Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$58,260

National average

Salary Range

$37,870 – $86,160

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$123,390$74,630$143,140
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$106,440$66,520$134,680
Vallejo, CA$101,670$65,140$125,970
Napa, CA$99,450$57,390$124,040
Fairbanks-College, AK$91,010$48,440$103,340
Salinas, CA$90,610$55,980$128,250
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$88,440$61,470$105,100
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$85,790$51,160$115,610
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$85,000$62,440$98,250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$84,960$60,020$116,590
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$83,830$61,960$137,300
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$83,630$60,780$111,700
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$83,260$55,790$123,550
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$82,830$49,800$99,180
Modesto, CA$82,790$49,750$97,630
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$82,500$56,370$109,410
California$82,100$52,510$123,870
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$81,730$56,560$101,780
Yuba City, CA$80,810$48,160$108,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$80,690$55,170$115,290
Bloomington, IL$80,600$45,490$99,670
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$80,480$56,830$100,290
Stockton-Lodi, CA$79,830$54,930$120,640
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$79,640$52,040$98,010
Rockford, IL$79,410$51,900$96,820
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$79,390$58,050$106,780
Nevada$79,140$54,380$107,490
Washington$78,810$54,990$101,450
Bellingham, WA$78,690$62,240$98,850
Merced, CA$78,320$46,230$98,350
Anchorage, AK$78,210$47,410$96,410
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,020$53,760$87,860
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$77,800$64,470$113,770
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$77,750$51,180$92,520
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$77,660$60,560$97,060
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$77,310$63,000$96,170
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,190$49,820$107,880
Alaska$76,910$49,580$103,340
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$76,640$57,910$97,790
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$76,620$59,110$98,800
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$76,240$49,000$103,280
Reno, NV$76,010$51,240$107,330
El Centro, CA$75,790$47,480$109,400
New Haven, CT$75,440$60,840$89,760
Rochester, MN$75,400$56,060$88,710
Chico, CA$75,280$46,210$105,060
New Jersey$75,200$49,440$97,820
Redding, CA$75,110$49,380$103,850
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$74,990$51,910$94,120
Vineland, NJ$74,940$46,860$77,580
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$74,680$57,040$84,500
Connecticut$74,450$53,510$96,880
Medford, OR$73,380$55,810$86,050
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$73,160$46,110$87,140
St. Cloud, MN$72,080$52,220$75,210
Fresno, CA$71,750$45,420$97,560
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$71,720$50,730$83,830
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$71,650$47,950$102,390
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$71,350$54,150$106,160
Kokomo, IN$71,230$40,410$87,670
Grand Junction, CO$71,170$51,140$85,390
Elmira, NY$70,660$50,650$79,610
Albany, OR$70,550$45,270$85,210
Minnesota$70,470$45,280$82,070
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$70,320$53,010$81,620
Colorado Springs, CO$69,900$49,250$88,500
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$69,740$34,750$84,300
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$69,730$53,310$77,760
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$69,460$50,020$98,400
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$69,300$49,430$95,020
Lincoln, NE$69,120$51,680$77,770
Yakima, WA$69,120$47,100$88,940
Colorado$68,220$48,440$89,910
Eugene-Springfield, OR$68,100$50,610$104,590
Urban Honolulu, HI$68,000$50,510$81,990
Boulder, CO$67,400$52,110$88,210
Sheboygan, WI$67,200$57,800$82,420
Barnstable Town, MA$67,020$49,000$79,620
Iowa City, IA$66,920$46,820$75,290
Ann Arbor, MI$66,870$45,810$80,620
Grand Forks, ND-MN$66,840$52,440$82,060
Walla Walla, WA$66,740$43,050$78,310
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$66,660$50,680$84,990
Lebanon, PA$66,480$48,130$69,460
Madison, WI$66,470$49,610$81,070
Minot, ND$66,440$44,740$74,520
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$66,250$52,410$83,680
New Hampshire$66,240$49,460$72,580
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$66,010$48,340$83,340
Jacksonville, NC$65,920$36,860$76,900
Hawaii$65,800$50,500$81,990
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$65,740$42,630$80,750
Massachusetts$65,620$49,660$82,150
Bozeman, MT$65,590$48,710$69,750
Worcester, MA$65,300$50,910$80,230
Bend, OR$65,250$46,530$90,790
