911 dispatcher salaries by state and employer

What 911 dispatchers earn at each city, county and regional agency: what they actually earned, overtime included, next to the official pay range where the state's file has one. So far the site covers every California employer; in New York, New York City and 4 other employers that publish their pay; in Utah, 23 cities, counties and regional 911 centers; in Kentucky, Louisville Metro's MetroSafe 911 center; and in Georgia, Fulton County's 911 center. More states follow as we collect their data.

2025 dataCalifornia$126,606average total pay of full-year dispatchers17,630 dispatchers280 employer pagesCompare every California employer2024 and 2025 dataNew York$91,468average total pay of full-year dispatchers22,547 dispatchers5 employer pagesCompare every New York employerfiscal years 2025 and 2026 dataUtah$79,110average total pay of full-year dispatchers3707 dispatchers21 employer pagesCompare every Utah employer2025 dataKentucky$100,547average total pay of full-year dispatchers4119 dispatchers1 employer pageSee Kentucky2025 dataGeorgia$68,581average total pay of full-year dispatchers577 dispatchers1 employer pageSee Georgia

Work in progress

911 dispatcher pay in more states, as we collect the data

This page will compare 911 dispatcher pay across states. For now it covers every California employer; in New York, New York City and 4 other employers that publish their pay; in Utah, 23 cities, counties and regional 911 centers; in Kentucky, Louisville Metro's MetroSafe 911 center; and in Georgia, Fulton County's 911 center. Each state publishes local government pay differently, so we add states one at a time, after checking their files.

Until then, each state's page has everything we've published so far.

Sources for the state figures

Total pay is gross wages before tax, overtime included, of dispatchers who worked roughly the full year. Each state's page explains its full-year rule.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: wages of every 911 dispatcher position.
  2. City of New York, Citywide Payroll Data (Fiscal Year); Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023; Broome County, Annual Employee Earnings (Open NY); City of Buffalo, Open Payroll; Nassau County Comptroller, Nassau Open Payroll, the newest year each employer has published (2024 and 2025): wages of every 911 dispatcher position.
  3. Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor, the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026): wages of every 911 dispatcher position.
  4. Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro KY Employee Salary Data (Louisville Open Data), 2025: wages of every 911 dispatcher position.
  5. Fulton County Government (GA), Payroll Public Dataset, Share Fulton (CC BY 4.0), 2025: wages of every 911 dispatcher position.

How we read the data