Newport Beach water operator salary, 2025
Newport Beach is a city in Orange County. 5 people worked as water operators for Newport Beach in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its water operator titles runs from $78,111 to $133,584.
What does Newport Beach pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$78,111 to $133,584
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Fewer than 5
5 water operators in all, 4 of them full-year: too few for an average.
- Median total pay
- Fewer than 5
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Fewer than 5
- average per full-year water operator
- Starting salary
- $78,111
- bottom of the Water Production Operator range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each water operator title at Newport Beach 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 Production OperatorFewer than 5
- Water Production SupervisorFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
What do water operators earn around Newport Beach?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Orange County and across California. Newport Beach's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Orange County$128,661
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661 in 2025, $4,935 more than the California average.
Average water operator pay in Orange County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Orange County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Los Angeles County$137,809 average, 34 employers$9,148 more than Orange County
- Riverside County$123,980 average, 17 employers$4,681 less than Orange County
- San Diego County$121,806 average, 20 employers$6,855 less than Orange County
- San Bernardino County$116,908 average, 25 employers$11,753 less than Orange County
Pension and health cover at Newport Beach
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year water operator, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2.5% at 55
- the most common formula among Newport Beach's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- Fewer than 5
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Fewer than 5
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Newport Beach
Why is there no average water operator salary for Newport Beach?
5 people worked as water operators for Newport Beach in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a water operator at Newport Beach?
The official range across Newport Beach's water operator titles runs from $78,111 to $133,584 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Orange County earned an average of $128,661.
What pension do water operators at Newport Beach get?
The most common pension formula among Newport Beach's water operators is 2.5% at 55, as reported by the city.
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- South Coast Water District$163,062 average total pay
- Trabuco Canyon Water District$146,052 average total pay
- Yorba Linda Water District$130,259 average total pay
- Orange County$109,811 average total pay
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Sources for the Newport Beach figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Newport Beach 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 Newport Beach.