Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators Salary — Flint, Michigan

The average Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators in Flint, Michigan earns $58,250 a year.

$58,250 / year, mean
↓ 10.3% below national average 57th percentile in Michigan

Flint sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
160
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.8%
Cost of living 93 #125 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $197,858 #166 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $60,673 #162 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Flint ranks #125 for cost of living and #166 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $116,800 San Jose $106,990 Vallejo $99,500 Napa $97,320 Seattle $92,380 Santa Cruz $90,680 Sacramento $89,620 Santa Maria $88,190 Olympia $87,930 Salinas $87,210 Los Angeles $86,460 Riverside $85,310 Stockton $85,230 Santa Rosa $84,790 San Diego $84,670 Mount Vernon $83,270 San Luis Obispo $82,800 Wenatchee $82,360 New York $81,950 Bellingham $81,860 Yuba City $80,870 Chicago $80,080 Chico $79,670 Portland $79,380 Oxnard $79,240 Modesto $78,130 Redding $78,090 Spokane $77,350 Bremerton $76,950 Jacksonville $76,770 Rockford $76,090 El Centro $75,600 Kennewick $75,340 Visalia $75,050 Eugene $74,620 Bloomington $73,300 Bakersfield $72,730 Vineland $72,350 Merced $72,340 Longview $72,250 Yakima $71,340 Medford $70,760 Fresno $70,660 Naples $69,420 Kokomo $69,110 Philadelphia $68,040 Bend $68,020 Salem $67,920 Atlantic City $67,620 Ann Arbor $67,380 Springfield $67,240 Trenton $67,180 Lansing $67,170 Pittsburgh $67,040 Hanford $66,450 Decatur $66,350 Miami $66,320 Baltimore $66,000 Albany $65,820 Wildwood $65,800 Kiryas Joel $65,620 Champaign $64,580 Dover $64,390 Peoria $64,280 Rochester $64,030 Albany $64,010 Detroit $64,010 Lancaster $63,990 Allentown $63,790 Tallahassee $63,760 Harrisburg $63,680 Glens Falls $63,450 Ithaca $62,710 Reading $62,570 Monroe $62,560 Scranton $62,370 Charlottesville $62,290 Port St. Lucie $62,200 Syracuse $62,160 Buffalo $62,100 Harrisonburg $61,980 Elmira $61,840 Sebastian $61,840 Tampa $61,800 State College $61,620 Sarasota $61,440 Erie $61,310 York $61,280 Lexington Park $60,910 Austin $60,450 Fort Wayne $60,100 Lebanon $59,970 Altoona $59,870 Richmond $59,800 Grand Rapids $59,780 Beaumont $59,760 Kankakee $59,660 Virginia Beach $59,500 Kingston $59,090 Fort Myers $58,990 Chambersburg $58,850 Indianapolis $58,660 Binghamton $58,620 Niles $58,450 Elkhart $58,350 Gainesville $58,300 Flint $58,250 Traverse City $58,230 Johnstown $57,790 Utica $57,330 Corpus Christi $57,120 Owensboro $56,790 Williamsport $56,720 Orlando $56,620 Jackson $56,560 Hagerstown $56,470 Muskegon $56,170 Evansville $56,090 Staunton $56,070 Lafayette $55,970 Battle Creek $55,660 Lynchburg $55,660 Louisville $55,480 Crestview $55,330 Houston $55,330 Bay City $55,300 San Antonio $55,220 Dallas $54,990 Michigan City $54,990 Kalamazoo $54,960 Saginaw $54,830 Punta Gorda $54,800 Salisbury $54,750 Watertown $54,720 Elizabethtown $54,660 Ocala $54,550 South Bend $54,340 Lakeland $54,180 Pensacola $53,670 Winchester $53,360 Deltona $53,210 Muncie $53,170 Paducah $53,100 Charleston $53,000 Waco $52,940 Beckley $52,920 Midland $52,340 Terre Haute $52,230 Weirton $52,230 Lubbock $52,200 College Station $51,710 Wheeling $51,680 Victoria $51,160 Sherman $50,800 Tyler $50,380 Parkersburg $50,330 Palm Bay $50,310 El Paso $49,330 Panama City $49,300 Huntington $49,070 Roanoke $48,920 Bloomington $48,770 Lexington $48,230 Killeen $48,120 Bowling Green $47,700 Longview $47,480 Abilene $47,400 Morgantown $46,910 Sebring $46,280 San Angelo $45,080 Amarillo $44,100 Laredo $43,690 Texarkana $43,290 Wichita Falls $43,230 Brownsville $43,200 McAllen $39,300
