Erie County Water Authority water operator salary, 2024
Erie County Water Authority is a local public authority in Erie County.1 30 people worked as water operators for Erie County Water Authority in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $82,373, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Erie County Water Authority?
Based on the 25 of 30 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $77,407
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $9,344
- average per full-year water operator
- Highest-paid title
- $77,827
- Water Treatment Plant Operator, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 5th
- of 11 New York employers
What does each water operator title at Erie County Water Authority 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 Plant Operator Traineefewer than 5
- Water Treatment Plant Operator$77,827
- Senior Water Treatment Plant Operatorfewer than 5
- Water Treatment Plant Operator Crew Chieffewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Erie County Water Authority pay water operators more than other employers in Erie County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Erie County Water Authority next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Erie County Water Authority$82,373
- All employers in Erie County$81,147
- All employers in New York$128,464
Full-year water operators at Erie County Water Authority earned $1,226 more than the Erie County average and $46,091 less than the New York average.
Where does Erie County Water Authority 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
Erie County Water Authority ranks 5th of 11, above the middle employer.
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 Erie County Water Authority
What is the average water operator salary at Erie County Water Authority?
Water operators at Erie County Water Authority who worked the full year earned an average of $82,373 in 2024, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $77,407: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do water operators at Erie County Water Authority earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $9,344 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $7,388: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
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Sources for the Erie County Water Authority figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Erie County Water Authority at any point in 2024 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.
- 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.