El Centro 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

El Centro is a city in Imperial County. 15 people worked as 911 dispatchers for El Centro 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 $42,444 to $83,604.

What does El Centro pay its 911 dispatchers?

Official pay range1

$42,444 to $83,604

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title

Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1

Fewer than 5

15 911 dispatchers in all, 3 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
$42,444
bottom of the Public Safety Dispatcher I range
Average pay rank
Fewer than 5
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each 911 dispatcher title at El Centro 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

  1. Public Safety Dispatcher I$42,444 to $55,716 · 8 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Public Safety Dispatcher II$49,032 to $64,368 · 6 people
    Fewer than 5
  3. Ps Dispatch Supervisor$63,696 to $83,604 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer 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 El Centro?

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Imperial County and across California. El Centro's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.1

Full-year 911 dispatchers across Imperial County earned an average of $73,417 in 2025, $53,189 less than the California average.

Average 911 dispatcher pay in Imperial County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders Imperial County, and how much more or less it pays.1

Imperial County Shades match the state map.

Pension and health cover at El Centro

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 El Centro'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 El Centro

Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for El Centro?

15 people worked as 911 dispatchers for El Centro 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 El Centro?

The official range across El Centro's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $42,444 to $83,604 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across Imperial County earned an average of $73,417.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at El Centro get?

The most common pension formula among El Centro's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.

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Sources for the El Centro figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at El Centro 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by El Centro.

How we read the data