Spanish Fork water operator salary, 2026

Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County. 23 people worked as water operators for Spanish Fork in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $64,048, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at Spanish Fork?

Full-year water operators1

12 of 23

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$64,048

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 12 of 23 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$70,005
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$53,398
Wastewater Operator II, average total pay
Average pay rank
19th
of 26 Utah employers

What does each water operator title at Spanish Fork 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 I5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Operator IIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Senior Water Operator Ifewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Senior Water Operator II5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Wastewater Operator Ifewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Wastewater Operator II6 people
    $53,398

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

Does Spanish Fork pay water operators more than other employers in Utah County?

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

Full-year water operators at Spanish Fork earned $3,936 less than the Utah County average and $9,887 less than the Utah average.

Where does Spanish Fork rank among Utah employers?

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

All 26 Utah employers

Spanish Fork ranks 19th of 26, below the middle employer.

Spanish Fork
$60k$80k$100k$120k

Middle employer: $66,958

The 5 employers in Utah County

Spanish Fork ranks 4th of 5, below the middle employer.

Spanish Fork
$60k

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 Spanish Fork

What is the average water operator salary at Spanish Fork?

Water operators at Spanish Fork who worked the full year earned an average of $64,048 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $70,005: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Utah County

Sources for the Spanish Fork figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Spanish Fork 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