The annual salary statistics of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $60,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $99,540 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $124,930 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $124,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $99,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,280.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $99,540 | 2.31% | 27.64% |
| 2021 | $97,240 | 6.61% | - |
| 2020 | $90,810 | 1.00% | - |
| 2019 | $89,900 | 3.43% | - |
| 2018 | $86,820 | 16.23% | - |
| 2017 | $72,730 | 1.99% | - |
| 2016 | $71,280 | 3.97% | - |
| 2015 | $68,450 | -12.86% | - |
| 2014 | $77,250 | 4.25% | - |
| 2013 | $73,970 | 2.62% | - |
| 2012 | $72,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $99,540, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $105,160). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 5.3 percent (5.3%) lower.