CityMean salaryvs. Flint
Abilene, Texas$47,400-18.6%
Albany, Oregon$65,820+13.0%
Albany, New York$64,010+9.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$63,790+9.5%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$59,870+2.8%
Amarillo, Texas$44,100-24.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$67,380+15.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$67,620+16.1%
Austin, Texas$60,450+3.8%
Bakersfield, California$72,730+24.9%
Baltimore, Maryland$66,000+13.3%
Battle Creek, Michigan$55,660-4.4%
Bay City, Michigan$55,300-5.1%
Beaumont, Texas$59,760+2.6%
Beckley, West Virginia$52,920-9.2%
Bellingham, Washington$81,860+40.5%
Bend, Oregon$68,020+16.8%
Binghamton, New York$58,620+0.6%
Bloomington, Illinois$73,300+25.8%
Bloomington, Indiana$48,770-16.3%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$47,700-18.1%
Bremerton, Washington$76,950+32.1%
Brownsville, Texas$43,200-25.8%
Buffalo, New York$62,100+6.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$58,990+1.3%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$58,850+1.0%
Champaign, Illinois$64,580+10.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$53,000-9.0%
Charlottesville, Virginia$62,290+6.9%
Chicago, Illinois$80,080+37.5%
Chico, California$79,670+36.8%
College Station, Texas$51,710-11.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$57,120-1.9%
Crestview, Florida$55,330-5.0%
Dallas, Texas$54,990-5.6%
Decatur, Illinois$66,350+13.9%
Deltona, Florida$53,210-8.7%
Detroit, Michigan$64,010+9.9%
Dover, Delaware$64,390+10.5%
El Centro, California$75,600+29.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$54,660-6.2%
Elkhart, Indiana$58,350+0.2%
Elmira, New York$61,840+6.2%
El Paso, Texas$49,330-15.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$61,310+5.3%
Eugene, Oregon$74,620+28.1%
Evansville, Indiana$56,090-3.7%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$60,100+3.2%
Fresno, California$70,660+21.3%
Gainesville, Florida$58,300+0.1%
Glens Falls, New York$63,450+8.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$59,780+2.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$56,470-3.1%
Hanford, California$66,450+14.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$63,680+9.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$61,980+6.4%
Houston, Texas$55,330-5.0%
Huntington, West Virginia$49,070-15.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$58,660+0.7%
Ithaca, New York$62,710+7.7%
Jackson, Michigan$56,560-2.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$76,770+31.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$57,790-0.8%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$54,960-5.6%
Kankakee, Illinois$59,660+2.4%
Kennewick, Washington$75,340+29.3%
Killeen, Texas$48,120-17.4%
Kingston, New York$59,090+1.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$65,620+12.7%
Kokomo, Indiana$69,110+18.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$55,970-3.9%
Lakeland, Florida$54,180-7.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$63,990+9.9%
Lansing, Michigan$67,170+15.3%
Laredo, Texas$43,690-25.0%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$59,970+3.0%
Lexington, Kentucky$48,230-17.2%
Lexington Park, Maryland$60,910+4.6%
Longview, Texas$47,480-18.5%
Longview, Washington$72,250+24.0%
Los Angeles, California$86,460+48.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$55,480-4.8%
Lubbock, Texas$52,200-10.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$55,660-4.4%
