Buffalo 911 dispatcher salary, 2025
Buffalo's 911 dispatchers work for the Police Department (Public Safety Dispatchers) and the Fire Department (Emergency Services Fire Dispatchers).1 32 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Buffalo in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $91,780, overtime included.
What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Buffalo?
Based on the 23 of 32 911 dispatchers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $89,219
- the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $35,202
- average per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Highest-paid title
- $92,721
- Public Safety Dispatcher (Police), average total pay
- New York average
- $89,489
- average total pay at all 4 employers
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Buffalo pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Emergency Services Fire Dispatcher (Fire)$73,211
- Public Safety Dispatcher (Police)$92,721
- Senior Emergency Services Fire Dispatcher (Fire)fewer than 5
- Senior Public Safety Dispatcher (Police)fewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Buffalo pay 911 dispatchers more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers: Buffalo next to every New York employer together.1
- Buffalo$91,780
- All employers in New York$89,489
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Buffalo earned $2,291 more than the New York average.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Buffalo
What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Buffalo?
911 dispatchers at Buffalo who worked the full year earned an average of $91,780 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle 911 dispatcher earned $89,219: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Buffalo earn?
Full-year 911 dispatchers were paid an average of $35,202 in overtime in fiscal year 2025. The middle one was paid $28,248: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
Sources for the Buffalo figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Buffalo at any point in fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only full-time staff who started before July 2024, were paid their salary on at least 90% of the year's paydays, and were still paid at the end of June 2025. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with a lot of overtime. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- City of Buffalo, Open Payroll: every pay line of every city employee, with title, start date and kind of pay, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025), added up per person.