Suffolk County 911 dispatcher salary, 2024
Suffolk County's 911 staff work for the Police Department (Emergency Complaint Operators, who take the calls, and Public Safety Dispatchers), the Sheriff's Office (Public Safety Dispatchers) and Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services (Emergency Services Dispatchers).1 234 people worked as 911 dispatchers for Suffolk County in 2024. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $99,818, overtime included.
What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Suffolk County?
Based on the 155 of 234 911 dispatchers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $92,686
- the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $19,447
- average per full-year 911 dispatcher
- Highest-paid title
- $151,626
- Public Safety Dispatcher III, average total pay
- New York average
- $89,489
- average total pay at all 4 employers
What does each 911 dispatcher title at Suffolk 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.
- Emergency Complaint Operator$74,299
- Emergency Complaint Operator (HELP program)fewer than 5
- Emergency Complaint Operator, Spanish speaking$94,117
- Emergency Services Dispatcher I$98,096
- Emergency Services Dispatcher I (HELP program)fewer than 5
- Public Safety Dispatcher I$92,269
- Emergency Services Dispatcher II$141,996
- Public Safety Dispatcher II$125,599
- Emergency Services Dispatcher IIIfewer than 5
- Public Safety Dispatcher III$151,626
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Does Suffolk County pay 911 dispatchers more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year 911 dispatchers: Suffolk County next to every New York employer together.1
- Suffolk County$99,818
- All employers in New York$89,489
Full-year 911 dispatchers at Suffolk County earned $10,329 more than the New York average.
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay at Suffolk County
What is the average 911 dispatcher salary at Suffolk County?
911 dispatchers at Suffolk County who worked the full year earned an average of $99,818 in 2024, overtime included. The middle 911 dispatcher earned $92,686: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do 911 dispatchers at Suffolk County earn?
Full-year 911 dispatchers were paid an average of $19,447 in overtime in 2024. The middle one was paid $14,518: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
Sources for the Suffolk County figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at Suffolk County at any point in 2024 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who held the same title in 2023 and 2024, were still employed at the end of 2024, and whose 2024 regular earnings reached at least 90% of their 2023 earnings. The county's file has no hours, 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 a lot of overtime. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Suffolk County, County Salaries by Department 2024 and 2023: each county employee's most recent title, hire and end dates, regular earnings, overtime and total pay in 2024; the 2023 file shows who held the same title a year earlier.