Woodland water operator salary, 2025

Woodland is a city in Yolo County. 9 people worked as water operators for Woodland in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $130,272, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Woodland?

Official pay range, water system operators1

$89,607 to $123,524

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

$130,272

average base pay $110,120

Water operators
9
6 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$89,607
bottom of the 882 Water Systems Operator I/II range
Median total pay
$132,346
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
104th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Woodland 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. 882 Water Systems Operator I/II$89,607 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. 797 Senior Water System Operator$98,909 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. 867 Water Poll Ctrl Operator III$111,907 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. 872 Water Poll Ctrl Operator IV$123,524 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. 857 Water Poll Ctrl Operator I/I-T$91,847 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. 277 Chief Collection System Operator$105,853 to $135,098 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. 787 Senior Water Pollution Cr Op$136,347 · 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 Woodland pay water operators more than other employers in Yolo County?

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

Full-year water operators at Woodland earned $12,021 more than the Yolo County average and $6,546 more than the California average.

Where does Woodland rank among California employers?

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

All 300 California employers

Woodland ranks 104th of 300, above the middle employer.

Woodland
$50k$100k$150k$200k

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 Woodland

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 62
the most common formula among Woodland's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,422
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$18,989
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Woodland

What is the average water operator salary at Woodland?

Water operators at Woodland who worked the full year earned an average of $130,272 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $132,346: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $89,607 to $123,524.

How much overtime do water operators at Woodland earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,776 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $5,682: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Woodland get?

The most common pension formula among Woodland's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,422 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Woodland figures

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

How we read the data