El Cajon 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

El Cajon is a city in San Diego County. 21 people worked as 911 dispatchers for El Cajon in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $134,184, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$50,200 to $115,152

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$134,184

median base $89,185 · median overtime $25,627

911 dispatchers
21
10 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$25,627
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $11,601 a year
Health, dental and vision
$2,072
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at El Cajon 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 Comm Oper$50,200 to $61,019 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Police Dispatcher I$65,252 to $79,314 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Police Dispatcher I Nightshift$68,514 to $83,280 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Police Dispatcher II$75,595 to $91,886 · 7 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Police Dispatcher II Nightshift$79,375 to $96,481 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  6. Super Police Dispatcher$90,225 to $109,669 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  7. Super Police Dispatcher Ns$94,736 to $115,152 · 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 El Cajon pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at El Cajon took home $20,354 more than the San Diego County median and $13,276 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at El Cajon

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at El Cajon?

911 dispatchers at El Cajon who worked the full year took home a median of $134,184 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $50,200 to $115,152.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at El Cajon earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $25,627 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $89,185.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at El Cajon get?

The most common pension formula among El Cajon's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $11,601 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the El Cajon figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at El Cajon 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 El Cajon.

How we read the data