San Luis Obispo 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
San Luis Obispo is a city in San Luis Obispo County. 15 people worked as 911 dispatchers for San Luis Obispo in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $128,148, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$77,220 to $126,464
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Most of San Luis Obispo's 911 dispatchers (13 of 15) hold the title Public Safety Dispatcher, with an official range of $77,220 to $105,040. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $127,900, $22,860 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 15
- 11 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $11,013
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $6,389 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $8,960
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at San Luis Obispo 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$127,900
- Public Safety Dispatch Supervisorfewer 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 Luis Obispo pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in San Luis Obispo County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: San Luis Obispo next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- San Luis Obispo$128,148
- All employers in San Luis Obispo County$104,323
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at San Luis Obispo took home $23,825 more than the San Luis Obispo County median and $7,240 more than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at San Luis Obispo
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at San Luis Obispo?
911 dispatchers at San Luis Obispo who worked the full year took home a median of $128,148 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $77,220 to $126,464.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at San Luis Obispo earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $11,013 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $109,173.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at San Luis Obispo get?
The most common pension formula among San Luis Obispo's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $6,389 a year into the pension plan.
More public pay in San Luis Obispo County
Sources for the San Luis Obispo figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at San Luis Obispo 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 San Luis Obispo.