Utah 911 dispatcher salaries by employer, 2025-26
707 people worked as 911 dispatchers for 23 cities, counties and regional 911 centers in Utah in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026). Those who worked the full year earned an average of $79,110, overtime included.
What is the average 911 dispatcher salary in Utah?
Highest- and lowest-paying among the 13 employers with at least 10 full-year dispatchers. The lists below include every employer with at least 5.
- 911 dispatchers
- 707
- 436 of them worked the full year
- Employers
- 23
- 21 with 5 or more dispatchers, in 15 counties
- Median total pay
- $76,040
- the middle 911 dispatcher: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
What stands out in Utah 911 dispatcher pay
Depending on the employer, average total pay runs from $61,281 to $98,670.
That's the range across the 13 employers with at least 10 full-year dispatchers. The best-paying employer's dispatchers earn 1.6 times the lowest-paying one's.
Supervisors earn 1.5 times as much as entry-level dispatchers.
Full-year dispatchers in entry-level titles (level I) earned an average of $65,580; dispatch supervisors $101,277.
Wasatch, Summit and Salt Lake counties pay the most.
By county, the average total pay is highest in Wasatch, Summit and Salt Lake counties ($99,760, $92,945 and $84,189).
Which Utah employers pay 911 dispatchers the most?
By average total pay of full-year dispatchers, among employers with at least 5 of them.
Highest average total pay
- Wasatch CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
7 full-year dispatchers$99,760 - Salt Lake CityCity in Salt Lake County, fiscal year 2026
56 full-year dispatchers$98,670 - Summit CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
13 full-year dispatchers$92,945 - Central Utah 911Interlocal agency in Utah County, fiscal year 2025
31 full-year dispatchers$88,545 - BountifulCity in Davis County, fiscal year 2026
11 full-year dispatchers$84,474 - St. GeorgeCity in Washington County, fiscal year 2025
27 full-year dispatchers$82,268 - Emery CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
21 full-year dispatchers$81,998 - Grand CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
7 full-year dispatchers$79,780 - LaytonCity in Davis County, fiscal year 2026
18 full-year dispatchers$79,666 - Davis CountyCounty government, fiscal year 2025
15 full-year dispatchers$78,806
Highest 911 dispatcher salaries in Utah: the top employers by total pay and by county
Compare 911 dispatcher pay at every Utah employer
What full-year dispatchers earned at each employer, overtime included. Click a column to sort it.
Showing all 21 employers, highest average total pay first.
| Wasatch CountyWasatch County | Wasatch | $99,760 | fiscal year 2025 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake CitySalt Lake County | Salt Lake | $98,670 | fiscal year 2026 | 100 |
| Summit CountySummit County | Summit | $92,945 | fiscal year 2025 | 19 |
| Central Utah 911Utah County | Utah | $88,545 | fiscal year 2025 | 47 |
| BountifulDavis County | Davis | $84,474 | fiscal year 2026 | 26 |
| St. GeorgeWashington County | Washington | $82,268 | fiscal year 2025 | 40 |
| Emery CountyEmery County | Emery | $81,998 | fiscal year 2025 | 28 |
| Grand CountyGrand County | Grand | $79,780 | fiscal year 2025 | 12 |
| LaytonDavis County | Davis | $79,666 | fiscal year 2026 | 25 |
| Davis CountyDavis County | Davis | $78,806 | fiscal year 2025 | 25 |
| LoganCache County | Cache | $77,016 | fiscal year 2026 | 23 |
| Valley Emergency Communications CenterSalt Lake County | Salt Lake | $75,077 | fiscal year 2025 | 156 |
| ProvoUtah County | Utah | $73,870 | fiscal year 2026 | 49 |
| SpringvilleUtah County | Utah | $69,731 | fiscal year 2026 | 17 |
| Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services DistrictWeber County | Weber | $68,756 | fiscal year 2025 | 71 |
| Kane CountyKane County | Kane | $64,653 | fiscal year 2025 | 6 |
| Beaver CountyBeaver County | Beaver | $62,356 | fiscal year 2025 | 5 |
| Millard CountyMillard County | Millard | $62,265 | fiscal year 2025 | 7 |
| Tooele CountyTooele County | Tooele | $61,281 | fiscal year 2025 | 21 |
| Sanpete CountySanpete County | Sanpete | $55,114 | fiscal year 2025 | 7 |
| AltaSalt Lake County | Salt Lake | Fewer than 5 | fiscal year 2026 | 9 |
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"Fewer than 5": fewer than 5 dispatchers worked the full year, too few for an average. Employers with fewer than 5 dispatchers aren't listed.
