Curious to know what a good average for water jet operation and programming is to be expected hourly?

I operate and program for two Omax waterjets with one year experience.

What is a peak for waterjet work as far as hourly goes? those who have been in the business a while

Well that depends....where you are located and what industry you are working in. If you look on salaries.com the average is somewhere between 32-50K.