Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center is a joint powers authority in Sacramento County: a public agency that two or more public agencies set up by agreement to run a shared service.1 40 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $108,317, overtime included.
Official pay range2
$63,115 to $95,580
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Most of Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center's 911 dispatchers (22 of 40) hold the title Dispatcher III, with an official range of $78,646 to $95,580. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $113,403, $17,823 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 40
- 29 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $9,052
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $7,275 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $24,880
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center 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.2
- Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- Dispatcher II$89,456
- Dispatcher III$113,403
official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Sacramento County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.2
- Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center$108,317
- All employers in Sacramento County$110,336
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center took home $2,019 less than the Sacramento County median and $12,591 less than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center?
911 dispatchers at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center who worked the full year took home a median of $108,317 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $63,115 to $95,580.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $9,052 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $88,254.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center get?
The most common pension formula among Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the agency. The employer paid a median $7,275 a year into the pension plan.
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Sources for the Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center 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.
- California Government Code, section 6502: public agencies may jointly exercise their common powers by agreement.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Sacramento Regional Public Safety Communications Center.