Onondaga County Water Authority water operator salary, 2024
Onondaga County Water Authority is a local public authority in Onondaga County.1 16 people worked as water operators for Onondaga County Water Authority in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $80,235, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Onondaga County Water Authority?
Based on the 12 of 16 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $81,858
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $7,547
- average per full-year water operator
- Highest-paid title
- $80,058
- Water Plant Operator I (Type A plant), average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 6th
- of 11 New York employers
What does each water operator title at Onondaga 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 Plant Traineefewer than 5
- Water Plant Operator I (Type A plant)$80,058
- Water Plant Operator I (operations)fewer than 5
- Water Plant Operator Crew Leaderfewer than 5
- Principal Water Plant Operator (Type A plant)fewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Onondaga County Water Authority pay water operators more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Onondaga County Water Authority next to every New York employer together.1
- Onondaga County Water Authority$80,235
- All employers in New York$128,464
Full-year water operators at Onondaga County Water Authority earned $48,229 less than the New York average.
Where does Onondaga 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
Onondaga County Water Authority ranks 6th of 11, level with 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 Onondaga County Water Authority
What is the average water operator salary at Onondaga County Water Authority?
Water operators at Onondaga County Water Authority who worked the full year earned an average of $80,235 in 2024, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $81,858: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do water operators at Onondaga County Water Authority earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,547 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $6,444: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
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Sources for the Onondaga County Water Authority figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Onondaga 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.