Visalia water operator salary, 2025
Visalia is a city in Tulare County. 12 people worked as water operators for Visalia in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $97,330, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Visalia?
Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1
$58,940 to $96,954
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group
- Water operators
- 12
- 11 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $58,940
- bottom of the WWTP Operator I range
- Median total pay
- $101,515
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 229th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Visalia 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
- WWTP Operator Ifewer than 5
- WWTP Operator IIfewer than 5
- WWTP Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Senior WWTP Operatorfewer than 5
- Lead WWTP Operatorfewer than 5
Wastewater collection operators
- Senior Wastewater Maintenance Workerfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Visalia pay water operators more than other employers in Tulare County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Visalia next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Visalia$97,330
- All employers in Tulare County$73,175
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Visalia earned $24,155 more than the Tulare County average and $26,396 less than the California average.
Where does Visalia rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Visalia ranks 229th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
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 Visalia
As reported by the city. 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 Visalia's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $5,962
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $16,443
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Visalia
What is the average water operator salary at Visalia?
Water operators at Visalia who worked the full year earned an average of $97,330 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $101,515: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $58,940 to $96,954.
How much overtime do water operators at Visalia earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,651 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,443: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Visalia get?
The most common pension formula among Visalia's water operators is 3% at 60, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $5,962 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Visalia figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Visalia 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Visalia.