Berkeley 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Berkeley is a city in Alameda County. 17 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Berkeley in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $76,762 to $132,551.
What does Berkeley pay its 911 dispatchers?
Official pay range1
$76,762 to $132,551
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1
Fewer than 5
17 911 dispatchers in all, 4 of them full-year: too few for an average.
- Median total pay
- Fewer than 5
- the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- Fewer than 5
- average per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Starting salary
- $76,762
- bottom of the 7016 Ps Dispatch I range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Berkeley pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- 7016 Ps Dispatch IFewer than 5
- 7019 Ps Dispatchii NcFewer than 5
- 7018 Ps DispatchFewer than 5
- 7018 Ps Dispatch IIFewer than 5
- 7023 Supv Ps DispatchFewer than 5
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
What do 911 dispatchers earn around Berkeley?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Alameda County and across California. Berkeley's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.1
- All employers in Alameda County$161,616
- All employers in California$126,606
Full-year 911 dispatchers across Alameda County earned an average of $161,616 in 2025, $35,010 more than the California average.
Average 911 dispatcher pay in Alameda County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders Alameda County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- San Francisco County$192,456 average, 1 employer$30,840 more than Alameda County
- San Mateo County$173,692 average, 11 employers$12,076 more than Alameda County
- Santa Clara County$171,634 average, 12 employers$10,018 more than Alameda County
- Contra Costa County$162,341 average, 10 employers$725 more than Alameda County
- San Joaquin County$123,790 average, 6 employers$37,826 less than Alameda County
- Stanislaus County$113,705 average, 4 employers$47,911 less than Alameda County
Pension and health cover at Berkeley
As reported by the city. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year 911 dispatcher, on top of wages.1
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- the most common formula among Berkeley's 911 dispatchers
- Employer pension contribution
- Fewer than 5
- average per year
- Health, dental and vision
- Fewer than 5
- average paid by the employer per year
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Berkeley
Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for Berkeley?
17 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Berkeley in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.
What is the pay range for a 911 dispatcher at Berkeley?
The official range across Berkeley's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $76,762 to $132,551 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across Alameda County earned an average of $161,616.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Berkeley get?
The most common pension formula among Berkeley's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Alameda County
- Livermore$172,084 average total pay
- Newark$157,076 average total pay
- San Leandro$155,682 average total pay
- Pleasanton$138,777 average total pay
- East Bay Regional Park District$136,523 average total pay
- Alameda$129,468 average total pay
- Highest 911 dispatcher salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Berkeley$214,680 average total pay
- Firefighter salaries at Berkeley$210,083 average total pay
- Nurse salaries at BerkeleyPay by title
- Librarian salaries at Berkeley$95,702 average total pay
- Paramedic and EMT salaries at Berkeley$129,028 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Alameda CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Berkeley figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Berkeley at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Berkeley.