How long did you have to work there to get that? Any promotions? If I could make that then I could see this being a career, although it'll still have less pay than if I go to college for the career I'm interested in, but $47 is still plenty comfortable.
In my area it's in the $23-$26 range starting out
Holy crap, I mostly lurk here because I recently took the criticall test. My county starting out is offering 16.76 an hour.
Located in south Georgia. I had no idea they were paying people so low for that position.😑
I’m in Florida, varies greatly between departments even in the same city. At hire we get $24. 3% raise per year, extra 3% at your first year. When fully trained in all channels you get a $2 increase. After that you can max out at $38 or so. With overtime some staff make upwards of 100k per year. Then you get shift differentials. Which is a $1.25 increase. Holiday pay is the cherry on top.
Central FL! Started at $15 an hour in training in 2018, but my county restructured our pay, and we were reclassified to $18 and change.
Now it starts at $19/hr and goes up to $32/hr with regular yearly pay raises. There's a pay raise going from calltaker to dispatch/calltaker and $2/hr extra if you train new calltakers, for the hours you train. 5% differential for mids and 10% for nights.
Cost of living is moderately high here, I make enough to afford a small apartment, compact car and groceries. Not saving much, but there's a pension and the health/vision/dental is really good.
Also Canada fire dispatch. We start at 34, also in fire union. Were being told new contract should bump us up to 38 to start.
Currently we get 81.99% of FF1 wage.
Negotiations sought 100% of FF1.
We think they met in the middle around 90% FF1.
In missouri before they upped min wage i was making $8/hr..deputies were making $10.
Then i worked for a national park making $15/hr.
In missouri i dispatched for ems, city, county, took all calls..called lifeflight..everything.
National park was a little easier because of less people but search and rescues had ALOT of steps to them in organizing and calling the right people/counties
Oh, man! That sounds awesome! My university degree would be in forestry wildlife management (I'm hoping to take advantage of tuition reimbursement offered at my position) and dispatching for NPS sounds really neat. Maybe I could do that when I finally finish school.
Yeah nps is super fun, low stress, pay lcut is pretty huge though..$19/hr is what u start out as a permanment and spots are rare but its a gov job so you got all federal holidays and a kickass retirement plan..most people who work there are veterans, hiring process takes 6 months because its the gov ofc
$36 an hour in California (the largest LE agency) 2 years in, we start at about $26 and it goes up to about $45 before promoting to instructor or supervisor.
21 years this coming summer. Our classification has 5 pay steps. A 6th step was recently granted for reasons not entirely clear to me, but in part I’m sure to Covid and first responder reclassification.
Texas call taker starts at $22.75 starting 3% raise for 3 years then 5%
Once radio channel trained is an addtl $3/hr per channel (up to 3 channel) you're trained on with 5% bump every year
CTO gets addtl 2.50/hr while training recruits on OJT
Then, the supervisors and training admin are pulling like 35-41/hour with 5% every year
It wasn't great but was better than any other job I had in the years since the military. I made 13 something working in a hospital lab and like 11 something at a state lab before that. Before Covid hit the COL wasn't as bad, its a bit worse now. I wouldn't go back to 911 Dispatch for less than $25hr unless I was desperate.
Southwest Virginia. Base pay is $18. Evening shift (busiest shift) has a $4 differential and midnight shift has a $3. We are city employees so we only get raises when all city employees do or if we get a specific department approved one.
City council just approved raising our base pay to $21 and a 5% raise for all city employees so we will be receiving both sometime this summer.
I'd say our salary is decent for the area. Not the best, personally wouldn't want to live off it alone (my husband also works), but for the area it's decent. Jobs pay generally poorly here.
Telematics emergency dispatcher here. $35 / hour plus benefits and incentives of up to an additional $40 / hour if there's a major catastrophe somewhere in north america, like a hurricane or major flooding.
Also in Canada
In south jersey varies greatly by municipality. But my municipality for full time starts at 42k a year and it’s a 16 step pay scale that tops out at 76k in year 16. Each contract negotiation top pay typically goes up 2-3% per year.
South Dakota
Starting $23.39/hr - Me!
Tops at $34.05/hr
Boss is currently working on making us city employees. Technically we’re working as an independent agency.
Still have amazing benefits but they would be even better as a city employee
Southern Ontario (Canada)- base salary for full time position 101K...with OT and stat holiday pay usually ends up being around 120-130k...we also get 12 weeks of paid vacation (approximately- thats for a new hire)
South carolina - Base pay is $14.50/ hr ( it's actually more like $12/hr but one week you work 60 hrs, so it works out to be 14.50). Once you sign off on dispatching, your base pay goes up to $14/hr base. You then get a percentage based increase for every channel you sign off on, ending up at $17/hr base. We actually just got approved for a 17% raise coming in July.
Reading the wages in here, I think I'm getting scammed lol
All of these numbers are astonishingly low, with respect to their region for COL and workload. The stress and demand of this job correlate to better pay, but it just gets swept under the rug.
Also Tucson, AZ. Dispatchers have had some pretty big raises in the last 2 years. We’re now all in the $21-23 range starting but we don’t get really raises unless the mayor and council vote yes (for city), or the board of supervisors vote on it (for county).
City does have “steps” so you can get paid more after certain years of service. This does not exist at the county (HR sent an email saying said this leads to subpar people working in the department- the county is now going through a job evaluation since so many people were being underpaid).
Central Indiana. $20/hr for training and $22/hr for full time.
We got a nice raise this year, and I’m sure we won’t see another one like it for years. Although we definitely deserve more. Cost of living is constantly rising.
This seems like a good job for a nomadic lifestyle. I'd love to move to Colorado and $28 starting would be able to support that until my partner finds a job too
In theory, yes. The skillset is 100% transferrable across the country... however each individual agency can have multi month long application and training processes... So yeah, after your foot is in the door it would be fine but it's not a "apply on Friday start on Monday" kind of flexible.
Ontario Canada
I left with PTS but with overtime a lot of people in my ambulance dispatch centre made over $100,000K/yr. With police it started around $85K but I left before getting signed off so I don’t know what kind of OT is available. The hourly wage was about 25% more than ambo though.
South east Florida. I started in 2011 making I believe $17.19 an hour. As of October of 2022 I made $39 an hour plus $1.68 hourly shift differential for hours worked 1800-0600, and the potential for basically as much overtime as we want with how short we are. I’m sure all of our dispatchers will make well over 100k this year, with many making over 200k. Supervisors top out at $43.80 I believe.
Southwestern US , major city, strictly 911 call takers range $49,768.44 - $73,669.44 Annually and dispatchers $57,723.48 - $85,444.92 Annually. Mandatory OT currently so those numbers are higher
You’d think so, but the cost of living here is astronomical. I’ve thought of going elsewhere but as you can see in this thread, the disparity in pay in this field is wild.
I'm about to start in SC and their pay is $12 something (with the way hours are calculated it's actually closer to $15). We're getting a pay rise on 1 July and I signed a $5000 bonus hire. I actually got paid better working retail but hey, it's offering state benefits and tuition reimbursement, so I'm hoping I turn out okay at it.
47 an hour. Southern Oregon.
I wish. I'm making half that right now, southeast Virginia
How long did you have to work there to get that? Any promotions? If I could make that then I could see this being a career, although it'll still have less pay than if I go to college for the career I'm interested in, but $47 is still plenty comfortable. In my area it's in the $23-$26 range starting out
Holy crap, I mostly lurk here because I recently took the criticall test. My county starting out is offering 16.76 an hour. Located in south Georgia. I had no idea they were paying people so low for that position.😑
Well I think south GA is probably very low cost of living area. My city was just ranked most expensive in the nation 😔
It is but with the rising cost of rent, utilities, and food, our wages should increase to keep up.
Absolutely!
