Bell Gardens 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Bell Gardens is a city in Los Angeles County. 9 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Bell Gardens in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $102,457, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$71,772 to $114,252

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$102,457

median base $85,963 · median overtime $10,324

Most of Bell Gardens's 911 dispatchers (8 of 9) hold the title Police Clerk/Dispatch, with an official range of $71,772 to $87,240. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $101,924, $14,684 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
9
7 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$10,324
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $7,252 a year
Health, dental and vision
$20,682
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Bell Gardens 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

  1. Police Clerk/Dispatch$71,772 to $87,240 · 8 people
    $101,924
  2. Communication Supervisor$93,996 to $114,252 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5

official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Bell Gardens pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Bell Gardens next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Bell Gardens took home $17,042 less than the Los Angeles County median and $18,451 less than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Bell Gardens

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Bell Gardens?

911 dispatchers at Bell Gardens who worked the full year took home a median of $102,457 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $71,772 to $114,252.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Bell Gardens earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $10,324 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $85,963.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Bell Gardens get?

The most common pension formula among Bell Gardens's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $7,252 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Bell Gardens figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Bell Gardens 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.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Bell Gardens.

How we read the data