Santa Barbara 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Santa Barbara is a city in Santa Barbara County. 17 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Santa Barbara in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $127,098, overtime included.
Official pay range1
$71,659 to $123,407
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest 911 dispatcher title
Most of Santa Barbara's 911 dispatchers (9 of 17) hold the title 2911 Public Safety Dispatcher II, with an official range of $75,316 to $91,547. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $125,743, $34,196 above the top of the range.
- 911 dispatchers
- 17
- 14 of them worked the full year
- Median overtime
- $25,699
- per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Pension formula
- 2% at 62
- employer pays a median $11,332 a year
- Health, dental and vision
- $15,806
- median paid by the employer per year
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Santa Barbara 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
- 2910 Public Safety Dispatcher Ifewer than 5
- 2911 Public Safety Dispatcher II$125,743
- 2912 Public Safety Dispatcher IIIfewer than 5
- 7388 Emergency Medical Dispatcherfewer than 5
- 2913 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 Santa Barbara pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Santa Barbara County?
Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Santa Barbara next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Santa Barbara$127,098
- All employers in Santa Barbara County$128,698
- All employers in California$120,908
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Santa Barbara took home $1,600 less than the Santa Barbara County median and $6,190 more than the California median.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Santa Barbara
How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Santa Barbara?
911 dispatchers at Santa Barbara who worked the full year took home a median of $127,098 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $71,659 to $123,407.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Santa Barbara earn?
The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $25,699 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $88,193.
What pension do 911 dispatchers at Santa Barbara get?
The most common pension formula among Santa Barbara's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $11,332 a year into the pension plan.
More public pay in Santa Barbara County
Sources for the Santa Barbara figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara.