California · 2025 pay
How much do Orange County Water District employees make?
$121,353typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$85,654 – $153,928what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: ChemistBoard MemberIntern/Field
✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$83,224
$121,287
$153,348
$381,390
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $106,024 in 2022 to $121,353 in 2025 (+14%).
What changed since 2024
- +6.1%Typical pay went up from $114,357 to $121,353.
- −6275 people were paid in 2025, compared with 281 in 2024.
- +14%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $106,024 to $121,353, while the number of people paid went up from 272 to 275.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Orange County Water District
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $112,339 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $4,455 |
| Extra pay | $4,493 |
| Total for the year | $121,287 |
Average of the 14 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemist | 13 | $108,580 | $105k – $118k | ▲ 6.8% |
| Board Member | 11 | $29,606 | $28k – $39k | ▼ 17.1% |
| Intern/Field | 11 | $11,093 | $10k – $17k | ▼ 17.9% |
| Senior Chemist | 8 | $134,469 | $127k – $138k | ▲ 9.3% |
| Intern/Lab | 8 | $8,704 | $7k – $11k | ▼ 25.9% |
| Maintenance Technician Grade II | 7 | $120,791 | $120k – $122k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Senior Programmer/Analyst | 6 | $156,781 | $138k – $160k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Maintenance Technician Grade I | 6 | $76,840 | $74k – $86k | ▲ 29.2% |
| Intern/Office | 6 | $17,907 | $6k – $22k | ▲ 16.2% |
| Lead Operator | 5 | $149,080 | $128k – $172k | ▼ 9.5% |
| Senior Instrumentation and Electrical Technician | 5 | $138,232 | $129k – $149k | ▲ 8.4% |
| Plant Operator II | 5 | $128,208 | $124k – $145k | ▼ 0.8% |
| Plant Operator I | 5 | $95,289 | $93k – $115k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k13
- $10k – $30k25
- $30k – $50k8
- $50k – $70k9
- $70k – $90k26
- $90k – $110k34
- $110k – $150k86
- $150k or more74
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Water Production/groundwater Replenishment System | 67 | $132,540 |
| Laboratory | 41 | $108,580 |
| Recharge Operations | 21 | $121,655 |
| Finance | 17 | $99,466 |
| Board Administration | 17 | $39,160 |
| Hydrogeology | 15 | $138,243 |
| Research & Development | 15 | $26,424 |
| Water Quality | 15 | $110,761 |
| Information Services | 11 | $159,727 |
| Public Affairs | 11 | $107,713 |
Highest paid at Orange County Water District in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Orange County Water District employee make?
The typical employee was paid $121,353 in 2025: half of the 275 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $85,654 and $153,928.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (93.1% of all pay), overtime (1.9%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (5.0%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals