Coronado 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Coronado is a city in San Diego County. 12 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Coronado in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $125,040, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$70,358 to $111,841

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$125,040

median base $90,387 · median overtime $17,409

Most of Coronado's 911 dispatchers (11 of 12) hold the title Police Dispatcher, with an official range of $70,358 to $94,287. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $122,167, $27,880 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
12
9 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$17,409
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $13,262 a year
Health, dental and vision
$26,016
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Coronado 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$70,358 to $94,287 · 11 people
    $122,167
  2. Police Dispatch Supervisor$83,457 to $111,841 · 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 Coronado pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Coronado took home $11,210 more than the San Diego County median and $4,132 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Coronado

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Coronado?

911 dispatchers at Coronado who worked the full year took home a median of $125,040 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $70,358 to $111,841.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Coronado earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $17,409 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $90,387.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Coronado get?

The most common pension formula among Coronado's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $13,262 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Coronado figures

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

How we read the data