Paradise 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Paradise is a city in Butte County. 7 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Paradise 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 $54,288 to $69,306.
What does Paradise pay its 911 dispatchers?
Official pay range1
$54,288 to $69,306
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, 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
- $54,288
- bottom of the Public Safety Dispatcher range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Paradise 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
- Public Safety 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 Paradise?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Butte County and across California. Paradise's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its 911 dispatchers worked the full year.1
- All employers in Butte County$100,327
- All employers in California$126,606
Full-year 911 dispatchers across Butte County earned an average of $100,327 in 2025, $26,279 less than the California average.
Average 911 dispatcher pay in Butte County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across all employers in each county that borders Butte County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Sutter County$115,536 average, 1 employer$15,209 more than Butte County
- Colusa County$95,397 average, 1 employer$4,930 less than Butte County
- Yuba County$92,458 average, 2 employers$7,869 less than Butte County
- Glenn County$85,202 average, 1 employer$15,125 less than Butte County
- Tehama County$82,498 average, 3 employers$17,829 less than Butte County
- Plumas County$67,365 average, 1 employer$32,962 less than Butte County
Pension and health cover at Paradise
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 Paradise'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 Paradise
Why is there no average 911 dispatcher salary for Paradise?
7 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Paradise 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 Paradise?
The official range across Paradise's 911 dispatcher titles runs from $54,288 to $69,306 in 2025. For comparison, full-year 911 dispatchers across Butte County earned an average of $100,327.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Paradise get?
The most common pension formula among Paradise's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Butte County
- Chico$113,913 average total pay
- Butte County$101,511 average total pay
- Oroville$89,008 average total pay
- Gridley$73,935 average total pay
- Highest 911 dispatcher salaries in CaliforniaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- Police officer salaries at Paradise$126,437 average total pay
- Teacher salaries in Butte CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Paradise figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Paradise 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 Paradise.