Suffolk County water operator salary, 2024
Suffolk County's wastewater treatment plant operators work for the Department of Public Works.1 41 people worked as water operators for Suffolk County in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $92,182, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Suffolk County?
Based on the 31 of 41 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $91,471
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $21,690
- average per full-year water operator
- Highest-paid title
- $133,098
- Assistant Wastewater Plant Operations Supervisor, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 4th
- of 11 New York employers
What does each water operator title at Suffolk County 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.
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Trainee$59,706
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator (3A)fewer than 5
- Operations Crew Chief (Wastewater Treatment)$115,903
- Senior Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator (2)fewer than 5
- Senior Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator (3A)fewer than 5
- Assistant Wastewater Plant Operations Supervisor$133,098
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Suffolk County pay water operators more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Suffolk County next to every New York employer together.1
- Suffolk County$92,182
- All employers in New York$128,464
Full-year water operators at Suffolk County earned $36,282 less than the New York average.
Where does Suffolk County 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
Suffolk County ranks 4th 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 Suffolk County
What is the average water operator salary at Suffolk County?
Water operators at Suffolk County who worked the full year earned an average of $92,182 in 2024, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $91,471: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do water operators at Suffolk County earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $21,690 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $14,741: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
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Sources for the Suffolk County figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Suffolk County at any point in 2024 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who held the same title in 2023 and 2024, were still employed at the end of 2024, and whose 2024 regular earnings reached at least 90% of their 2023 earnings. The county's file has no hours, so this is the closest sign of a full year. 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.
- Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023: each county employee's most recent title, hire and end dates, regular earnings, overtime and total pay in 2024; the 2023 file shows who held the same title a year earlier.