Sandy water operator salary, 2026

Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County. 5 people worked as water operators for Sandy in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $94,228, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Sandy?

Full-year water operators1

5 of 5

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$94,228

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 5 of 5 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$93,927
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
2nd
of 26 Utah employers

What does each water operator title at Sandy 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

  1. Water Operator IIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Water distribution operators

  1. Drinking Water Distribution Supervisorfewer 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 Sandy pay water operators more than other employers in Salt Lake County?

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

Full-year water operators at Sandy earned $15,710 more than the Salt Lake County average and $20,293 more than the Utah average.

Where does Sandy rank among Utah employers?

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

All 26 Utah employers

Sandy ranks 2nd of 26, above the middle employer.

Sandy
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $66,958

The 10 employers in Salt Lake County

Sandy ranks 1st of 10, above the middle employer.

Sandy
$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 Sandy

What is the average water operator salary at Sandy?

Water operators at Sandy who worked the full year earned an average of $94,228 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $93,927: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Salt Lake County

Sources for the Sandy figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Sandy 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