Santa Paula 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Santa Paula is a city in Ventura County. 6 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Santa Paula in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $106,940, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$59,197 to $90,542

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$106,940

median base $64,654 · median overtime $15,458

Most of Santa Paula's 911 dispatchers (5 of 6) hold the title Public Safety Dispatch Clerk, with an official range of $59,197 to $71,989. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $106,833, $34,844 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
6
6 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$15,458
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $4,714 a year
Health, dental and vision
$5,856
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Santa Paula 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 Dispatch Clerk$59,197 to $71,989 · 5 people
    $106,833
  2. Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor$74,464 to $90,542 · 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 Santa Paula pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Ventura County?

Median take-home of full-year 911 dispatchers: Santa Paula next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Santa Paula took home $27,104 less than the Ventura County median and $13,968 less than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Santa Paula

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Santa Paula?

911 dispatchers at Santa Paula who worked the full year took home a median of $106,940 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $59,197 to $90,542.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Santa Paula earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $15,458 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $64,654.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Santa Paula get?

The most common pension formula among Santa Paula's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $4,714 a year into the pension plan.

More public pay in Ventura County

Sources for the Santa Paula figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Santa Paula 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 Santa Paula.

How we read the data