Los Angeles 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Los Angeles is a city in Los Angeles County. 616 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Los Angeles in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $124,061, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$64,581 to $113,983

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$124,061

median base $108,520 · median overtime $7,965

The largest group of Los Angeles's 911 dispatchers (264 of 616) hold the title Police Service Representative II, with an official range of $68,068 to $99,534. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $120,238, $20,704 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
616
467 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$7,965
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 60
employer pays a median $13,717 a year
Health, dental and vision
$18,055
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Los Angeles 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 Service Representative I$64,581 to $94,377 · 190 people
    $73,073
  2. Police Service Representative II$68,068 to $99,534 · 264 people
    $120,238
  3. Police Service Representative III$77,945 to $113,983 · 162 people
    $154,817

official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Los Angeles pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Los Angeles County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Los Angeles took home $4,562 more than the Los Angeles County median and $3,153 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Los Angeles

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Los Angeles?

911 dispatchers at Los Angeles who worked the full year took home a median of $124,061 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $64,581 to $113,983.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Los Angeles earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $7,965 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $108,520.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Los Angeles get?

The most common pension formula among Los Angeles's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 60, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $13,717 a year into the pension plan.

More public pay in Los Angeles County

Sources for the Los Angeles figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles.

How we read the data