Water Employee Services Authority water operator salary, 2025
Water Employee Services Authority is a joint powers authority in Riverside County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 22 people worked as water operators for Water Employee Services Authority in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $133,851, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Water Employee Services Authority?
Official pay range, water treatment operators2
$87,595 to $154,607
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water treatment operators, the largest group
The largest group of Water Employee Services Authority's water operators (6 of 22) hold the title Water Production Operator III, with an official range of $106,665 to $139,984. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $132,262, within the range.
- Water operators
- 22
- 18 of them worked the full year
- Starting salary
- $75,534
- bottom of the Wastewater Treatment Operator Operator in Training/I/II III range
- Median total pay
- $129,652
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Average pay rank
- 88th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Water Employee Services Authority 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.2
Water treatment operators
- Water Production Operator Ifewer than 5
- Water Production Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Production Operator III$132,262
- Lead Water Production Operatorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Wastewater Treatment Operator Operator in Training/I/II IIIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Operator in Trainingfewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Operator IIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Treatment Operator IIIfewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Water Employee Services Authority pay water operators more than other employers in Riverside County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Water Employee Services Authority next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.2
- Water Employee Services Authority$133,851
- All employers in Riverside County$123,980
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Water Employee Services Authority earned $9,871 more than the Riverside County average and $10,125 more than the California average.
Where does Water Employee Services Authority rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.2
All 300 California employers
Water Employee Services Authority ranks 88th of 300, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 14 employers in Riverside County
Water Employee Services Authority ranks 3rd of 14, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $119,944
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 Water Employee Services Authority
As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.2
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- the most common formula among Water Employee Services Authority's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $13,957
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $18,346
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Water Employee Services Authority
What is the average water operator salary at Water Employee Services Authority?
Water operators at Water Employee Services Authority who worked the full year earned an average of $133,851 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $129,652: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $87,595 to $154,607.
How much overtime do water operators at Water Employee Services Authority earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $11,850 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $8,876: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Water Employee Services Authority get?
The most common pension formula among Water Employee Services Authority's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $13,957 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Riverside County
- Corona$146,046 average total pay
- Eastern Municipal Water District$137,400 average total pay
- Jurupa Community Services District$132,986 average total pay
- Lake Hemet Municipal Water District$130,265 average total pay
- Beaumont$123,241 average total pay
- Mission Springs Water District$121,345 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Teacher salaries in Riverside CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Water Employee Services Authority figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Water Employee Services Authority 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.
- California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Water Employee Services Authority.