Lemoore water operator salary, 2025
Lemoore is a city in Kings County. 12 people worked as water operators for Lemoore in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $53,897.
What is the average water operator salary at Lemoore?
Official pay range, wastewater collection operators1
$39,403 to $55,551
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for wastewater collection operators, the largest group
Based on the 6 of 12 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $45,710
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $1,032
- average per full-year water operator
- Starting salary
- $39,403
- bottom of the W. W. Utility Worker I range
- Average pay rank
- 300th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Lemoore 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
Wastewater collection operators
- W. W. Utility Worker IFewer than 5
- W.W. Utility Worker IFewer than 5
- W.W. Utility Worker IIFewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- W. W. Utility Operator IFewer than 5
- Sr Wastewater Utility OperaFewer than 5
- W.W. Chief Plant OperatorFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Lemoore pay water operators more than other employers in Kings County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Lemoore next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Lemoore$53,897
- All employers in Kings County$71,603
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Lemoore earned $17,706 less than the Kings County average and $69,829 less than the California average.
Average water operator pay in Kings County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Kings County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Monterey County$126,404 average, 5 employers$54,801 more than Kings County
- Kern County$99,167 average, 14 employers$27,564 more than Kings County
- San Luis Obispo County$95,785 average, 10 employers$24,182 more than Kings County
- Fresno County$84,775 average, 8 employers$13,172 more than Kings County
- Tulare County$73,175 average, 3 employers$1,572 more than Kings County
Where does Lemoore rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Lemoore ranks 300th of 300, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $116,210
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 Lemoore
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 Lemoore's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $5,688
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $12,623
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Lemoore
What is the average water operator salary at Lemoore?
Water operators at Lemoore who worked the full year earned an average of $53,897 in 2025. The middle water operator earned $45,710: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $39,403 to $55,551.
How much overtime do water operators at Lemoore earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $1,032 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $785: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Lemoore get?
The most common pension formula among Lemoore's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $5,688 a year into the pension plan.
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- Hanford$71,947 average total pay
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Sources for the Lemoore figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Lemoore 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 Lemoore.