Cathedral City 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Cathedral City is a city in Riverside County. 13 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Cathedral City in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $115,563, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$36,400 to $86,212
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Most of Cathedral City's 911 dispatchers (8 of 13) hold the title 7401 Public Safety Dispatcher II, with an official range of $65,863 to $86,212. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $121,745, $35,533 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 13
- 8 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $14,277
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $9,042 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $27,623
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Cathedral City 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
- 5531 Safety Dispatcher Part Timefewer than 5
- 6802 Public Safety Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- 7401 Public Safety Dispatcher II$121,745
official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Cathedral City pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Riverside County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Cathedral City next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Cathedral City$115,563
- All employers in Riverside County$110,384
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Cathedral City took home $5,179 more than the Riverside County median and $5,345 less than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Cathedral City
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Cathedral City?
911 dispatchers at Cathedral City who worked the full year took home a median of $115,563 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $36,400 to $86,212.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Cathedral City earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $14,277 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $84,740.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Cathedral City get?
The most common pension formula among Cathedral City's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $9,042 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Cathedral City figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Cathedral City 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 Cathedral City.