Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance · SOC 43-5032

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulances

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 379 metro areas

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$64,890	100	1.1
2	Fairbanks-College, AK	$62,130	80	2.3
3	Fargo, ND-MN	$61,260	150	1.0
4	Barnstable Town, MA	$60,890	120	1.3
5	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$60,780	720	0.6
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$59,560	1,770	0.9
7	Duluth, MN-WI	$59,510	110	0.9
8	Lebanon, PA	$59,390	50	1.0
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$59,340	2,950	1.4
10	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$59,160	60	1.2
11	Longview-Kelso, WA	$59,020	70	1.8
12	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$58,900	Not published	Not published
13	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$58,710	120	1.0
14	Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	$58,690	90	1.1
15	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$58,670	2,080	1.7
16	Portland-South Portland, ME	$58,620	260	0.9
17	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$58,610	3,010	1.3
18	Sheboygan, WI	$58,520	30	0.5
19	Rochester, MN	$58,350	110	0.9
20	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,180	11,590	1.2
21	Harrisonburg, VA	$58,040	80	1.3
22	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$57,970	120	1.6
23	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$57,860	110	0.9
24	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$57,510	60	1.2
25	Janesville-Beloit, WI	$57,170	100	1.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.