Victorville water operator salary, 2025

Victorville is a city in San Bernardino County. 13 people worked as water operators for Victorville in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $104,665, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Victorville?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$73,562 to $89,414

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$104,665

average base pay $87,552

Most of Victorville's water operators (8 of 13) hold the title Senior Water Supply Operator, with an official range of $73,562 to $89,414. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $96,868, $7,454 above the top of the range.

Water operators
13
12 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$73,562
bottom of the Senior Water Supply Operator range
Median total pay
$104,178
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
198th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Victorville 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 system operators

  1. Senior Water Supply Operator$73,562 to $89,414 · 8 people
    $96,868

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Supply Lead Operator$79,217 to $96,290 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Senior Water Supply Lead Operator$91,868 to $111,666 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Supervisor$96,518 to $117,319 · 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 Victorville pay water operators more than other employers in San Bernardino County?

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

Full-year water operators at Victorville earned $12,243 less than the San Bernardino County average and $19,061 less than the California average.

Where does Victorville rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Victorville ranks 198th of 300, below the middle employer.

Victorville
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 23 employers in San Bernardino County

Victorville ranks 15th of 23, below the middle employer.

Victorville
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $107,676

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 Victorville

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

Pension formula
2.5% at 55
the most common formula among Victorville's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,374
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$21,253
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Victorville

What is the average water operator salary at Victorville?

Water operators at Victorville who worked the full year earned an average of $104,665 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $104,178: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $73,562 to $89,414.

How much overtime do water operators at Victorville earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $11,701 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $11,946: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Victorville get?

The most common pension formula among Victorville's water operators is 2.5% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,374 a year into the pension plan.

More salaries in San Bernardino County

Sources for the Victorville figures

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

How we read the data