San Diego Unified Port District 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

San Diego Unified Port District is a port district in San Diego County. 10 people worked as 911 dispatchers for San Diego Unified Port District in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $169,301, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$73,008 to $143,874

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$169,301

median base $111,713 · median overtime $45,883

911 dispatchers
10
7 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$45,883
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
3% at 60
employer pays a median $8,161 a year
Health, dental and vision
$30,717
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at San Diego Unified Port District 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. Public Safety Dispatcher$73,008 to $97,844 · 6 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Lead Public Safety Dispatcher$84,510 to $113,256 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  3. Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor$107,348 to $143,874 · 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 San Diego Unified Port District pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Diego County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at San Diego Unified Port District took home $55,471 more than the San Diego County median and $48,393 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at San Diego Unified Port District

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at San Diego Unified Port District?

911 dispatchers at San Diego Unified Port District who worked the full year took home a median of $169,301 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $73,008 to $143,874.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at San Diego Unified Port District earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $45,883 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $111,713.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at San Diego Unified Port District get?

The most common pension formula among San Diego Unified Port District's 911 dispatchers is 3% at 60, as reported by the agency. The employer paid a median $8,161 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the San Diego Unified Port District figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at San Diego Unified Port District 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 San Diego Unified Port District.

How we read the data