Westside Water Authority water operator salary, 2025
Westside Water Authority is a joint powers authority in Kern County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 9 people worked as water operators for Westside Water Authority in 2025. Westside Water Authority reported no official pay range for these positions, so we can't tell who worked the full year and show no pay figures.
What does Westside Water Authority pay its water operators?
Official pay range2
Not reported
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest water operator title
Average total pay, full-year water operators2
Not reported
9 water operators in all; full-year count unknown (no official ranges).
- Median total pay
- Not reported
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Not reported
- average per full-year water operator
- Starting salary
- Not reported
- no official range reported
- Average pay rank
- Not reported
- no average to rank
What does each water operator title at Westside Water Authority 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.2
- Water OperatorNot reported
- Lead OperatorNot reported
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 Westside Water Authority?
Average total pay of full-year water operators across Kern County and across California. Westside Water Authority's own average isn't shown: it reported no official pay range, so the full-year rule can't be applied.2
- All employers in Kern County$99,167
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators across Kern County earned an average of $99,167 in 2025, $24,559 less than the California average.
Average water operator pay in Kern County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Kern County, and how much more or less it pays.2
- Los Angeles County$137,809 average, 34 employers$38,642 more than Kern County
- Santa Barbara County$120,906 average, 12 employers$21,739 more than Kern County
- San Bernardino County$116,908 average, 25 employers$17,741 more than Kern County
- Ventura County$111,636 average, 11 employers$12,469 more than Kern County
- San Luis Obispo County$95,785 average, 10 employers$3,382 less than Kern County
- Tulare County$73,175 average, 3 employers$25,992 less than Kern County
- Kings County$71,603 average, 3 employers$27,564 less than Kern County
- Inyo CountyNo employerNo water operator employer in Inyo County has a page here.
Questions about water operator pay at Westside Water Authority
Why is there no average water operator salary for Westside Water Authority?
Westside Water Authority reported no official pay range for its water operator positions in 2025. Without a range we can't tell who worked the full year, so the page shows no pay figures.
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- Bear Valley Community Services District$106,541 average total pay
- Tehachapi$94,315 average total pay
- North of the River Sanitary District No.1 (Kern)$84,082 average total pay
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Sources for the Westside Water Authority figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Westside Water Authority 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.
- California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Westside Water Authority.