Sunnyvale 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Sunnyvale is a city in Santa Clara County. 27 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Sunnyvale in 2025. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $207,046, overtime included.

Official pay range1

$105,472 to $170,670

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

Median take-home, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$207,046

median base $143,356 · median overtime $41,864

Most of Sunnyvale's 911 dispatchers (14 of 27) hold the title Public Safety Dispatcher, with an official range of $122,096 to $148,409. Those who worked the full year took home a median of $196,790, $48,381 above the top of the range.

911 dispatchers
27
16 of them worked the full year
Median overtime
$41,864
per full-year 911 dispatcher
Pension formula
2% at 62
employer pays a median $17,894 a year
Health, dental and vision
$9,780
median paid by the employer per year

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Sunnyvale 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-In-Training$105,472 to $116,282 · 7 people
    fewer than 5
  2. Public Safety Dispatcher$122,096 to $148,409 · 14 people
    $196,790
  3. Public Safety Dispatcher - Lateral$122,096 to $148,409 · fewer than 5 people
    fewer than 5
  4. Senior Public Safety Dispatcher$140,411 to $170,670 · 5 people
    $219,652

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

Does Sunnyvale pay 911 dispatchers more than other employers in Santa Clara County?

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

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Sunnyvale took home $38,399 more than the Santa Clara County median and $86,138 more than the California median.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Sunnyvale

How much does a 911 dispatcher make at Sunnyvale?

911 dispatchers at Sunnyvale who worked the full year took home a median of $207,046 in 2025, including overtime. The official pay range across its 911 dispatcher titles runs from $105,472 to $170,670.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Sunnyvale earn?

The median full-year 911 dispatcher was paid $41,864 in overtime in 2025, on top of a median base pay of $143,356.

What pension do 911 dispatchers at Sunnyvale get?

The most common pension formula among Sunnyvale's 911 dispatchers is 2% at 62, as reported by the city. The employer paid a median $17,894 a year into the pension plan.

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Sources for the Sunnyvale figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Sunnyvale 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 Sunnyvale.

How we read the data