District

As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
3% at 60
the most common formula among Vallecitos Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$16,780
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$27,634
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Vallecitos Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Vallecitos Water District?

Water operators at Vallecitos Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $135,384 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $138,228: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $64,968 to $95,987.

How much overtime do water operators at Vallecitos Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $18,652 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $12,438: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Vallecitos Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Vallecitos Water District's water operators is 3% at 60, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $16,780 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Vallecitos Water District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Vallecitos Water District 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 Vallecitos Water District.

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