Sonoma County 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

25 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Sonoma County in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $151,692, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$76,618 to $129,527

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$151,692

median base $104,515 · median overtime $32,348

The largest group of Sonoma County's 911 dispatchers (11 of 25) hold the title Communications Dispatcher II, with an official range of $86,657 to $105,337. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $144,166, $38,829 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
25
16 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$32,348
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
Not reported
employer pays a median $18,404 a year
Health, dental and vision
$22,372
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Sonoma County 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. Communications Dispatcher I$76,618 to $93,148 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Communications Dispatcher II$86,657 to $105,337 · 11 people
    $144,166
  3. Senior Communications Dispatcher$94,651 to $115,063 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Supervising Communications Dispatcher$106,568 to $129,527 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  5. Communications Dispatcher II Extra HelpRange not reported · fewer than 5 people
    not reported

official range median take-home, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Sonoma County pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Sonoma County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Sonoma County took home $25,925 more than the Sonoma County median and $30,784 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Sonoma County

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Sonoma County?

911 dispatchers at Sonoma County who worked the full year took home a median of $151,692 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $76,618 to $129,527.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Sonoma County earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $32,348 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $104,515.

More public pay in Sonoma County

Sources for the Sonoma County figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Sonoma County 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 Sonoma County.

How we read the data