Woodland water operator salary, 2025
Woodland is a city in Yolo County. 9 people worked as water operators for Woodland in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $130,272, overtime included.
What is the average water operator salary at Woodland?
Official pay range, water system operators1
$89,607 to $123,524
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest title for water system operators, the largest group
Based on the 6 of 9 water operators who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $132,346
- the middle water operator: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $7,776
- average per full-year water operator
- Starting salary
- $91,847
- bottom of the 857 Water Poll Ctrl Operator I/I-T range
- Average pay rank
- 104th
- of 300 California employers
What does each water operator title at Woodland 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 system operators
- 882 Water Systems Operator I/IIFewer than 5
- 797 Senior Water System OperatorFewer than 5
- 867 Water Poll Ctrl Operator IIIFewer than 5
- 872 Water Poll Ctrl Operator IVFewer than 5
Other operator titles
- 857 Water Poll Ctrl Operator I/I-TFewer than 5
Wastewater collection operators
- 277 Chief Collection System OperatorFewer than 5
Wastewater treatment operators
- 787 Senior Water Pollution Cr OpFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Woodland pay water operators more than other employers in Yolo County?
Average total pay of full-year water operators: Woodland next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Woodland$130,272
- All employers in Yolo County$118,251
- All employers in California$123,726
Full-year water operators at Woodland earned $12,021 more than the Yolo County average and $6,546 more than the California average.
Average water operator pay in Yolo County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year water operators across all employers in each county that borders Yolo County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Solano County$141,727 average, 8 employers$23,476 more than Yolo County
- Sacramento County$125,670 average, 11 employers$7,419 more than Yolo County
- Napa County$125,389 average, 6 employers$7,138 more than Yolo County
- Sutter County$100,089 average, 0 employers$18,162 less than Yolo County
- Lake County$84,341 average, 5 employers$33,910 less than Yolo County
- Colusa County$80,214 average, 1 employer$38,037 less than Yolo County
Where does Woodland rank among California employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year water operators, by average total pay.1
All 300 California employers
Woodland ranks 104th of 300, above 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 Woodland
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 Woodland's water operators
- Employer pension contribution
- $12,422
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- $18,989
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about water operator pay at Woodland
What is the average water operator salary at Woodland?
Water operators at Woodland who worked the full year earned an average of $130,272 in 2025, overtime included. The middle water operator earned $132,346: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its water operator titles runs from $89,607 to $123,524.
How much overtime do water operators at Woodland earn?
Full-year water operators were paid an average of $7,776 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $5,682: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What pension do water operators at Woodland get?
The most common pension formula among Woodland's water operators is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid an average of $12,422 a year into the pension plan.
More salaries in Yolo County
- Davis$116,783 average total pay
- West Sacramento$110,634 average total pay
- Highest water operator salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Woodland$153,454 average total pay
- Firefighter salaries at Woodland$132,607 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Yolo CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Woodland figures
Every person who held a water operator position at Woodland 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 Woodland.