California · 2025 pay · 312 people
How much does an operations supervisor make in California?
$102,597typical pay for a operations supervisor in 2025
$82,363 – $127,176what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 4.9% from 2024.
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- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
- California State Controller's Office · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where operations supervisors work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- San Bernardino County Superior Court50 people$79,662
- Long Beach Public Transportation Company29 people$100,054
- Sacramento County Superior Court24 people$106,717
- Riverside Transit Agency19 people$94,794
- City of Modesto14 people$103,238
- Orange County Sanitation District14 people$174,323
- Gold Coast Transit District12 people$79,238
- San Luis Obispo Regional Transit Authority (RTA)12 people$82,293
- Monterey-Salinas Transit District10 people$96,623
- Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District9 people$102,296
- City of Anaheim8 people$117,277
- Irvine Ranch Water District8 people$191,442
- MiraCosta Community College District7 people$110,941
- Inland Empire Utilities Agency6 people$189,592
- Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District6 people$118,497
- City of Tracy5 people$108,602
- Silicon Valley Clean Water4 people$207,390
- Ross Valley Sanitary District4 people$200,302
- City of Upland4 people$92,160
- City of Antioch3 people$128,172
- South Tahoe Public Utility District3 people$147,452
- Santa Cruz Regional 9113 people$154,111
- Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District3 people$184,253
- Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District2 people$141,560
- North County Cemetery District2 people$77,581
- Monterey One Water2 people$196,984
- San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority2 people$111,585
- Palo Verde Irrigation District2 people$86,931
- Fall River Valley Community Services District2 people$47,633
- Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District1 person$135,031
- City of Monterey1 person$112,275
- Arden Park Recreation and Park District1 person$75,986
- Kern Delta Water District1 person$91,915
- Twain Harte Community Services District1 person$95,659
- West Bay Sanitary District (San Mateo)1 person$223,783
- Tahoe Transportation District1 person$71,591
- Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary (Marin)1 person$213,900
- Central Marin Sanitation Agency1 person$210,655
- Amador Transit1 person$56,362
- Calleguas Municipal Water District1 person$227,070
- West Kern Community College District1 person$98,824
- Artesia Cemetery District1 person$95,933
- West Valley Sanitation District of Santa Clara County (Santa Clara)1 person$203,226
- Rincon del Diablo Municipal Water District1 person$133,372
- Temescal Valley Water District1 person$186,230
- West Basin Municipal Water District1 person$202,140
- Foresthill Public Utility District1 person$133,631
- Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority1 person$155,233
- East Orange County Water District1 person$203,633
- Goleta Water District1 person$190,866
- Moss Landing Harbor District1 person$53,813
- Madera Irrigation District1 person$135,769
- Padre Dam Municipal Water District1 person$119,775
- Hilmar County Water District1 person$114,630
- Napa Sanitation District1 person$171,068
- Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District1 person$92,619
- Reclamation District No. 10001 person$130,400
- Fair Oaks Water District1 person$120,347
- Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency1 person$170,575
- North Kern Water Storage District1 person$59,824
- Kings Waste and Recycling Authority1 person$76,933
- Mission Hills Community Services District1 person$148,688
- Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District1 person$57,133
- Water Facilities Authority1 person$129,964
- Friant Water Authority1 person$80,179
- Lassen County Superior Court1 person$78,184
- City of Palo Alto1 person$213,838
- Allan Hancock Joint Community College District1 person$127,193
- Springville Public Utility District1 person$79,209
- Mariposa Public Utility District1 person$108,745
- Delta Diablo1 person$218,116
- Lakeside Water District1 person$164,352
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Pay by level
Levels with 5 or more people.
- Operations Supervisor I34 people$76,607
- Operations Supervisor II16 people$89,892
- Operations Supervisor262 people$108,598
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Operations Assistant$52,881 (everyone)
- Operations Supervisor (this page)$102,597 (everyone)
- Assistant Operations Supervisor$103,323 (everyone)
- Assistant Operations Manager$122,726 (everyone)
- Operations Manager$141,404 (everyone)
Highest-paid operations supervisors, 2025
Common questions
How much does an operations supervisor make in California?
The typical operations supervisor was paid $102,597 in 2025; most earned between $82,363 and $127,176. This counts all 312 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 4.2% of all pay for operations supervisors in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Operations Supervisor, at any level (for example "Operations Supervisor I"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this