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Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators Salary in Wildwood-The Villages, FL

According to the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data, the median annual wage for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators in Wildwood-The Villages, FL is $59,060. BLS estimates approximately 90 people work in this occupation in Wildwood-The Villages, FL. Wildwood-The Villages, FL is 1.6% below the national median ($60,020).

Median salary
$59,060
Average salary
$65,800
Median hourly
$28.40
Employment
90

Salary Distribution

Not everyone earns the median. Percentile wages show the range of pay within this occupation.

PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$37,830$18.19
25th percentile$46,910$22.55
Median (50th)$59,060$28.40
75th percentile$97,670$46.96
90th percentile$97,670$46.96

Data Reliability

BLS OEWS is a survey, not a full census — every estimate carries a margin of error. The relative standard error (RSE) below is BLS’s own measure of how much an estimate could vary; lower is more precise.

Wage estimate
RSE 1.3% — Very reliable
Employment estimate
RSE 4.8% — Very reliable

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Concentration

Jobs per 1,000
2.257
Location quotient
2.73

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary

Wildwood-The Villages, FL’s regional price level is below the national average (index 85.424, where 100 = U.S. average). Adjusted for that, the median salary has the purchasing power of $69,137 at the national price level.

This is a Career Atlas USA calculation based on BLS wage data and BEA Regional Price Parities. It is not a separate BLS wage estimate. Wage data: May 2025. Cost-of-living data: 2024.

Sources

Wage data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)May 2025 (release 25).

Figures shown as “Not available” reflect wages the source does not publish (e.g. suppressed for reliability), not zero.

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