Bakersfield 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County. 63 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Bakersfield in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $80,906, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$49,458 to $88,220
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
The largest group of Bakersfield's 911 dispatchers (18 of 63) hold the title Police Dispatcher I, with an official range of $54,912 to $66,759. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $80,906, $14,147 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 63
- 40 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $14,038
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $7,572 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $12,291
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Bakersfield pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks what full-year staff in that title took home (median), where at least 5 people stand behind it.1
- Police Call Taker$67,482
- Fire Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- Police Dispatcher I$80,906
- Fire Dispatcher IIfewer than 5
- Police Dispatcher II$87,142
- Communications Center Supervisor$93,230
- Police Dispatcher I - Tempnot reported
official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Bakersfield pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Kern County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Bakersfield next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Bakersfield$80,906
- All employers in Kern County$87,612
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Bakersfield took home $6,706 less than the Kern County median and $40,002 less than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Bakersfield
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Bakersfield?
911 dispatchers at Bakersfield who worked the full year took home a median of $80,906 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $49,458 to $88,220.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Bakersfield earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $14,038 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $64,182.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Bakersfield get?
The most common pension formula among Bakersfield's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $7,572 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Bakersfield figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Bakersfield 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. Take-home is total wages, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Medians don't add up: the median base plus the median overtime isn't the median total. 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 Bakersfield.