Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance · SOC 43-5032
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Salary in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,200 per year ($23.17 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,460 at the 10th percentile to $74,490 at the 90th. BLS estimates 210 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,260 and $59,900.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,460 | $40,260 | $48,200 | $59,900 | $74,490 |
| Hourly | $15.12 | $19.36 | $23.17 | $28.80 | $35.81 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$48,200 median for Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,260 to $59,900
- Texasstate$47,320 median for Texas; middle half earns $37,630 to $59,980
- United Statesnational$50,340 median for United States; middle half earns $42,750 to $62,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +2% vs Texas overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,200 median for Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $40,260 to $59,900
- $56,620 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $45,700 to $73,050
- $52,780 median for Midland metro area; middle half earns $46,330 to $63,100
- $49,740 median for Beaumont metro area; middle half earns $39,450 to $61,600
- $49,570 median for Austin metro area; middle half earns $40,630 to $62,390
- $49,270 median for Victoria metro area; middle half earns $36,470 to $53,860
- $49,070 median for San Angelo metro area; middle half earns $36,080 to $58,610
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulances · Highest-paying occupations in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.