Payson water operator salary, 2026
Payson is a city in Utah County. 14 people worked as water operators for Payson in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $72,797, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Payson?
Full-year water operators1
7 of 14
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 7 of 14 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $69,334
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- Not reported
- fewer than 5 full-year people in any title
- Average pay rank
- 9th
- of 26 Utah employers
What does each water operator title at Payson 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.
Water system operators
- Water Systems Operator Traineefewer than 5
- Water Maintenance Operatorfewer than 5
- Water Systems Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Operator IVfewer than 5
Water treatment operators
- Water Treatment Operatorfewer than 5
- Water Treatement Supervisorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Wastewater Treatment Plant Lead Operatorfewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Payson pay water operators more than other employers in Utah County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Payson next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Payson$72,797
- All employers in Utah County$67,984
- All employers in Utah$73,935
Full-year water operators at Payson earned $4,813 more than the Utah County average and $1,138 less than the Utah average.
Where does Payson rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 26 Utah employers
Payson ranks 9th of 26, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $66,958
The 5 employers in Utah County
Payson ranks 2nd of 5, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $64,584
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 Payson
What is the average water operator salary at Payson?
Water operators at Payson who worked the full year earned an average of $72,797 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $69,334: half earned more, half less.
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Sources for the Payson figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Payson 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.
- 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.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.