Novato 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Novato is a city in Marin County. 9 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Novato 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 $76,119 to $97,155.
What does Novato pay its 911 dispatchers?
Official pay range1
$76,119 to $97,155
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1
Fewer than 5
9 911 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
- $76,119
- bottom of the Dispatcher range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Novato 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
- DispatcherFewer than 5
- Senior 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 Novato?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Marin County and across California. Novato's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.1
- All employers in Marin County$153,474
- All employers in California$126,606
Full-year 911 dispatchers across Marin County earned an average of $153,474 in 2025, $26,868 more than the California average.
Average 911 dispatcher pay in Marin County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders Marin County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- San Francisco County$192,456 average, 1 employer$38,982 more than Marin County
- Contra Costa County$162,341 average, 10 employers$8,867 more than Marin County
- Solano County$135,708 average, 6 employers$17,766 less than Marin County
- Sonoma County$129,342 average, 9 employers$24,132 less than Marin County
Pension and health cover at Novato
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 Novato'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 Novato
Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for Novato?
9 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Novato 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 Novato?
The official range across Novato's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $76,119 to $97,155 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across Marin County earned an average of $153,474.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Novato get?
The most common pension formula among Novato's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Marin County
- Marin County$164,459 average total pay
- San Rafael$142,390 average total pay
- Fairfax911 dispatcher pay
- Highest 911 dispatcher salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Novato$151,876 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Marin CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Novato figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Novato 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 Novato.