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$65,190$50,760$95,530
Greenville, NC$65,050$47,010$80,960
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$64,960$50,280$80,720
Green Bay, WI$64,860$53,590$80,740
Duluth, MN-WI$64,840$45,880$81,380
Mankato, MN$64,840$48,890$77,170
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$64,840$47,210$109,760
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$64,800$44,430$81,610
Visalia, CA$64,710$37,610$95,360
Jacksonville, FL$64,510$42,950$97,810
Oregon$64,500$47,440$92,490
Salem, OR$64,480$52,280$79,080
Missoula, MT$64,460$43,060$78,860
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$64,420$51,710$80,520
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$64,410$44,250$76,600
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$64,300$45,950$77,220
Cedar Rapids, IA$64,220$48,280$74,810
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$64,170$51,690$100,960
Springfield, MA$64,120$48,580$94,850
Raleigh-Cary, NC$64,070$45,910$77,260
Fargo, ND-MN$63,960$49,550$80,470
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$63,950$52,560$78,240
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$63,940$36,740$79,560
Illinois$63,790$45,460$98,820
Greeley, CO$63,690$49,080$87,740
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$63,550$48,520$110,570
Longview-Kelso, WA$63,410$62,320$88,430
Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area$63,380$49,420$83,340
Janesville-Beloit, WI$63,330$51,910$72,170
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$63,270$41,130$87,900
New York$63,140$46,340$98,950
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$62,940$47,890$78,690
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$62,910$51,860$88,440
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$62,860$46,710$75,760
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$62,850$44,480$108,060
Appleton, WI$62,780$50,810$76,190
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$62,580$45,060$78,590
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$62,520$45,760$78,480
Wisconsin$62,360$49,410$76,560
Cleveland, OH$62,330$45,950$80,750
Lima, OH$62,290$42,630$71,840
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$62,280$40,380$90,810
Columbus, OH$62,170$46,820$76,510
Port St. Lucie, FL$62,100$41,730$81,570
Manchester-Nashua, NH$62,070$50,090$73,550
Ames, IA$62,000$47,030$85,600
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$61,930$48,200$77,450
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$61,930$43,560$76,690
Pittsburgh, PA$61,890$47,690$86,430
Portland-South Portland, ME$61,850$50,170$81,270
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$61,780$49,560$79,170
Southwestern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$61,770$46,520$77,600
Santa Fe, NM$61,750$39,720$89,590
Altoona, PA$61,710$46,620$63,120
Monroe, MI$61,690$46,180$63,250
Lancaster, PA$61,680$49,230$75,470
Fond du Lac, WI$61,650$52,320$75,150
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,630$40,920$73,840
Dubuque, IA$61,620$51,480$67,880
Vermont$61,530$47,000$77,890
Omaha, NE-IA$61,520$48,830$75,360
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$61,510$48,830$86,300
Eau Claire, WI$61,500$51,270$70,730
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,490$45,150$81,030
Arizona$61,480$40,170$77,450
Cheyenne, WY$61,470$39,090$72,560
Great Falls, MT$61,460$40,650$106,130
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$61,400$48,110$80,530
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,380$49,570$70,750
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$61,360$44,420$100,370
Dalton, GA$61,320$36,790$63,350
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$61,300$48,810$71,510
Kankakee, IL$61,290$48,480$95,240
Southwest Montana nonmetropolitan area$61,240$44,900$77,100
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$61,220$48,030$78,670
Champaign-Urbana, IL$61,210$44,460$80,940
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$61,170$49,320$76,620
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,060$45,430$79,060
Kingston, NY$61,040$46,340$64,320
Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area$60,980$46,550$78,520
Maine$60,960$42,400$81,270
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$60,900$40,180$83,680
Peoria, IL$60,880$42,080$82,680
Grand Island, NE$60,880$44,580$77,290
Sandusky, OH$60,820$46,420$68,400
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$60,820$48,620$74,950
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$60,770$35,930$63,910
Erie, PA$60,770$46,360$78,700
Naples-Marco Island, FL$60,660$39,160$81,870
Wyoming$60,580$43,110$104,000
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$60,550$44,920$73,570
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$60,520$46,810$78,630
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$60,450$47,890$104,000
Huntsville, AL$60,220$37,970$83,860
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$60,170$38,280$79,790
Harrisonburg, VA$60,070$40,540$85,110
