La Palma 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
La Palma is a city in Orange County. 7 people worked as 911 dispatchers for La Palma 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 $62,213 to $83,366.
What does La Palma pay its 911 dispatchers?
Official pay range1
$62,213 to $83,366
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1
Fewer than 5
7 911 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
- $65,319
- bottom of the Police Dispatcher range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each 911 dispatcher title at La Palma 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
- Per Diem DispatcherFewer than 5
- Police DispatcherFewer 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 La Palma?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Orange County and across California. La Palma's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.1
- All employers in Orange County$137,560
- All employers in California$126,606
Full-year 911 dispatchers across Orange County earned an average of $137,560 in 2025, $10,954 more than the California average.
Average 911 dispatcher pay in Orange County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders Orange County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Los Angeles County$121,075 average, 38 employers$16,485 less than Orange County
- San Diego County$119,104 average, 13 employers$18,456 less than Orange County
- Riverside County$116,888 average, 10 employers$20,672 less than Orange County
- San Bernardino County$111,808 average, 11 employers$25,752 less than Orange County
Pension and health cover at La Palma
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 La Palma'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 La Palma
Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for La Palma?
7 people worked as 911 dispatchers for La Palma 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 La Palma?
The official range across La Palma's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $62,213 to $83,366 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across Orange County earned an average of $137,560.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at La Palma get?
The most common pension formula among La Palma's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Orange County
- Laguna Beach$157,114 average total pay
- Buena Park$146,979 average total pay
- Fountain Valley$123,607 average total pay
- Garden Grove$116,687 average total pay
- Brea$113,268 average total pay
- Fullerton$105,887 average total pay
- Highest 911 dispatcher salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at La Palma$129,494 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Orange CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the La Palma figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at La Palma 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 La Palma.