Salary for Florida

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

Average Salary
$59,246
Median Salary
$54,351
10th Percentile
$38,742
25th Percentile
$44,044
75th Percentile
$67,760
90th Percentile
$85,800

Data sourced from 7,030 total jobs

In the U.S.

LocationAverage10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
U.S.$61,259$37,510$44,858$56,760$71,192$89,331

Florida Metro Areas

LocationAverage10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,301$40,854$50,336$53,471$66,121$79,431
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$52,173$39,149$41,987$50,523$63,272$68,706
Gainesville, FL$58,267$41,745$48,994$63,514$68,376$68,376
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$71,555$42,922$53,075$64,922$79,145$108,834
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL$54,241$39,908$42,625$54,505$65,604$68,409
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$51,183$33,451$40,392$50,468$56,760$70,620
Sebring, FL$44,715$32,681$36,333$46,321$51,480$57,882
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$55,220$37,235$43,406$53,064$63,965$73,964
Ocala, FL$48,081$36,069$39,336$47,663$52,338$61,809
Panama City, FL$46,288$35,211$35,871$42,064$50,996$68,871
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$51,359$35,673$40,425$50,556$61,578$69,553
Punta Gorda, FL$54,659$35,926$43,032$51,920$63,536$85,899
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL$55,649$38,038$43,505$54,241$67,782$73,458
Tallahassee, FL$54,384$34,375$45,881$55,924$63,360$72,897
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$53,834$36,289$41,393$51,150$64,768$73,744
Jacksonville, FL$65,241$40,502$51,469$64,152$83,127$89,122
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL$58,124$38,698$48,950$55,187$67,386$80,047
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$56,419$36,729$41,789$53,812$67,606$84,128
Port St. Lucie, FL$58,685$39,424$49,819$55,847$65,978$80,619
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$57,266$38,566$44,264$55,517$67,529$84,183
The Villages, FL$51,986$37,411$40,843$50,325$63,074$65,934

Florida Non-metro Areas

LocationAverage10th Percentile25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile90th Percentile
South Florida$59,466$36,641$47,685$52,261$72,787$92,642
North Florida$46,387$32,549$35,354$41,734$54,065$63,734

Other Known Job Titles

Basin TenderBiosolids Management TechnicianClarifying Plant OperatorDisposal OperatorDisposal Plant OperatorDrinking Water TechnicianFilter TenderFiltererFiltration OperatorFiltration Plant OperatorIndustrial Waste Treatment TechnicianLead Sewage Plant OperatorLiquid Waste Treatment Plant OperatorOn-Site Wastewater Systems TechnicianPlant OperatorProcess Operator (Process Op)Purification OperatorRadioactive Waste Disposal DispatcherRelief OperatorSCADA Operator (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Operator)Sewage Plant OperatorSewage Treatment Plant OperatorTreatment SpecialistWaste Disposal Plant OperatorWaste Treatment OperatorWaste Water OperatorWaste Water TechnicianWaste Water Treatment Plant Operator (WWTP Operator)Wastewater EngineerWastewater Operator (WW Operator)Wastewater Plant OperatorWastewater TechnicianWastewater Treatment OperatorWastewater Treatment Plant OperatorWater Control DispatcherWater EngineerWater FiltererWater Filtration TechnicianWater OperatorWater Plant OperatorWater Pump OperatorWater PumperWater Purifier OperatorWater Quality TechnicianWater Reclamation Systems OperatorWater Supply TechnicianWater System OperatorWater Systems OperatorWater TechnicianWater Treatment OperatorWater Treatment Plant OperatorWater Treatment SpecialistWater Treatment TechnicianWatershed TenderWaterworks EmployeeWaterworks OperatorWaterworks Pump Station Operator