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Salary by Country
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Salary by Country
The US median for water and wastewater treatment plant operators is $60,020. Below, the PPP-adjusted equivalent across 13 markets, modelled from US BLS data with OECD wage ratios and live exchange rates.
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What the water and wastewater treatment plant operators salary does not tell you
Salary measures what the market pays water and wastewater treatment plant operators today. It says nothing about how durable that pay is as AI reshapes the work. Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators currently sit at 18/100 on the AI exposure scale, in the low exposure band. A well-paid role can still be highly exposed: the question is which layer of the work you occupy.
The country differences below are wage-level effects, not exposure differences. AI compresses the same routine layer of water and wastewater treatment plant operators work in every market. To see where your own position sits and what shifts it, run the free structural reading or model the dimensions in the simulator.
13 markets
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators salary across countries
Median annual pay and the typical 10th-to-90th-percentile range, shown in each market's local currency.
| Country | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| United States (source) | $60,020 | $39,110 to $91,060 |
| United Kingdom | £31,100 | £20,200 to £47,100 |
| Canada | $62,500 | $40,700 to $94,900 |
| Australia | $64,000 | $41,700 to $97,100 |
| Ireland | €40,900 | €26,700 to €62,100 |
| New Zealand | $60,600 | $39,500 to $91,900 |
| Germany | 38.900 € | 25.300 € to 59.000 € |
| France | 34 800 € | 22 700 € to 52 800 € |
| Netherlands | € 46.000 | € 30.000 to € 69.800 |
| Singapore | $62,600 | $40,800 to $95,000 |
| Japan | ￥5,675,100 | ￥3,698,000 to ￥8,610,100 |
| South Africa | R 337,300 | R 219,800 to R 511,700 |
| India | ₹10,33,300 | ₹6,73,300 to ₹15,67,600 |
US figures are BLS OEWS survey data. All other countries are PPP-adjusted estimates, derived from the US median via OECD average-wage ratios and live exchange rates. They indicate purchasing-power-style equivalents, not surveyed local salaries.
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