Niagara Falls Water Board water operator salary, 2024

Niagara Falls Water Board is a local public authority in Niagara County.1 29 people worked as water operators for Niagara Falls Water Board in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $69,398, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Niagara Falls Water Board?

Average base pay, full-year water operators1

$56,342

regular pay, before overtime and other pay

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$69,398

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 21 of 29 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$68,762
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$8,967
average per full-year water operator
Highest-paid title
$59,649
Operator Trainee, average total pay
Average pay rank
10th
of 11 New York employers

What does each water operator title at Niagara Falls 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.

Other operator titles

  1. Assistant Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Operator Trainee17 people
    $59,649
  3. Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Senior Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Chief Operatorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Shift Operations Supervisorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water treatment operators

  1. Senior Water Treatment Plant 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 Niagara Falls Water Board pay water operators more than other New York employers?

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

Full-year water operators at Niagara Falls Water Board earned $59,066 less than the New York average.

Where does Niagara Falls 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

Niagara Falls Water Board ranks 10th of 11, below the middle employer.

Niagara Falls 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 Niagara Falls Water Board

What is the average water operator salary at Niagara Falls Water Board?

Water operators at Niagara Falls Water Board who worked the full year earned an average of $69,398 in 2024, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $68,762: half earned more, half less.

How much overtime do water operators at Niagara Falls Water Board earn?

Full-year water operators were paid an average of $8,967 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $7,454: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

More water operator salaries

Sources for the Niagara Falls Water Board figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Niagara Falls Water Board 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.

  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