West Jordan water operator salary, 2026
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County. 38 people worked as water operators for West Jordan in fiscal year 2026. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $64,585, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at West Jordan?
Full-year water operators1
22 of 38
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 22 of 38 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $65,060
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $72,206
- Wastewater Operator IV, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 17th
- of 26 Utah employers
What does each water operator title at West Jordan 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 Operator I$48,160
- Water Operator IIfewer than 5
- Water Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Water Operator IVfewer than 5
- Water Ops Supervisorfewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- Wastewater Operator Ifewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator IIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator IIIfewer than 5
- Wastewater Operator IV$72,206
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does West Jordan pay water operators more than other employers in Salt Lake County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: West Jordan next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- West Jordan$64,585
- All employers in Salt Lake County$78,518
- All employers in Utah$73,935
Full-year water operators at West Jordan earned $13,933 less than the Salt Lake County average and $9,350 less than the Utah average.
Where does West Jordan rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 26 Utah employers
West Jordan ranks 17th of 26, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $66,958
The 10 employers in Salt Lake County
West Jordan ranks 8th of 10, below the middle employer.
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 West Jordan
What is the average water operator salary at West Jordan?
Water operators at West Jordan who worked the full year earned an average of $64,585 in fiscal year 2026, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $65,060: half earned more, half less.
More salaries in Salt Lake County
- Sandy$94,228 average total pay
- Taylorsville-Bennion Improvement District$88,976 average total pay
- Metropolitan Water District of Salt Lake & Sandy$87,548 average total pay
- Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District$85,131 average total pay
- Salt Lake City$81,529 average total pay
- Draper$75,371 average total pay
- Herriman$66,406 average total pay
- Midvale$61,427 average total pay
- Bluffdale$59,507 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in UtahThe best-paying employers, ranked
Sources for the West Jordan figures
Every person who held a water operator position at West Jordan 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.