Palmdale Water District water operator salary, 2025
Palmdale Water District is an irrigation district in Los Angeles County. 8 people worked as water operators for Palmdale Water District 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 $151,259 to $165,760.
What does Palmdale Water District pay its water operators?
Official pay range1
$151,259 to $165,760
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators1
Fewer than 5
8 water operators in all, 1 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
- Not reported
- no official range reported
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each water operator title at Palmdale Water District 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
- Plant Operator III LeadFewer than 5
- Plant Operator IFewer than 5
- Plant 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.
What do water operators earn around Palmdale Water District?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Los Angeles County and across California. Palmdale Water District's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1
- All employers in Los Angeles County$137,809
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809 in 2025, $14,083 more 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
Pension and health cover at Palmdale Water District
As reported by the agency. 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 Palmdale Water District'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 Palmdale Water District
Why is there no average water operator salary for Palmdale Water District?
8 people worked as water operators for Palmdale Water District 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 Palmdale Water District?
The official range across Palmdale Water District's water operator titles runs from $151,259 to $165,760 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Los Angeles County earned an average of $137,809.
What pension do water operators at Palmdale Water District get?
The most common pension formula among Palmdale Water District's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.
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Sources for the Palmdale Water District figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Palmdale Water District 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 Palmdale Water District.