Bluffdale water operator salary, 2026

Bluffdale is a city in Salt Lake County. 9 people worked as water operators for Bluffdale in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $59,507, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Bluffdale?

Full-year water operators1

6 of 9

our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$59,507

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 6 of 9 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$62,448
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$54,187
Water Operator I, average total pay
Average pay rank
23rd
of 26 Utah employers

What does each water operator title at Bluffdale 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 Utah's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.

  1. Water Operator I8 people
    $54,187
  2. Water Operator IIfewer 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 Bluffdale pay water operators more than other employers in Salt Lake County?

Average total pay of full-year water operators: Bluffdale next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year water operators at Bluffdale earned $19,011 less than the Salt Lake County average and $14,428 less than the Utah average.

Where does Bluffdale rank among Utah employers?

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

All 26 Utah employers

Bluffdale ranks 23rd of 26, below the middle employer.

Bluffdale
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $66,958

The 10 employers in Salt Lake County

Bluffdale ranks 10th of 10, below the middle employer.

Bluffdale
$60k$80k

Middle employer: $78,450

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 Bluffdale

What is the average water operator salary at Bluffdale?

Water operators at Bluffdale who worked the full year earned an average of $59,507 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $62,448: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Salt Lake County

Sources for the Bluffdale figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Bluffdale at any point in fiscal year 2026 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is the wages the employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. 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 very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
  2. Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.

How we read the data