Nassau County 911 dispatcher salary, 2025

Nassau County's 911 call takers and dispatchers, its Police Communications Operators, work for the county's Police Department.1 259 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Nassau County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $109,314, overtime included.

What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Nassau County?

Average base pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$81,371

regular pay, before overtime and other pay

Average total pay, full-year 911 dispatchers1

$109,314

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 178 of 259 911 dispatchers who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$107,619
the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
Overtime
$14,869
average per full-year 911 dispatcher
Highest-paid title
$123,597
Police Communications Operator Supervisor, average total pay
Average pay rank
1st
of 5 New York employers

What does each 911 dispatcher title at Nassau County 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.

  1. Police Communications Operator226 people
    $108,281
  2. Police Communications Operator Supervisor33 people
    $123,597

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Does Nassau County pay 911 dispatchers more than other New York employers?

Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers: Nassau County next to every New York employer together.1

Full-year 911 dispatchers at Nassau County earned $17,846 more than the New York average.

Where does Nassau County rank among New York employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year 911 dispatchers, by average total pay.1

All 5 New York employers

Nassau County ranks 1st of 5, above the middle employer.

Nassau County
$80k$100k

Middle employer: $91,780

Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.

Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Nassau County

What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Nassau County?

911 dispatchers at Nassau County who worked the full year earned an average of $109,314 in 2025, overtime included. The middle 911 dispatcher earned $107,619: half earned more, half less.

How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Nassau County earn?

Full-year 911 dispatchers were paid an average of $14,869 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $7,837: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.

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Sources for the Nassau County figures

Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Nassau County at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only full-time staff who held the same title in 2024 and 2025, received no termination pay in 2025, and whose 2025 regular pay reached at least 90% of their 2024 regular pay. The county's file has no hours or hire dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. 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 very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. Nassau County Comptroller, Nassau Open Payroll: title, full- or part-time status, regular pay, overtime, longevity, shift differential, termination pay and other pay of every county employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who held the same title a year earlier.

How we read the data