Santa Cruz Regional 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Santa Cruz Regional 911 is a joint powers authority in Santa Cruz County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 50 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Santa Cruz Regional 911 in 2025. Santa Cruz Regional 911 reported no official pay range for these positions, so we can't tell who worked the full year and show no pay figures.

What does Santa Cruz Regional 911 pay its 911 dispatchers?

Official pay range2

Not reported

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

Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers2

Not reported

50 911 dispatchers in all; full-year count unknown (no official ranges).

Median total pay
Not reported
the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
Overtime
Not reported
average per full-year 911 dispatcher
Starting salary
Not reported
no official range reported
Average pay rank
Not reported
no average to rank

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Santa Cruz Regional 911 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

  1. Public Safety Dispatcher IRange not reported · 9 people
    Not reported
  2. Public Safety Dispatcher IIRange not reported · 35 people
    Not reported
  3. Public Safety Dispatcher IIIRange not reported · 6 people
    Not reported

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 Santa Cruz Regional 911?

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers across Santa Cruz County and across California. Santa Cruz Regional 911's own average isn't shown: it reported no official pay range, so the full-year rule can't be applied.2

What do 911 dispatchers earn at employers near Santa Cruz Regional 911?

Santa Cruz Regional 911 has no average of its own. These are the closest employers that report one, in Santa Cruz County and the counties next to it. They're other employers' figures, not an estimate of its pay.2

Average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included. Each employer's own year.

Pension and health cover at Santa Cruz Regional 911

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 Santa Cruz Regional 911's 911 dispatchers
Employer pension contribution
Not reported
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Not reported
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Santa Cruz Regional 911

Why is there no average dispatcher salary for Santa Cruz Regional 911?

Santa Cruz Regional 911 reported no official pay range for its 911 dispatcher positions in 2025. Without a range we can't tell who worked the full year, so the page shows no pay figures.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Santa Cruz Regional 911 get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Cruz Regional 911's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency.

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Sources for the Santa Cruz Regional 911 figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Santa Cruz Regional 911 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. California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
  2. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Santa Cruz Regional 911.

How we read the data