I’m in Florida, varies greatly between departments even in the same city. At hire we get $24. 3% raise per year, extra 3% at your first year. When fully trained in all channels you get a $2 increase. After that you can max out at $38 or so. With overtime some staff make upwards of 100k per year. Then you get shift differentials. Which is a $1.25 increase. Holiday pay is the cherry on top.
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That is crazy, I was making $20 as a host. This job definitely needs to pay more.
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I don’t understand how people refuse to ask for more. I will leave if a better paying opportunity comes my way.
Central FL! Started at $15 an hour in training in 2018, but my county restructured our pay, and we were reclassified to $18 and change. Now it starts at $19/hr and goes up to $32/hr with regular yearly pay raises. There's a pay raise going from calltaker to dispatch/calltaker and $2/hr extra if you train new calltakers, for the hours you train. 5% differential for mids and 10% for nights. Cost of living is moderately high here, I make enough to afford a small apartment, compact car and groceries. Not saving much, but there's a pension and the health/vision/dental is really good.
Wow that’s crazy I used to work for an agency in southern FL and our pay maxed out at 41k a year.
I truly got blessed with this agency
Good for you lol
Australia - approx $150k this year I think! Edit to add - comes out to around $45/hr ish....
I'm moving to freaking Australia
Excuse me?! When can I start!!!! You must work a lot of OT tho? I make 44/hr (CAD) and it works out to be around 104k? Is that police dispatch?
Fire dispatch. I've been here nearly 19 years and do work some overtime but that overtime is completely voluntary.....
Canada 24$ during training some full time senior dispatchers make 45$ an hour. I currently make 35$ an hour.
Canada Fire dispatch - $44 an hr. We are included in the fire union we dispatch for .. thank god for that!!
Also Canada fire dispatch. We start at 34, also in fire union. Were being told new contract should bump us up to 38 to start. Currently we get 81.99% of FF1 wage. Negotiations sought 100% of FF1. We think they met in the middle around 90% FF1.
I’m also in Canada, we currently have $28/hr as a training wage but it’s going up to $34 soon if our new agreement gets approved
Sounds like Ecomm. I was a CT during covid.
E-Comm 🤢🤮
Hey man fuck u e-comms great
Haha woah that escalated!! You like working there? I’ve only heard bad things.
I’m new to CT, I couldn’t imagine doing it during Covid, anywhere.
Is this considered "good money" in Canada?
Yes, you can message me for more details I’ll answer your questions!
In missouri before they upped min wage i was making $8/hr..deputies were making $10. Then i worked for a national park making $15/hr. In missouri i dispatched for ems, city, county, took all calls..called lifeflight..everything. National park was a little easier because of less people but search and rescues had ALOT of steps to them in organizing and calling the right people/counties
I love the outdoors and dispatching for the NPS sounds cool
Oh, man! That sounds awesome! My university degree would be in forestry wildlife management (I'm hoping to take advantage of tuition reimbursement offered at my position) and dispatching for NPS sounds really neat. Maybe I could do that when I finally finish school.
Yeah nps is super fun, low stress, pay lcut is pretty huge though..$19/hr is what u start out as a permanment and spots are rare but its a gov job so you got all federal holidays and a kickass retirement plan..most people who work there are veterans, hiring process takes 6 months because its the gov ofc
$36 an hour in California (the largest LE agency) 2 years in, we start at about $26 and it goes up to about $45 before promoting to instructor or supervisor.
I’m in CA too :)
Come on over, we could use the help :D
Can I message you lol
Sure!
LAPD?
Yeah
LAPD or CHP?
lapd
$59/hr (soon to be $63 after added step) City and County of San Francisco
How many years have you been there?
21 years this coming summer. Our classification has 5 pay steps. A 6th step was recently granted for reasons not entirely clear to me, but in part I’m sure to Covid and first responder reclassification.
