Costa Mesa 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County. 21 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Costa Mesa in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $180,477, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$73,932 to $143,496

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$180,477

median base $105,352 · median overtime $45,024

Most of Costa Mesa's 911 dispatchers (11 of 21) hold the title Sr Public Safety Dispatcher, with an official range of $79,452 to $106,476. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $164,118, $57,642 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
21
15 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$45,024
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $10,722 a year
Health, dental and vision
$11,863
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Costa Mesa 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$73,932 to $99,072 · 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Sr Public Safety Dispatcher$79,452 to $106,476 · 11 people
    $164,118
  3. Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor$96,096 to $128,760 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Sr Communications Supervisor$107,088 to $143,496 · 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 Costa Mesa pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Orange County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Costa Mesa took home $52,031 more than the Orange County median and $59,569 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Costa Mesa

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Costa Mesa?

911 dispatchers at Costa Mesa who worked the full year took home a median of $180,477 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $73,932 to $143,496.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Costa Mesa earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $45,024 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $105,352.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Costa Mesa get?

The most common pension formula among Costa Mesa's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $10,722 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Costa Mesa figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Costa Mesa 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 Costa Mesa.

How we read the data