Albany Water Board water operator salary, 2023

Albany Water Board is a local public authority in Albany County.1 18 people worked as water operators for Albany Water Board in 2023. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $72,869, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Albany Water Board?

Average base pay, full-year water operators1

$66,047

regular pay, before overtime and other pay

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$72,869

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 13 of 18 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$72,505
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$5,590
average per full-year water operator
Highest-paid title
$71,926
Water Treatment Plant Operator, average total pay
Average pay rank
9th
of 11 New York employers

What does each water operator title at Albany Water Board pay?

Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Treatment Plant Assistant Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Treatment Plant Assistant Operator Traineefewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Treatment Plant Operator6 people
    $71,926
  4. Senior Water Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Chief Water Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Licensed Wastewater System Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Sewer Maintenance Repair Workerfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Other operator titles

  1. Assistant Chief Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Albany Water Board pay water operators more than other New York employers?

Average total pay of full-year water operators: Albany Water Board next to every New York employer together.1

Full-year water operators at Albany Water Board earned $55,595 less than the New York average.

Where does Albany Water Board rank among New York employers?

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

All 11 New York employers

Albany Water Board ranks 9th of 11, below the middle employer.

Albany Water Board
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k

Middle employer: $80,235

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Questions about water operator pay at Albany Water Board

What is the average water operator salary at Albany Water Board?

Water operators at Albany Water Board who worked the full year earned an average of $72,869 in 2023, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $72,505: half earned more, half less.

How much overtime do water operators at Albany Water Board earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $5,590 in overtime in 2023. The middle one was paid $5,974: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

More water operator salaries

Sources for the Albany Water Board figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Albany Water Board at any point in 2023 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only full-time staff whose salary paid in the year reached at least 90% of their own annual salary. 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. New York State Authorities Budget Office, Salary Information for Local Authorities (Open NY): title, annual salary, salary paid, overtime and total pay of every employee, as reported by each local authority for its fiscal year.

How we read the data