Covina water operator salary, 2025
Covina is a city in Los Angeles County. 12 people worked as water operators for Covina in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $113,723, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Covina?
Official pay range, water distribution operators1
$54,172 to $118,111
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water distribution operators, the largest group
Based on the 9 of 12 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $121,711
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $25,052
- average per full-year water operator
- Starting salary
- $54,172
- bottom of the Water Distribution Operator I range
- Average pay rank
- 158th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Covina pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
Water distribution operators
- Water Distribution Operator IFewer than 5
- Water Distribution Operator IIFewer than 5
- Water Distribution OperatoriiiFewer than 5
- Water Distribution SupervisorFewer than 5
Wastewater collection operators
- Sewer Maintenance Worker IIIFewer than 5
Water system operators
- Water System Operator IIFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Covina pay water operators more than other employers in Los Angeles County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Covina next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Covina$113,723
- All employers in Los Angeles County$137,809
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Covina earned $24,086 less than the Los Angeles County average and $10,003 less than the California average.
Average water operator pay in Los Angeles County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Los Angeles County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Orange County$128,661 average, 22 employers$9,148 less than Los Angeles County
- San Bernardino County$116,908 average, 25 employers$20,901 less than Los Angeles County
- Ventura County$111,636 average, 11 employers$26,173 less than Los Angeles County
- Kern County$99,167 average, 14 employers$38,642 less than Los Angeles County
Where does Covina rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Covina ranks 158th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
The 26 employers in Los Angeles County
Covina ranks 13th of 26, above the middle employer.
Middle employer: $113,552
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Pension and health cover at Covina
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- the most common formula among Covina's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $9,999
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $13,534
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Covina
What is the average water operator salary at Covina?
Water operators at Covina who worked the full year earned an average of $113,723 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $121,711: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $54,172 to $118,111.
How much overtime do water operators at Covina earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $25,052 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $21,454: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Covina get?
The most common pension formula among Covina's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $9,999 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Los Angeles County
- Los Angeles County$125,097 average total pay
- Manhattan Beach$113,381 average total pay
- Long Beach$113,284 average total pay
- Torrance$112,978 average total pay
- Pico Rivera$106,171 average total pay
- South Gate$104,598 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Covina$171,369 average total pay
- 911 dispatcher salaries at Covina$142,057 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Los Angeles CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Covina figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Covina at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Covina.