Westlands Water District water operator salary, 2025

Westlands Water District is a water district in Fresno County. 19 people worked as water operators for Westlands Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $70,877, overtime included.

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

Official pay range, water distribution operators1

$59,208 to $87,528

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$70,877

average base pay $64,587

Water operators
19
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$56,388
bottom of the Ops And Maint Trainee range
Median total pay
$70,460
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
290th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Westlands 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 distribution operators

  1. Water Distribution Operator$59,208 to $72,000 · 9 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Sr Water Distribution Operator$72,000 to $87,528 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Ops And Maint Trainee$56,388 to $68,568 · 6 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 Westlands Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Fresno County?

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

Full-year water operators at Westlands Water District earned $13,898 less than the Fresno County average and $52,849 less than the California average.

Where does Westlands 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

Westlands Water District ranks 290th of 300, below the middle employer.

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

Middle employer: $116,210

The 5 employers in Fresno County

Westlands Water District ranks 5th of 5, below the middle employer.

Westlands Water District
$80k

Middle employer: $79,047

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 Westlands 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
2% at 62
the most common formula among Westlands Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$5,840
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$6,898
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Westlands Water District

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

Water operators at Westlands Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $70,877 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $70,460: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $59,208 to $87,528.

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

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $3,183 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,815: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Westlands Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Westlands Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $5,840 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Westlands Water District figures

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

How we read the data