Windsor water operator salary, 2025

Windsor is a city in Sonoma County. 14 people worked as water operators for Windsor in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $114,481, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Windsor?

Official pay range, wastewater treatment operators1

$73,237 to $113,922

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater treatment operators, the largest group

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$114,481

average base pay $97,595

The largest group of Windsor's water operators (5 of 14) hold the title Wastewater System Operator III, with an official range of $91,229 to $113,922. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $128,845, $14,923 above the top of the range.

Water operators
14
14 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$68,078
bottom of the Water System Operator I range
Median total pay
$122,466
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
155th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Windsor 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

  1. Wastewater System Operator I$73,237 to $91,437 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater System Operator III$91,229 to $113,922 · 5 people
    $128,845

Water system operators

  1. Water System Operator I$68,078 to $85,010 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water System Operator II$75,067 to $93,725 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Water System Operator$82,742 to $103,334 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Collection & Reclamation System Supervisor$100,589 to $125,590 · 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 Windsor pay water operators more than other employers in Sonoma County?

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

Full-year water operators at Windsor earned $789 less than the Sonoma County average and $9,245 less than the California average.

Where does Windsor rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Windsor ranks 155th of 300, below the middle employer.

Windsor
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 7 employers in Sonoma County

Windsor ranks 4th of 7, level with the middle employer.

Windsor
$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $114,481

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 Windsor

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

Pension formula
2% at 55
the most common formula among Windsor's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$10,915
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$24,587
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Windsor

What is the average water operator salary at Windsor?

Water operators at Windsor who worked the full year earned an average of $114,481 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $122,466: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $73,237 to $113,922.

How much overtime do water operators at Windsor earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,204 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $5,377: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Windsor get?

The most common pension formula among Windsor's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $10,915 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Windsor figures

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

How we read the data