The annual salary statistics of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage data of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Lexington-Fayette 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 | $28,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,460 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,100 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $46,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $47,930 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $47,930. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,100. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,880.
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 | $42,100 | 10.48% | 14.75% |
| 2021 | $37,690 | -1.11% | - |
| 2020 | $38,110 | -0.47% | - |
| 2019 | $38,290 | -5.07% | - |
| 2018 | $40,230 | 2.83% | - |
| 2017 | $39,090 | 2.97% | - |
| 2016 | $37,930 | 4.85% | - |
| 2015 | $36,090 | 2.24% | - |
| 2014 | $35,280 | -1.45% | - |
| 2013 | $35,790 | -0.28% | - |
| 2012 | $35,890 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $42,100, Lexington-Fayette is the second highest paying city for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in state of Kentucky, following the highest paying city Louisville-Jefferson County (median annual salary of $44,590). Compared with Louisville-Jefferson County, the median annual salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in Lexington-Fayette is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Louisville-Jefferson County | |
| Lexington-Fayette | |
| Evansville | |
| Owensboro | |
| West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bowling Green | |
| Elizabethtown | |
| West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |