The annual salary statistics of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in California-Lexington Park, Maryland is shown in Table 1. The wage information of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in California-Lexington Park 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 | $40,180 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $40,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,480 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $53,520 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $68,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in California-Lexington Park, Maryland in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $68,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,180.
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 | $48,480 | 2.78% | 20.09% |
| 2021 | $47,130 | 15.62% | - |
| 2018 | $39,770 | 2.21% | - |
| 2017 | $38,890 | 0.39% | - |
| 2016 | $38,740 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $38,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $48,480, California-Lexington Park is the second highest paying city for police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in state of Maryland, following the highest paying city Baltimore-Towson (median annual salary of $52,090). Compared with Baltimore-Towson, the median annual salary of police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers in California-Lexington Park is 6.9 percent (6.9%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Baltimore-Towson | |
| California-Lexington Park | |
| Maryland nonmetropolitan area | |
| Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick | |
| Salisbury | |
| Upper Eastern Shore nonmetropolitan area |