St. George water operator salary, 2025

St. George is a city in Washington County. 74 people worked as water operators for St. George in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $69,148, overtime included.

What is the average water operator salary at St. George?

Full-year water operators1

45 of 74

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

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

$69,148

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 45 of 74 water operators who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$72,871
the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$78,993
Ww Plant Lead Operator, average total pay
Average pay rank
10th
of 26 Utah employers

What does each water operator title at St. George 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 Services Operator II9 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Services Operator IIIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Water Services Operator IV17 people
    $72,034

Wastewater collection operators

  1. Ww Collection Operator II13 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Ww Collection Operator IIIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Ww Collections Operator IVfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Ww Collection Lead Operator5 people
    $71,893
  5. Ww Collection Supervisorfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

Wastewater treatment operators

  1. Ww Plant Operator II8 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Ww Plant Operator IIIfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Ww Plant Operator IVfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Ww Plant Lead Operator5 people
    $78,993

Water treatment operators

  1. Water Source & Treatment Plant Op IVfewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Water Services Treatment Chief Operatorfewer 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 St. George pay water operators more than other employers in Washington County?

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

Full-year water operators at St. George earned $604 more than the Washington County average and $4,787 less than the Utah average.

Where does St. George rank among Utah employers?

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

All 26 Utah employers

St. George ranks 10th of 26, above the middle employer.

St. George
$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 St. George

What is the average water operator salary at St. George?

Water operators at St. George who worked the full year earned an average of $69,148 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $72,871: half earned more, half less.

More salaries in Washington County

Sources for the St. George figures

Every person who held a water operator position at St. George 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.

How we read the data