Price River Water Improvement District water operator salary, 2025

Price River Water Improvement District is a local district in Carbon County. 10 people worked as water operators for Price River Water Improvement District in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $54,929, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Price River Water Improvement District?

Full-year water operators1

10 of 10

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$54,929

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 10 of 10 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$49,183
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$54,929
Plant Operator, average total pay
Average pay rank
25th
of 26 Utah employers

What does each water operator title at Price River Water Improvement District 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. Plant Operator10 people
    $54,929

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Price River Water Improvement District pay water operators more than other employers in Carbon County?

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

Full-year water operators at Price River Water Improvement District earned $2,433 less than the Carbon County average and $19,006 less than the Utah average.

Where does Price River Water Improvement District rank among Utah employers?

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

All 26 Utah employers

Price River Water Improvement District ranks 25th of 26, below the middle employer.

Price River Water Improvement District
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $66,958

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 Price River Water Improvement District

What is the average water operator salary at Price River Water Improvement District?

Water operators at Price River Water Improvement District who worked the full year earned an average of $54,929 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $49,183: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Carbon County

Sources for the Price River Water Improvement District figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Price River Water Improvement District at any point in fiscal year 2025 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.

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