Brea 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Brea is a city in Orange County. 14 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Brea in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $119,568, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$65,503 to $122,024

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$119,568

median base $89,188 · median overtime $13,720

The largest group of Brea's 911 dispatchers (7 of 14) hold the title Public Safety Dispatcher II, with an official range of $72,068 to $92,265. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $119,244, $26,979 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
14
8 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$13,720
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 55
employer pays a median $9,348 a year
Health, dental and vision
$9,600
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Brea 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. Public Safety Dispatcher I$65,503 to $83,860 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Public Safety Dispatcher II$72,068 to $92,265 · 7 people
    $119,244
  3. Senior Public Safety Dispatcher$79,275 to $101,491 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Communications Supervisor$95,313 to $122,024 · 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 Brea pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Orange County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Brea took home $8,878 less than the Orange County median and $1,340 less than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Brea

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Brea?

911 dispatchers at Brea who worked the full year took home a median of $119,568 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $65,503 to $122,024.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Brea earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $13,720 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $89,188.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Brea get?

The most common pension formula among Brea's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $9,348 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Brea figures

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

How we read the data