Delaware$59,960$43,800$79,320
Montana$59,960$43,870$78,860
Dover, DE$59,960$37,440$63,770
Reading, PA$59,910$47,000$75,470
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$59,890$40,490$82,180
Pittsfield, MA$59,830$46,400$69,410
Fayetteville, NC$59,810$37,550$73,520
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$59,790$48,840$81,270
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$59,780$49,970$71,030
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$59,680$42,540$75,410
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$59,670$42,960$75,520
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$59,660$49,250$70,670
Northwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$59,630$43,160$65,520
Casper, WY$59,620$30,120$74,540
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$59,610$43,110$113,560
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,600$46,610$77,800
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$59,550$47,260$89,070
Bismarck, ND$59,540$52,610$71,650
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$59,540$43,820$70,420
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$59,470$39,150$76,560
Iowa$59,400$45,650$73,960
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$59,370$44,290$76,390
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$59,360$40,680$98,270
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$59,340$45,410$93,720
Niles, MI$59,290$44,120$65,190
Decatur, AL$59,260$39,390$80,350
Akron, OH$59,180$47,090$70,870
Pennsylvania$59,170$47,400$80,890
Rochester, NY$59,130$45,020$84,530
Utah$59,120$42,200$79,140
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,090$39,220$79,870
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$59,070$42,120$73,320
Ogden, UT$59,060$44,980$81,970
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$59,060$48,240$74,400
Waco, TX$59,010$38,310$60,930
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$59,010$37,820$71,970
Charlottesville, VA$59,000$39,610$72,530
Gainesville, FL$58,980$37,670$73,360
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$58,970$40,210$79,290
Coeur d'Alene, ID$58,960$40,520$64,510
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$58,940$38,880$75,050
Syracuse, NY$58,930$45,930$77,920
Richmond, VA$58,920$39,970$76,980
Virginia$58,920$38,480$79,180
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,910$44,180$83,540
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$58,880$39,870$69,880
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$58,790$42,000$76,440
Maryland$58,740$40,750$94,920
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$58,740$40,890$97,010
Fort Wayne, IN$58,730$45,570$64,480
Ohio$58,720$42,050$75,290
Florida$58,630$39,640$89,620
Billings, MT$58,630$43,190$74,460
Michigan$58,470$44,880$76,380
Midland, MI$58,470$37,430$66,950
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$58,430$45,670$76,540
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$58,390$42,840$77,630
North Dakota$58,250$49,570$80,470
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$58,240$47,490$79,930
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$58,230$36,870$76,070
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$58,080$45,980$65,080
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$58,030$38,620$74,230
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$57,900$37,850$79,140
Wausau, WI$57,850$52,060$69,400
St. George, UT$57,800$41,320$85,130
Bangor, ME$57,770$42,850$82,850
Helena, MT$57,770$41,660$81,530
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$57,670$43,240$77,600
Nebraska$57,640$38,300$73,560
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$57,550$47,450$62,760
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$57,460$36,560$65,690
State College, PA$57,440$47,450$75,490
Hinesville, GA$57,250$38,980$65,710
Jackson, MI$57,250$40,860$62,080
Cleveland, TN$57,210$36,370$92,120
Rhode Island$57,060$49,930$79,450
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$57,030$38,290$72,840
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$57,020$38,470$76,380
Idaho Falls, ID$57,000$38,540$95,160
Toledo, OH$56,900$43,390$73,400
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$56,800$44,310$74,370
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$56,760$39,020$97,400
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$56,390$39,810$99,650
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$56,370$37,970$67,940
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$56,310$38,450$73,820
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$56,310$47,720$73,800
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$56,120$36,440$71,690
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$56,040$43,800$75,400
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$56,030$37,990$76,380
Chambersburg, PA$55,950$48,780$71,070
Tallahassee, FL$55,880$35,890$76,250
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$55,830$46,450$77,650
Flint, MI$55,770$45,590$64,700
