California / Water Resources / Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
80 employees hold this title in Water Resources. Median total compensation for the role is $137,344, above the department median of $115,959.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 80 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in California, the median wage for Power Plant Operators — about 2,610 people — is $105,210. Water Resources pays a median base salary of $121,194 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Power Plant Operators across every employer in California, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Water Resources’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Power Plant Operators — about 29,320 people — is $102,040. Water Resources’s median base salary is 19% above that national figure, about the 77th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the California range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 98 of 107 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Water Resources is $143,564, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Record list
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This Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I record at Water Resources for Israel Luna may represent several individuals, totaling $173,091 in 2025.
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Emilio Flores works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Emilio earned $171,812 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Scott Parker holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $169,451. They are represented by R12.
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Jaime Jimenez holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $166,392. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Andrew Devalk is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $165,803. Union affiliation: R12.
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Timothy Noll is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $164,517. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Sean Marsh holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $163,759. They are represented by R12.
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At Water Resources, Daniel Larribas serves as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $163,119. They are represented by R12.
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Eric Brown works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Eric earned $163,063 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Gregory Kramer holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $162,399. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Aric Mccullough holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $160,010. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Matthew Darling is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $159,488. Union affiliation: R12.
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Cruz Gloria is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $158,976. They are represented by R12.
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Robert Wickstrom holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $158,973. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Everett Carter holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $158,350. They are represented by R12.
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At Water Resources, Noel Farias serves as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $157,640. They are represented by R12.
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Matthew Johnston works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Matthew earned $156,829 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Timothy Rabun works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Timothy earned $155,710 in 2025. Union affiliation: R12.
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Carl Dueck is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $154,938. Union affiliation: R12.
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Timothy Evans is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $154,550. They are represented by R12.
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Jeffrey Macdonald holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $154,107. Union affiliation: R12.
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Nicholas Mann works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Nicholas earned $153,156 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Brandon Howell holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $152,635. They are represented by R12.
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Paul Magana holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $152,485. They are represented by R12.
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Cody Glisan is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $152,373. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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George Demelo holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $149,799. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Gary Hieronymus works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Gary earned $149,673 in 2025. They are represented by R12.
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Eduardo Hernandez holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $148,860. They are represented by R12.
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Robert Mattos Iii works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Robert earned $147,663 in 2025. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Johnathon Milam is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $145,861. Union affiliation: R12.
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At Water Resources, Arturo Gomez serves as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $143,564. Union affiliation: R12.
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Armando Chavez Ii holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $143,534. They are represented by R12.
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Justin Eaves is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $141,689. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Albert Kopp holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $141,093. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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At Water Resources, Marcus Jenkins serves as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I. They work full-time. Their 2025 pay totaled $140,334. They are represented by R12.
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John Murray holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $139,811. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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John Airozo holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $139,067. Union affiliation: R12.
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Clinton Whitehouse Iii is a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. They work full-time. 2025 total compensation came to $139,065. They are represented by R12.
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Joseph Fairbanks holds the role of Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I at Water Resources. Their status is full-time. In 2025, their total compensation was $137,498. Their bargaining unit is R12.
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Sean Cintas works as a Hydroelectric Plant Mechanic I for Water Resources. Their status is full-time. Sean earned $137,388 in 2025. They are represented by R12.