Belmont 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Belmont is a city in San Mateo County. 9 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Belmont in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $128,259, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$91,169 to $131,482

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$128,259

median base $113,586 · median overtime $12,116

Most of Belmont's 911 dispatchers (6 of 9) hold the title Police Dispatcher, with an official range of $91,169 to $116,357. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $128,259, $11,902 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
9
6 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$12,116
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 55
employer pays a median $11,946 a year
Health, dental and vision
$12,528
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Belmont 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 Dispatcher$91,169 to $116,357 · 6 people
    $128,259
  2. Dispatcher, Per Diem$103,024 to $131,482 · 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 Belmont pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Mateo County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Belmont took home $44,672 less than the San Mateo County median and $7,351 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Belmont

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Belmont?

911 dispatchers at Belmont who worked the full year took home a median of $128,259 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $91,169 to $131,482.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Belmont earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $12,116 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $113,586.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Belmont get?

The most common pension formula among Belmont's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $11,946 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Belmont figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Belmont 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 Belmont.

How we read the data