Logan, UT-ID$55,770$39,420$74,210
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$55,710$44,880$74,310
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$55,660$37,710$77,460
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$55,640$42,480$76,100
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$55,560$43,510$72,520
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$55,430$38,060$66,170
Williamsport, PA$55,290$44,620$72,760
Indiana$55,170$40,940$73,170
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$55,140$38,290$70,580
Twin Falls, ID$54,880$43,680$67,250
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$54,870$39,460$77,590
Warner Robins, GA$54,700$41,000$64,310
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$54,400$38,000$76,060
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$54,370$46,620$62,140
Binghamton, NY$54,240$42,100$64,170
South Dakota$54,090$43,000$74,220
Pocatello, ID$54,070$41,070$64,080
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$54,070$43,800$73,140
Knoxville, TN$54,030$38,320$77,550
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$53,840$36,560$82,570
Birmingham, AL$53,770$32,700$69,270
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,760$49,970$75,440
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$53,760$49,570$80,650
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$53,580$38,510$72,140
Traverse City, MI$53,540$46,240$68,920
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$53,410$43,010$79,690
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$53,400$35,990$71,000
Evansville, IN$53,360$44,940$64,560
Idaho$53,250$39,540$71,720
Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$53,250$41,720$74,980
Muncie, IN$53,200$38,480$64,160
Missouri$52,990$37,480$69,580
Tucson, AZ$52,880$36,740$70,430
St. Joseph, MO-KS$52,800$37,620$74,060
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$52,790$39,840$76,290
Springfield, MO$52,530$35,880$69,980
Wilmington, NC$52,480$42,220$65,820
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$52,460$46,900$61,840
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$52,310$37,810$77,710
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$52,290$39,850$73,780
Odessa, TX$52,290$38,260$75,570
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$52,280$38,290$63,090
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$52,230$42,400$74,940
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,140$36,310$70,160
Corpus Christi, TX$52,100$34,690$75,590
Midland, TX$52,090$40,630$59,520
Joplin, MO-KS$52,070$36,310$69,020
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$52,030$36,970$71,760
Lawrence, KS$51,890$43,010$66,410
Dothan, AL$51,860$28,480$83,440
Florence, SC$51,850$35,280$68,960
York-Hanover, PA$51,780$44,160$70,100
Boise City, ID$51,760$42,680$71,720
Columbia, SC$51,630$38,160$64,020
Montgomery, AL$51,620$32,790$66,990
Macon-Bibb County, GA$51,610$35,170$61,460
Terre Haute, IN$51,560$36,160$70,080
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$51,550$29,970$78,690
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$51,470$42,310$60,110
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$51,310$37,450$75,010
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$51,300$38,850$67,460
Wheeling, WV-OH$51,290$35,390$58,090
Kansas City, MO-KS$51,290$39,780$67,540
Utica-Rome, NY$51,280$35,530$71,460
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$51,260$38,300$76,830
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$51,170$36,740$59,380
Saginaw, MI$51,110$39,950$58,970
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$51,080$43,670$69,510
Ocala, FL$51,010$31,540$65,120
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$50,960$40,370$63,490
Johnstown, PA$50,950$44,140$71,080
Lexington Park, MD$50,930$41,970$76,560
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$50,860$44,940$72,570
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$50,840$37,160$73,090
Tennessee$50,760$37,330$73,780
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$50,760$37,420$82,700
Battle Creek, MI$50,630$47,730$66,100
Alexandria, LA$50,620$35,640$57,620
Canton-Massillon, OH$50,520$41,070$61,940
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$50,490$36,740$68,700
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$50,470$38,890$76,210
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$50,460$39,220$65,530
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$50,400$47,420$69,350
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$50,340$37,830$72,460
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$50,250$39,010$73,720
Tuscaloosa, AL$50,240$39,770$76,870
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$50,240$37,680$78,940
Chattanooga, TN-GA$50,170$37,690$71,580
Greensboro-High Point, NC$50,060$38,270$61,630
Rapid City, SD$50,000$46,470$67,860
Lynchburg, VA$50,000$37,200$72,530
Paducah, KY-IL$49,960$34,060$61,550
Auburn-Opelika, AL$49,930$31,200$74,900
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$49,910$35,840$81,230