McAllen, Texas$39,300-32.5%
Medford, Oregon$70,760+21.5%
Merced, California$72,340+24.2%
Miami, Florida$66,320+13.9%
Michigan City, Indiana$54,990-5.6%
Midland, Texas$52,340-10.1%
Modesto, California$78,130+34.1%
Monroe, Michigan$62,560+7.4%
Morgantown, West Virginia$46,910-19.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$83,270+43.0%
Muncie, Indiana$53,170-8.7%
Muskegon, Michigan$56,170-3.6%
Napa, California$97,320+67.1%
Naples, Florida$69,420+19.2%
New York, New York$81,950+40.7%
Niles, Michigan$58,450+0.3%
Sarasota, Florida$61,440+5.5%
Ocala, Florida$54,550-6.4%
Olympia, Washington$87,930+51.0%
Orlando, Florida$56,620-2.8%
Owensboro, Kentucky$56,790-2.5%
Oxnard, California$79,240+36.0%
Paducah, Kentucky$53,100-8.8%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,310-13.6%
Panama City, Florida$49,300-15.4%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$50,330-13.6%
Pensacola, Florida$53,670-7.9%
Peoria, Illinois$64,280+10.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$68,040+16.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$67,040+15.1%
Portland, Oregon$79,380+36.3%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$62,200+6.8%
Punta Gorda, Florida$54,800-5.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$62,570+7.4%
Redding, California$78,090+34.1%
Richmond, Virginia$59,800+2.7%
Riverside, California$85,310+46.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$48,920-16.0%
Rochester, New York$64,030+9.9%
Rockford, Illinois$76,090+30.6%
Sacramento, California$89,620+53.9%
Saginaw, Michigan$54,830-5.9%
Salem, Oregon$67,920+16.6%
Salinas, California$87,210+49.7%
Salisbury, Maryland$54,750-6.0%
San Angelo, Texas$45,080-22.6%
San Antonio, Texas$55,220-5.2%
San Diego, California$84,670+45.4%
San Francisco, California$116,800+100.5%
San Jose, California$106,990+83.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$82,800+42.1%
Santa Cruz, California$90,680+55.7%
Santa Maria, California$88,190+51.4%
Santa Rosa, California$84,790+45.6%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$62,370+7.1%
Seattle, Washington$92,380+58.6%
Sebastian, Florida$61,840+6.2%
Sebring, Florida$46,280-20.5%
Sherman, Texas$50,800-12.8%
South Bend, Indiana$54,340-6.7%
Spokane, Washington$77,350+32.8%
Springfield, Illinois$67,240+15.4%
State College, Pennsylvania$61,620+5.8%
Staunton, Virginia$56,070-3.7%
Stockton, California$85,230+46.3%
Syracuse, New York$62,160+6.7%
Tallahassee, Florida$63,760+9.5%
Tampa, Florida$61,800+6.1%
Terre Haute, Indiana$52,230-10.3%
Texarkana, Texas$43,290-25.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$58,230-0.0%
Trenton, New Jersey$67,180+15.3%
Tyler, Texas$50,380-13.5%
Utica, New York$57,330-1.6%
Vallejo, California$99,500+70.8%
Victoria, Texas$51,160-12.2%
Vineland, New Jersey$72,350+24.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$59,500+2.1%
Visalia, California$75,050+28.8%
Waco, Texas$52,940-9.1%
Watertown, New York$54,720-6.1%
Weirton, West Virginia$52,230-10.3%
Wenatchee, Washington$82,360+41.4%
Wheeling, West Virginia$51,680-11.3%
Wichita Falls, Texas$43,230-25.8%
Wildwood, Florida$65,800+13.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$56,720-2.6%
Winchester, Virginia$53,360-8.4%
Yakima, Washington$71,340+22.5%
York, Pennsylvania$61,280+5.2%
Yuba City, California$80,870+38.8%
Gross salary
58,250/yr
Estimated take-home
46,230/yr
Est. total withheld
20.6%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-8031 SOC code
Official area Flint, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 22420 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
404,087