Escondido 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Escondido is a city in San Diego County. 25 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Escondido in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $101,379, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$64,682 to $95,560
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Most of Escondido's 911 dispatchers (18 of 25) hold the title Public Safety Dispatcher II, with an official range of $71,299 to $95,560. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $101,379, $5,819 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 25
- 15 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $13,693
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2.7% at 57
- employer pays a median $9,980 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $13,428
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Escondido 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
- Public Safety Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- Public Safety Dispatcher II$101,379
official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Escondido pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Diego County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Escondido next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Escondido$101,379
- All employers in San Diego County$113,830
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Escondido took home $12,451 less than the San Diego County median and $19,529 less than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Escondido
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Escondido?
911 dispatchers at Escondido who worked the full year took home a median of $101,379 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $64,682 to $95,560.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Escondido earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $13,693 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $81,243.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Escondido get?
The most common pension formula among Escondido's 911 dispatchers is 2.7% at 57, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $9,980 a year into the pension plan.
More public pay in San Diego County
- San Diego Unified Port District$169,301 median take-home
- El Cajon$134,184 median take-home
- North County Dispatch Joint Powers Authority$126,143 median take-home
- Coronado$125,040 median take-home
- National City$123,816 median take-home
- San Diego$121,799 median take-home
- Teacher salaries in San Diego CountyEvery school district's salary schedule
Sources for the Escondido figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Escondido 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 Escondido.