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$49,910$38,290$60,920
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$49,830$46,710$82,570
Gadsden, AL$49,750$36,230$75,660
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$49,730$35,360$73,160
North Carolina$49,710$37,460$70,750
Asheville, NC$49,710$41,440$61,580
Winchester, VA-WV$49,680$35,400$76,660
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$49,620$42,080$60,530
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$49,550$36,220$61,070
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$49,550$36,020$60,370
South Carolina$49,480$36,030$72,430
Flagstaff, AZ$49,390$38,900$76,110
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,390$38,370$68,790
Georgia$49,370$36,070$68,080
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$49,360$33,850$68,350
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$49,350$38,380$67,600
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$49,270$37,130$77,870
Savannah, GA$49,240$41,930$66,450
Winston-Salem, NC$49,240$42,240$60,720
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$49,100$39,660$74,220
Youngstown-Warren, OH$49,070$36,040$65,750
Anniston-Oxford, AL$49,050$29,700$67,680
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$49,040$35,460$76,270
Mansfield, OH$49,000$35,200$56,360
Spartanburg, SC$48,980$37,440$72,960
Oklahoma City, OK$48,970$35,130$64,760
Enid, OK$48,970$35,500$73,550
Columbus, GA-AL$48,960$32,210$65,400
Tyler, TX$48,810$37,420$63,060
Alabama$48,730$31,900$76,350
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$48,730$36,740$63,490
Columbia, MO$48,690$38,370$77,960
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$48,640$36,030$63,140
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$48,590$33,730$62,550
Owensboro, KY$48,580$35,050$72,670
Sherman-Denison, TX$48,580$38,040$61,360
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,430$35,970$58,940
El Paso, TX$48,410$34,710$59,180
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$48,400$35,740$70,350
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,370$38,740$81,160
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$48,340$33,140$68,970
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,330$35,380$58,940
Southern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$48,250$32,070$59,340
Texas$48,110$35,660$65,660
Tulsa, OK$48,050$34,980$60,190
Lexington-Fayette, KY$48,040$30,540$60,540
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$48,020$36,370$67,190
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$48,010$34,920$64,590
Kansas$47,950$33,840$64,750
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$47,860$36,150$66,330
Johnson City, TN$47,710$38,930$68,440
Kentucky$47,700$33,730$62,710
Roanoke, VA$47,640$34,670$64,180
Jackson, TN$47,530$37,460$77,200
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$47,430$37,080$73,890
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$47,430$34,680$64,540
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$47,410$31,970$62,110
Bloomington, IN$47,380$24,360$73,210
Rocky Mount, NC$47,330$37,420$65,200
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$47,300$37,160$63,000
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$47,270$36,770$59,580
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,240$35,630$71,450
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,210$37,760$59,800
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,170$37,170$57,950
Sebring, FL$47,090$38,800$58,490
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$47,080$39,650$80,280
Las Cruces, NM$47,060$34,460$72,970
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$46,990$35,900$57,750
Jefferson City, MO$46,980$35,490$63,300
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$46,860$37,850$78,370
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$46,740$24,460$62,790
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,700$34,540$64,780
New Mexico$46,680$34,980$77,150
Albuquerque, NM$46,680$36,180$77,580
Jackson, MS$46,340$30,620$64,970
Mobile, AL$46,230$29,790$78,680
Morristown, TN$46,160$31,090$69,920
Albany, GA$46,150$38,310$67,270
Elizabethtown, KY$46,110$35,100$63,550
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$46,090$33,840$56,090
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$46,090$35,870$58,940
Manhattan, KS$46,050$34,430$65,500
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,000$30,070$77,210
Victoria, TX$45,950$38,260$64,750
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$45,870$39,170$65,370
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,860$32,570$61,400
Gainesville, GA$45,850$40,000$62,460
Clarksville, TN-KY$45,800$35,890$69,870
Lubbock, TX$45,780$34,350$60,100
Bowling Green, KY$45,770$29,910$62,470
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,770$33,730$58,940
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$45,740$35,150$67,560
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,710$32,190$58,680