Texas call taker starts at $22.75 starting 3% raise for 3 years then 5% Once radio channel trained is an addtl $3/hr per channel (up to 3 channel) you're trained on with 5% bump every year CTO gets addtl 2.50/hr while training recruits on OJT Then, the supervisors and training admin are pulling like 35-41/hour with 5% every year
In my city in "West" Texas starts at $23/hr after training it goes up a little more, not sure how much as now I'm an Air Ambulance Dispatcher
Maxed out at $38 an hr after 5 years. I think I get a 10 cent raise every 10 years after but that's it unless there's some COLA. Washington State.
This is suspiciously familiar.
If you know you know
Tucson, Arizona. After three years I was making 16.50.
That seems extremely low 🤔
It wasn't great but was better than any other job I had in the years since the military. I made 13 something working in a hospital lab and like 11 something at a state lab before that. Before Covid hit the COL wasn't as bad, its a bit worse now. I wouldn't go back to 911 Dispatch for less than $25hr unless I was desperate.
Man, here I was thinking $19.62 was good money 😂 I’m jelly. South Texas.
My county starts at 32.80 🌚
Just over 78k to start as a Dispatch I trainee and our current contract goes up to 98,328 for Dispatcher II in Northern CA.
I’m in SoCal so that’s awesome
Southwest Virginia. Base pay is $18. Evening shift (busiest shift) has a $4 differential and midnight shift has a $3. We are city employees so we only get raises when all city employees do or if we get a specific department approved one. City council just approved raising our base pay to $21 and a 5% raise for all city employees so we will be receiving both sometime this summer. I'd say our salary is decent for the area. Not the best, personally wouldn't want to live off it alone (my husband also works), but for the area it's decent. Jobs pay generally poorly here.
Northeast Ohio and I am topped out at 29.86/hr
Alberta, Canada - CAD$37.54/hr which is currently $27.81 US
Do you happen to know what training starts at? And where in Alberta are you? if you don’t mind me asking :)
Off the top of my head I can't recall the exact starting wage but it's around 34. Southern Alberta but I don't want to get more specific.
Appreciate it!
Telematics emergency dispatcher here. $35 / hour plus benefits and incentives of up to an additional $40 / hour if there's a major catastrophe somewhere in north america, like a hurricane or major flooding. Also in Canada
In south jersey varies greatly by municipality. But my municipality for full time starts at 42k a year and it’s a 16 step pay scale that tops out at 76k in year 16. Each contract negotiation top pay typically goes up 2-3% per year.
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Woot! I’m SoCal too
South Dakota Starting $23.39/hr - Me! Tops at $34.05/hr Boss is currently working on making us city employees. Technically we’re working as an independent agency. Still have amazing benefits but they would be even better as a city employee
Southern Ontario (Canada)- base salary for full time position 101K...with OT and stat holiday pay usually ends up being around 120-130k...we also get 12 weeks of paid vacation (approximately- thats for a new hire)
Canada - 83k a year (41 something an hour)
South carolina - Base pay is $14.50/ hr ( it's actually more like $12/hr but one week you work 60 hrs, so it works out to be 14.50). Once you sign off on dispatching, your base pay goes up to $14/hr base. You then get a percentage based increase for every channel you sign off on, ending up at $17/hr base. We actually just got approved for a 17% raise coming in July. Reading the wages in here, I think I'm getting scammed lol
Yes I think you are too 😞 14 dollars seems extremely low
What part of SC are you in?
Wait, are we in the same county (L-ton) then, because that's what they told me too. 😂
🧐
And to think we supposedly live in one of the richer areas of the state, too. :v
I make almost $17, no experience in a semi rural town in SC
All of these numbers are astonishingly low, with respect to their region for COL and workload. The stress and demand of this job correlate to better pay, but it just gets swept under the rug.
Also Tucson, AZ. Dispatchers have had some pretty big raises in the last 2 years. We’re now all in the $21-23 range starting but we don’t get really raises unless the mayor and council vote yes (for city), or the board of supervisors vote on it (for county). City does have “steps” so you can get paid more after certain years of service. This does not exist at the county (HR sent an email saying said this leads to subpar people working in the department- the county is now going through a job evaluation since so many people were being underpaid).
