Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatcher Salary in Jacksonville, Florida

The annual salary statistics of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Jacksonville, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Jacksonville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers in Jacksonville, Florida

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$32,690
25th Percentile Wage
$38,410
50th Percentile Wage
$44,860
75th Percentile Wage
$46,690
90th Percentile Wage
$51,410

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Jacksonville, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $51,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,690.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth9-Year Growth
2022
$44,860
18.08% 25.17%
2021
$36,750
-5.99% -
2020
$38,950
3.80% -
2019
$37,470
1.84% -
2018
$36,780
3.53% -
2017
$35,480
4.37% -
2016
$33,930
-1.36% -
2015
$34,390
2.70% -
2014
$33,460
-0.33% -
2013
$33,570
- -

Table 2. Compare Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatcher Salary in Jacksonville with Other Florida Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $44,860 in Jacksonville is in the middle of salary range for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Jacksonville is 27.4 percent (27.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and 41.2 percent (41.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
$61,780
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach
$53,090
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
$51,870
Naples-Marco Island
$50,960
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall
$49,150
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
$46,940
Punta Gorda
$46,650
Ocala
$46,450
Port St Lucie
$46,430
Lakeland-Winter Haven
$45,220
Jacksonville
$44,860
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
$41,380
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
$41,070
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
$40,830
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
$40,600
Tallahassee
$40,390
Gainesville
$39,920
Sebastian-Vero Beach
$39,800
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
$38,560
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin
$38,390
South Florida nonmetropolitan area
$36,600
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach
$36,090
The Villages
$35,020
Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach
$34,740
North Florida nonmetropolitan area
$31,830
Northwest Florida nonmetropolitan area
$27,810
Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area
$26,370

See also: Top paying jobs in Jacksonville, Florida.