Vallejo water operator salary, 2025

Vallejo is a city in Solano County. 16 people worked as water operators for Vallejo in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $154,514, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Vallejo?

Official pay range1

$106,065 to $149,385

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$154,514

average base pay $118,901

Most of Vallejo's water operators (13 of 16) hold the title Water Treatment Plant Operator, with an official range of $106,065 to $128,922. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $146,802, $17,880 above the top of the range.

Water operators
16
11 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$106,065
bottom of the Water Treatment Plant Operator range
Median total pay
$156,217
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
29th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Vallejo 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 Operator$106,065 to $128,922 · 13 people
    $146,802
  2. Water Treatment Plant Supervisor.$122,899 to $149,385 · 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 Vallejo pay water operators more than other employers in Solano County?

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

Full-year water operators at Vallejo earned $12,787 more than the Solano County average and $30,788 more than the California average.

Where does Vallejo rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Vallejo ranks 29th of 300, above the middle employer.

Vallejo
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in Solano County

Vallejo ranks 1st of 7, above the middle employer.

Vallejo
$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 Vallejo

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

Pension formula
2.7% at 55
the most common formula among Vallejo's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$13,720
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$17,453
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Vallejo

What is the average water operator salary at Vallejo?

Water operators at Vallejo who worked the full year earned an average of $154,514 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $156,217: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $106,065 to $149,385.

How much overtime do water operators at Vallejo earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,880 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,872: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Vallejo get?

The most common pension formula among Vallejo's water operators is 2.7% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $13,720 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Vallejo figures

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

How we read the data