Heartland Communications Facility Authority 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Heartland Communications Facility Authority is a joint powers authority in San Diego County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.¹ 17 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Heartland Communications Facility Authority 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 $65,374 to $79,477.

What does Heartland Communications Facility Authority pay its 911 dispatchers?

Official pay range²

$65,374 to $79,477

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

Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers²

Fewer than 5

17 911 dispatchers in all, 2 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: $65,374; bottom of the HCFA Dispatcher range
Average pay rank: Fewer than 5; too few full-year staff to rank

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Heartland Communications Facility Authority 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.²

HCFA Dispatcher$65,374 to $79,477 · 13 people
Fewer than 5
HCFA Dispatcher P/T$65,374 to $79,477 · 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 Heartland Communications Facility Authority?

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across San Diego County and across California. Heartland Communications Facility Authority's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.²

All employers in San Diego County$119,104
All employers in California$126,606

Full-year 911 dispatchers across San Diego County earned an average of $119,104 in 2025, $7,502 less than the California average.

Average 911 dispatcher pay in San Diego County compared to nearby counties

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders San Diego County, and how much more or less it pays.²

San Diego County Shades match the state map.

Pension and health cover at Heartland Communications Facility Authority

As reported by the agency. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year 911 dispatcher, on top of wages.²

Pension formula: 2% at 62; the most common formula among Heartland Communications Facility Authority'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 Heartland Communications Facility Authority

Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for Heartland Communications Facility Authority?

17 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Heartland Communications Facility Authority 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 Heartland Communications Facility Authority?

The official range across Heartland Communications Facility Authority's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $65,374 to $79,477 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across San Diego County earned an average of $119,104.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Heartland Communications Facility Authority get?

The most common pension formula among Heartland Communications Facility Authority's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Heartland Communications Facility Authority figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Heartland Communications Facility Authority 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.

California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Heartland Communications Facility Authority.

How we read the data