Lodi 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Lodi is a city in San Joaquin County. 19 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Lodi in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $106,000, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$76,731 to $114,000

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$106,000

median base $84,698 · median overtime $6,172

Most of Lodi's 911 dispatchers (15 of 19) hold the title Dispatcher/Jailer, with an official range of $76,731 to $93,266. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $102,400, $9,134 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
19
16 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$6,172
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 55
employer pays a median $6,531 a year
Health, dental and vision
$11,750
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Lodi 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. Dispatcher/Jailer$76,731 to $93,266 · 15 people
    $102,400
  2. Lead Dispatcher/Jailer$81,325 to $98,851 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Dispatch Supervisor$93,788 to $114,000 · 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 Lodi pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Joaquin County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Lodi took home $14,254 less than the San Joaquin County median and $14,908 less than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Lodi

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Lodi?

911 dispatchers at Lodi who worked the full year took home a median of $106,000 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $76,731 to $114,000.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Lodi earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $6,172 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $84,698.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Lodi get?

The most common pension formula among Lodi's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 55, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $6,531 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Lodi figures

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

How we read the data