Highest-paying Cities for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

The top 100 highest paying cities for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $61,030, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington is the highest paying city for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance. It is followed by Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota (average annual salary $60,480). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$61,030	$40,290	110
2	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,480	$41,170	180
3	Decatur, Illinois	$60,230	$30,490	70
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,550	$37,480	160
5	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$59,220	$31,700	80
6	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$58,460	$32,370	140
7	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$56,850	$38,470	150
8	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$56,820	$35,790	160
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$56,420	$37,270	2,930
10	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$56,050	$28,040	110
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$55,950	$34,400	6,800
12	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$55,530	$35,810	200
13	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$55,010	$31,930	50
14	Peoria, Illinois	$54,760	$34,000	170
15	Longview, Washington	$54,680	$37,730	80
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$54,640	$39,670	1,990
17	Sandusky, Ohio	$54,370	$43,570	n/a
18	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$54,200	$33,110	130
19	Danville, Illinois	$53,910	$25,160	30
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$53,750	$41,900	930
21	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$53,100	$35,120	250
22	Olympia, Washington	$53,060	$35,540	150
23	Fargo, North Dakota	$52,680	$36,640	180
24	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$52,670	$35,010	110
25	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$52,640	$35,250	100
26	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$52,570	$36,260	470
27	Columbus, Indiana	$52,470	$35,360	70
28	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$52,370	$34,840	180
29	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$52,130	$30,680	70
30	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$52,090	$30,050	60
31	Casper, Wyoming	$51,750	$38,150	40
32	Rockford, Illinois	$51,570	$31,480	190
33	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$51,240	$35,400	350
34	Eastern Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$51,170	$37,460	50
35	Lincoln, Nebraska	$50,890	$33,050	270
36	Greeley, Colorado	$50,830	$26,590	190
37	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$50,720	$34,280	60
38	Spokane, Washington	$50,670	$35,520	400
39	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$50,670	$34,820	100
40	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,630	$32,320	70
41	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$50,610	$34,760	11,980
42	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$50,570	$32,850	50
43	St Joseph, Missouri	$50,490	$34,310	60
44	Anchorage, Alaska	$50,340	$31,750	330
45	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$50,220	$34,430	190
46	Fairbanks, Alaska	$50,210	$34,870	80
47	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$50,120	$31,840	110
48	Lebanon, Pennsylvania	$50,090	$31,800	50
49	Danbury, Connecticut	$49,970	$37,380	160
50	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,940	$37,740	410
51	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,780	$36,420	2,120
52	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$49,760	$41,030	3,170
53	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,750	$32,780	80
54	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$49,710	$31,560	230
55	Nashua, New Hampshire	$49,630	$33,950	100
56	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$49,620	$34,090	840
57	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$49,590	$17,990	50
58	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$49,580	$35,940	280
59	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$49,570	$25,200	150
60	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,560	$34,000	130
61	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$49,500	$40,250	80
62	St Cloud, Minnesota	$49,470	$34,650	150
63	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$49,400	$32,350	100
64	Lafayette, Louisiana	$49,310	$24,140	360
65	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$49,260	$30,240	2,150
66	Dubuque, Iowa	$49,250	$31,030	70
67	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,230	$37,180	410
68	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,220	$32,920	2,940
69	Boulder, Colorado	$49,200	$37,150	150
70	Lynchburg, Virginia	$49,180	$27,240	180
71	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$49,030	$30,170	160
72	El Centro, California	$49,020	$31,710	130
73	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$48,970	$32,640	450
74	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$48,970	$35,170	260
75	Duluth, Wisconsin	$48,930	$30,300	160
76	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$48,830	$31,060	2,160
77	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,760	$33,430	180
78	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$48,750	$41,090	120
79	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$48,690	$31,200	140
80	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$48,670	$28,760	130
81	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$48,620	$31,200	110
82	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$48,610	$32,200	110
83	Stockton, California	$48,480	$35,920	620
84	Bellingham, Washington	$48,470	$35,260	160
85	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,440	$37,310	900
86	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$48,440	$31,270	290
87	Salt Lake City, Utah	$48,250	$25,010	1,200
88	Odessa, Texas	$48,230	$32,520	200
89	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$48,180	$37,720	110
90	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$48,090	$27,890	40
91	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$48,080	$31,840	80
92	Rochester, Minnesota	$47,960	$35,480	90
93	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$47,960	$35,180	370
94	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$47,950	$29,110	90
95	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$47,920	$39,240	50
96	La Crosse, Wisconsin	$47,920	$27,920	180
97	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$47,840	$25,470	70
98	St Louis, Missouri	$47,840	$30,440	1,390
99	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$47,840	$34,430	40
100	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$47,710	$35,310	100

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