Shasta County water operator salary, 2025

9 people worked as water operators for Shasta County 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 $45,093 to $77,127.

What does Shasta County pay its water operators?

Official pay range1

$45,093 to $77,127

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title

Average total pay, full-year water operators1

Fewer than 5

9 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
$45,093
bottom of the Water/Wastewater Operator Trainee range
Average pay rank
Fewer than 5
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each water operator title at Shasta County 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

  1. Water/Wastewater Operator Trainee$45,093 to $57,556 · 6 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Water/Wastewater Operator I$52,198 to $66,627 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  3. Water/Wastewater Operator II$60,431 to $77,127 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer 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 Shasta County?

Average total pay of full-year water operators across Shasta County and across California. Shasta County's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its water operators worked the full year.1

Full-year water operators across Shasta County earned an average of $105,034 in 2025, $18,692 less than the California average.

Average water operator pay in Shasta County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Shasta County, and how much more or less it pays.1

Shasta County Shades match the state map.

Pension and health cover at Shasta County

As reported by the county. 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 Shasta County'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 Shasta County

Why is there no average water operator salary for Shasta County?

9 people worked as water operators for Shasta County 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 Shasta County?

The official range across Shasta County's water operator titles runs from $45,093 to $77,127 in 2025. For comparison, full-year water operators across Shasta County earned an average of $105,034.

What pension do water operators at Shasta County get?

The most common pension formula among Shasta County's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the county.

More salaries in Shasta County

Sources for the Shasta County figures

Every person who held a water operator position at Shasta County 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Shasta County.

How we read the data