Riverside 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Riverside is a city in Riverside County. 58 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Riverside in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $133,297, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$62,484 to $115,188
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
The largest group of Riverside's 911 dispatchers (21 of 58) hold the title Public Safety Dispatcher I (T), with an official range of $62,484 to $75,936. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $84,584, $8,648 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 58
- 33 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $30,805
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $12,657 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $10,748
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Riverside 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 I (T)$84,584
- Public Safety Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- Public Safety Dispatcher II (T)$125,009
- Public Safety Dispatcher II$133,484
- Communications Supervisorfewer than 5
- Public Safety Communications Supervisor$148,880
official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Riverside pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Riverside County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Riverside next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Riverside$133,297
- All employers in Riverside County$110,384
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Riverside took home $22,913 more than the Riverside County median and $12,389 more than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Riverside
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Riverside?
911 dispatchers at Riverside who worked the full year took home a median of $133,297 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $62,484 to $115,188.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Riverside earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $30,805 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $86,518.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Riverside get?
The most common pension formula among Riverside's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $12,657 a year into the pension plan.
More public pay in Riverside County
Sources for the Riverside figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Riverside 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 Riverside.