Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities salary, National

Recruiter's read: what do the published figures mean for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National?

Real Estate Headhunters reads Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National through BLS occupation 51-8031, Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, rather than treating the niche title as a separately surveyed job. The May 2025 annual median for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National is $60,020; its broader mapping means the occupation and its limits belong beside this offer budget.

Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National has a published middle-half band from $48,040 at the lower quartile to $74,780 at the upper quartile in May 2025. The $26,740 difference for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National is the width of that reported band, not a recommended automatic raise or a measure of candidate seniority.

Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National shows $39,110 at the tenth percentile and $91,060 at the ninetieth percentile. The lower-tail gap for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National is $8,930, versus $16,280 above the upper quartile; the upper published tail is wider, which describes dispersion but does not explain its cause.

The national benchmark for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National is the cross-industry distribution, with published employment of 128490 for SOC 51-8031. The employment figure for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National counts workers in Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, not only property management employees carrying this niche title, so it cannot be presented as a count of available candidates.

For Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National, the two comparison metros are selected by published employment, not geographic proximity: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ reports $83,320; Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ reports $63,660. Those May 2025 comparisons for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National use SOC 51-8031 on the same annual basis, without substituting a different job to obtain a convenient number.

The prior annual median for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National was $58,260 in May 2024, compared with $60,020 in May 2025. The new-minus-old difference for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National is $1,760; it compares two survey distributions, not the pay rise of a tracked worker or a forecast.

For Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National, the highest exact published national medians among the loaded real-estate, building-service and fund industry rows are Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $51,600; Real Estate (NAICS 531000), $51,600. These May 2025 industry figures for Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National are national cuts, not an industry-pay ranking inside National, because the loaded industry source does not cross-tabulate that local market.

Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National uses BLS straight-time gross wages, which include base rates, guaranteed pay, commissions and production bonuses but exclude discretionary or nonproduction bonuses. For an offer benchmarked to Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities in National, state overtime, on-call pay, relocation support and housing discounts separately because OEWS excludes them; the $60,020 median does not price those additions in National.

What wages did BLS publish?

The BLS May 2025 median for Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators in National is $60,020 per year. This is the mapped occupation, not a separate survey of Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities.

Water and Wastewater Operator, Manufactured Housing Communities maps to Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators (51-8031), a broader occupation. BLS does not publish this exact real estate title separately. The property's scope, equipment, supervision and required credentials can differ from the occupation as a whole.

SOC 51-8031 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators

This wage is equal to or greater than $115.00 per hour or $239,200 per year. A cell marked “or more” is a threshold, not an exact value.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 51-8031 Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators, National. Released 2026-05-15.

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What changed since the last release

These are two published distributions, not a projection or a same-worker pay-rise measure. Changes in coverage, sampling or area boundaries can affect comparison.

Prior source: BLS OEWS May 2024, released 2025-04-02. Prior area label: U.S.. Check BLS boundary notes before treating these as an unchanged market.

National pay by industry

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The pay ladder

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Other covered markets

All BLS areas are available in the public tools. These links show this occupation's largest metro employment markets.

• Northern New Jersey
• Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
• Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
• Dallas
• Chicago
• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
• Miami
• Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
• Tampa
• St. Louis, MO-IL
• Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
• Cleveland, OH
• Pittsburgh, PA
• Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
• Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR
• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
• Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

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