Salisbury, MD$45,680$40,530$65,130
Burlington, NC$45,630$35,920$59,160
Baton Rouge, LA$45,480$35,290$66,260
Killeen-Temple, TX$45,230$34,830$60,250
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,210$30,770$58,910
Abilene, TX$45,200$37,900$59,120
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$45,170$31,040$66,120
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$45,160$33,500$60,710
Northeastern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$45,150$30,840$59,560
Mississippi$44,970$29,680$61,960
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$44,730$35,360$58,570
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$44,560$33,390$60,040
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$44,500$31,160$60,170
Farmington, NM$44,480$36,100$73,560
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$44,440$29,340$59,130
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$44,420$24,810$61,960
Longview, TX$44,360$31,450$57,000
Yuma, AZ$44,360$33,710$65,520
West Virginia$43,960$28,490$62,390
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,900$32,270$55,770
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$43,820$31,600$73,030
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,780$21,840$63,760
Guam$43,600$34,320$65,190
Wichita, KS$43,570$36,140$64,590
Lake Charles, LA$43,550$28,430$77,280
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$43,380$40,400$55,090
Athens-Clarke County, GA$43,220$38,160$60,590
Laredo, TX$43,190$36,710$50,880
Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$43,020$30,620$57,680
Topeka, KS$42,660$15,080$65,730
Hattiesburg, MS$42,660$35,720$62,470
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$42,640$35,270$59,910
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$42,630$31,210$74,170
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$42,370$32,970$59,230
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$41,920$35,510$60,150
Sumter, SC$41,900$32,850$59,610
Amarillo, TX$41,870$31,130$60,280
Hammond, LA$41,520$34,770$49,520
Oklahoma$41,380$32,700$60,190
Wichita Falls, TX$41,270$33,150$50,810
San Angelo, TX$41,260$39,340$50,750
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$40,680$29,220$60,280
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$40,540$29,760$62,690
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$40,180$31,390$54,490
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,020$31,440$57,660
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$39,860$23,830$60,710
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$39,550$28,660$57,660
Charleston, WV$39,460$29,820$45,150
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$39,280$30,120$60,880
Lafayette, LA$39,230$29,180$61,700
Texarkana, TX-AR$39,170$32,210$59,370
Lawton, OK$38,930$31,120$56,290
Goldsboro, NC$38,800$35,850$57,140
Morgantown, WV$38,790$29,640$62,400
Valdosta, GA$38,720$31,570$50,340
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,710$30,070$65,780
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$38,700$30,070$57,950
Louisiana$38,690$29,760$61,350
Rome, GA$38,460$38,100$46,340
Arkansas$38,310$29,060$58,930
Fort Smith, AR-OK$38,310$31,230$54,380
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$38,150$32,620$50,130
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$38,000$28,870$57,100
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,830$21,840$62,200
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,780$30,000$55,040
Jonesboro, AR$37,660$30,970$60,310
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,610$30,200$48,320
Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$37,280$27,520$47,580
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$37,160$24,270$54,490
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$37,130$27,530$52,620
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$37,070$23,510$48,780
Beckley, WV$36,930$28,310$61,730
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,930$31,400$47,340
Monroe, LA$36,670$26,620$50,530
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$36,610$28,270$48,810
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$36,350$28,860$56,220
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$36,050$23,960$54,890
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,950$30,370$51,450
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,780$25,900$52,450
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$35,120$27,170$46,020
Hot Springs, AR$32,170$28,090$51,540
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$25,700$19,760$38,510
Puerto Rico$25,700$19,760$38,690

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators make?▾

The median annual salary for a Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators is $58,260, with a typical range of $37,870 – $86,160 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators?▾

Entry-level Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators positions typically start around $37,870 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.