How reliable are the Utah 911 dispatcher figures?
Pay here is total pay, overtime included.
Utah's file has one wage figure per person, so base pay and overtime can't be shown on their own.1
Who worked the full year is our best estimate.
The file has no hours or start dates. We count someone as full-year when they worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much, and were paid at least a full year at the minimum wage.2 Steady part-timers paid above that can still pass the test: 4 of the 436 full-year dispatchers were paid under $25,000.
Employers report different years.
Each employer shows the newest full year it has published: fiscal year 2026 for 7 employers and fiscal year 2025 for 14 employers. Where an employer's 2026 figures looked like part of a year, we show 2025. State figures combine both years.
There are no official pay ranges.
The file lists each person's title and pay, not the employer's pay scale, so these pages show what dispatchers were paid, not what a job can pay.
Titles were sorted by hand.
The file has no departments and cuts some long titles short, so we decided each title one by one. Valley Emergency Communications Center calls its dispatchers "Communications Officers", for example, and some counties combine dispatch with jail or office work; those combined jobs aren't counted.
Which Utah jobs count as 911 dispatchers here, and which don't?
These figures count the people who answer 911 calls and dispatch police, fire and ambulance crews for Utah's cities, counties and regional 911 centers. The pay file lists only titles, so we decided each one by hand.
Counted
- Dispatchers and public safety telecommunicators. Including emergency medical dispatchers, trainees, leads and dispatch supervisors.
- Communications Officers at Valley Emergency Communications Center. The 911 center for most of Salt Lake County calls its dispatchers Communications Officers.
Left out
- State and university dispatchers. The State of Utah's dispatchers (Public Safety and wildland fire dispatch) and campus police dispatchers at universities. These pages cover local governments.
- Combined jobs. Titles that join dispatch with jail, office or secretary work.
- Dispatch outside public safety. School bus, transit and animal services dispatchers.
- Part-time and reserve titles, dispatch technology and training staff, managers and directors.
Every Utah employer with a 911 dispatcher pay page, by county
21 employers with at least 5 dispatchers. Employers without an average had fewer than 5 full-year dispatchers, or their records don't show who worked the full year.
Beaver County
- Beaver County$62,356
Cache County
- Logan$77,016
Davis County
- Bountiful$84,474
- Davis County$78,806
- Layton$79,666
Emery County
- Emery County$81,998
Grand County
- Grand County$79,780
Kane County
- Kane County$64,653
Millard County
- Millard County$62,265
Salt Lake County
- Altano average
- Salt Lake City$98,670
- Valley Emergency Communications Center$75,077
Sanpete County
- Sanpete County$55,114
Summit County
- Summit County$92,945
Tooele County
- Tooele County$61,281
Utah County
- Central Utah 911$88,545
- Provo$73,870
- Springville$69,731
Wasatch County
- Wasatch County$99,760
Washington County
- St. George$82,268
Weber County
Questions about 911 dispatcher pay in Utah
How much do 911 dispatchers make in Utah?
Full-year 911 dispatchers in Utah earned an average of $79,110, overtime included, in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026). The middle dispatcher earned $76,040: half earned more, half less.
Which Utah employer pays 911 dispatchers the most?
Among employers with at least 10 full-year dispatchers, Salt Lake City has the highest average total pay, $98,670, followed by Summit County ($92,945) and Central Utah 911 ($88,545).
Which Utah employer pays 911 dispatchers the least?
Among employers with at least 10 full-year dispatchers, Tooele County has the lowest average total pay, $61,281, followed by Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services District ($68,756) and Provo ($73,870).
Who employs 911 dispatchers in Utah?
Cities, counties and regional 911 centers. The largest employers are Valley Emergency Communications Center (156 dispatchers), Salt Lake City (100) and Weber Area Dispatch 911 and Emergency Services District (71).
Sources for the Utah 911 dispatcher figures
Every person who held a 911 dispatcher position at any point in the newest year each employer has published (fiscal years 2025 and 2026) counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is the wages each employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.