Yorba Linda Water District water operator salary, 2025

Yorba Linda Water District is a water district in Orange County. 7 people worked as water operators for Yorba Linda Water District in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $130,259, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Yorba Linda Water District?

Official pay range, water treatment operators1

$83,426 to $150,895

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$130,259

average base pay $114,368

Water operators
7
7 of them worked the full year
Starting salary
$83,426
bottom of the Plant Operator I range
Median total pay
$118,176
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Average pay rank
106th
of 300 California employers

What does each water operator title at Yorba Linda 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 treatment operators

  1. Plant Operator I$83,426 to $106,792 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Plant Operator II$96,749 to $123,846 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Plant Operator$117,879 to $150,895 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water system operators

  1. Chief Water System Operator$136,703 to $174,992 · 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 Yorba Linda Water District pay water operators more than other employers in Orange County?

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

Full-year water operators at Yorba Linda Water District earned $1,598 more than the Orange County average and $6,533 more than the California average.

Where does Yorba Linda 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

Yorba Linda Water District ranks 106th of 300, above the middle employer.

Yorba Linda Water District
$50k$100k$150k$200k

Middle employer: $116,210

The 19 employers in Orange County

Yorba Linda Water District ranks 11th of 19, below the middle employer.

Yorba Linda Water District
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k

Middle employer: $131,027

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 Yorba Linda 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 55
the most common formula among Yorba Linda Water District's water operators
Employer pension contribution
$12,273
average per year
Health, dental and vision
$20,962
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about water operator pay at Yorba Linda Water District

What is the average water operator salary at Yorba Linda Water District?

Water operators at Yorba Linda Water District who worked the full year earned an average of $130,259 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $118,176: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $83,426 to $150,895.

How much overtime do water operators at Yorba Linda Water District earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $10,403 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $11,709: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

What pension do water operators at Yorba Linda Water District get?

The most common pension formula among Yorba Linda Water District's water operators is 2% at 55, as reported by the agency. The employer paid an average of $12,273 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Yorba Linda Water District figures

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

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