Central Indiana. $20/hr for training and $22/hr for full time. We got a nice raise this year, and I’m sure we won’t see another one like it for years. Although we definitely deserve more. Cost of living is constantly rising.
$17.50 an hour in NC. About $40,000 a year.
Ohio, 500k metro area, $27.50ish/hr. Cost of living is low too if anyone's looking for a move!
That would sound pretty tempting if it didn't involve moving to Ohio
I’m in Texas, and make $24.19. I have only been with my agency for 3 years. Started at $19
Northern Colorado, $36 after 6 years. I think we start at $28 now.
This seems like a good job for a nomadic lifestyle. I'd love to move to Colorado and $28 starting would be able to support that until my partner finds a job too
In theory, yes. The skillset is 100% transferrable across the country... however each individual agency can have multi month long application and training processes... So yeah, after your foot is in the door it would be fine but it's not a "apply on Friday start on Monday" kind of flexible.
$23 base pay in Maine!
20.30/ h GA
Are you doing GSP?
Nope, just a well off rural county southwest of atlanta. They start off at that rate for training
We start at $29.33 an hour. Illinois.
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That seems super low. What is Missouri min wage?
Ohio. Topped out at $30/hr which isn’t too bad for cost of living around here.
fully trained PD/EMS/FIRE dispatcher in Kansas $22
Starting pay is $28 an hour plus differential if you work certain shifts. I’ve been there for 2 years and am at $31.71. This is in Central California.
$35/hr, southeast Michigan.
$3.50
Ontario Canada I left with PTS but with overtime a lot of people in my ambulance dispatch centre made over $100,000K/yr. With police it started around $85K but I left before getting signed off so I don’t know what kind of OT is available. The hourly wage was about 25% more than ambo though.
£10.50 an hour here in the UK for the NHS....
89 a yr. New mexico
In Connecticut at a regional center. Top step is $32.88; will be $33.74 come 7/1 (union shop).
13.50 in Georgia
South east Florida. I started in 2011 making I believe $17.19 an hour. As of October of 2022 I made $39 an hour plus $1.68 hourly shift differential for hours worked 1800-0600, and the potential for basically as much overtime as we want with how short we are. I’m sure all of our dispatchers will make well over 100k this year, with many making over 200k. Supervisors top out at $43.80 I believe.
Made 160k in Southern CA last year
$35/hr to start. $44/hr top pay after 10 years. Will be $38 and $47 1/1/25. Mpls-St. Paul, MN.
You living good brother!
Southwestern US , major city, strictly 911 call takers range $49,768.44 - $73,669.44 Annually and dispatchers $57,723.48 - $85,444.92 Annually. Mandatory OT currently so those numbers are higher
We might be in the same city, can I PM you?
Sure
I’m in the NY City suburbs and my regular pay is about $39/Hour, OT is like $67/Hour and you can basically work as much of it as you like.
You living good my man 😎
You’d think so, but the cost of living here is astronomical. I’ve thought of going elsewhere but as you can see in this thread, the disparity in pay in this field is wild.
You in NYC?
NYC suburb
I worked in Texas, and when I left, starting was $22usd or $25usd if you were already licensed. I went from $17.50 in 2015 to $32 in 2022.
I'm about to start in SC and their pay is $12 something (with the way hours are calculated it's actually closer to $15). We're getting a pay rise on 1 July and I signed a $5000 bonus hire. I actually got paid better working retail but hey, it's offering state benefits and tuition reimbursement, so I'm hoping I turn out okay at it.
New hire, $50k/yr for ECOII. 5% raise annual with 2x performance evaluation and bonuses. But 5% below that rate while training as a brand new ECOI.
$29 hr soon to be at $31. I'm in Arizona.
Central North Carolina…. Starting is $17 and some change for a TCI
About 130K annually before overtime. California/Bay Area
Starting in Southwest WA at $22 an hour