Pay distribution $30,930 10th $43,920 25th $65,620 75th $83,130 90th
Half of Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Grand Rapids metro area earn more than $49,400 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,920 and $65,620.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,930 $43,920 $49,400 $65,620 $83,130 Hourly $14.87 $21.11 $23.75 $31.55 $39.97
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 Grand Rapids metro areathis metro area
$49,400 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $43,920 to $65,620
$49,490 median for Michigan; middle half earns $42,390 to $62,040
$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 about the same vs Michigan overall and −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,270 $36,477 $50,683 $64,890 Ponce, PR — $22,270 Mayaguez, PR — $23,960 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,750 Eagle Pass, TX — $34,520 Beckley, WV — $36,320 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $37,440 Laredo, TX — $38,140 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,490 Johnson City, TN — $38,860 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $38,900 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $39,040 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,050 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,500 Elmira, NY — $39,640 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $39,870 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $39,880 Abilene, TX — $40,050 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $40,660 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $41,450 Wichita Falls, TX — $41,530 Logan, UT-ID — $41,600 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $41,600 Monroe, LA — $42,010 Sebring, FL — $42,050 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $42,060 Lawton, OK — $42,270 Alexandria, LA — $42,410 Glens Falls, NY — $42,430 Tyler, TX — $42,480 Santa Fe, NM — $42,900 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $42,930 Columbus, GA-AL — $42,980 El Paso, TX — $43,420 Hammond, LA — $43,480 Killeen-Temple, TX — $43,520 Lubbock, TX — $43,540 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,550 Albuquerque, NM — $43,710 Pocatello, ID — $43,790 Ithaca, NY — $43,890 Texarkana, TX-AR — $43,980 Longview, TX — $43,990 Yuma, AZ — $44,090 Tulsa, OK — $44,130 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $44,270 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $44,310 Waco, TX — $44,320 Las Cruces, NM — $44,360 Homosassa Springs, FL — $44,380 Punta Gorda, FL — $44,510 Billings, MT — $44,660 Farmington, NM — $44,660 Owensboro, KY — $44,690 Gainesville, FL — $44,710 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $44,730 Goldsboro, NC — $44,740 Tuscaloosa, AL — $44,740 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $44,790 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $44,830 Rapid City, SD — $44,900 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $44,930 Binghamton, NY — $44,980 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $44,990 Tallahassee, FL — $45,080 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $45,090 Bay City, MI — $45,140 Johnstown, PA — $45,140 Mobile, AL — $45,140 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $45,140 Wichita, KS — $45,140 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $45,180 Utica-Rome, NY — $45,410 Columbia, MO — $45,440 Jacksonville, NC — $45,440 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,490 Lima, OH — $45,610 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,620 Fayetteville, NC — $45,680 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $45,740 Valdosta, GA — $45,740 Burlington, NC — $45,760 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $45,790 Dothan, AL — $45,810 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,810 Missoula, MT — $45,820 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,930 Florence, SC — $45,980 Jackson, MI — $45,980 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,980 Tucson, AZ — $46,000 Charleston, WV — $46,100 Manhattan, KS — $46,110 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $46,200 Wilmington, NC — $46,270 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $46,280 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,320 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $46,330 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,360 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $46,370 Mansfield, OH — $46,370 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $46,390 Warner Robins, GA — $46,420 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $46,450 Niles, MI — $46,570 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,610 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,620 Morgantown, WV — $46,620 State College, PA — $46,640 Winchester, VA-WV — $46,660 College Station-Bryan, TX — $46,700 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,800 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $46,890 Huntsville, AL — $46,900 Baton Rouge, LA — $46,930 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $46,970 Altoona, PA — $47,010 Roanoke, VA — $47,070 Muncie, IN — $47,130 Rome, GA — $47,140 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,140 Topeka, KS — $47,170 Corpus Christi, TX — $47,200 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,200 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,210 Mankato, MN — $47,300 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $47,350 Greenville, NC — $47,380 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $47,380 Cheyenne, WY — $47,490 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $47,540 Columbia, SC — $47,550 Port St. Lucie, FL — $47,550 Oklahoma City, OK — $47,630 Kansas City, MO-KS — $47,660 Williamsport, PA — $47,660 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,690 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,730 Eau Claire, WI — $47,850 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $47,850 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $47,860 Evansville, IN — $47,890 Grants Pass, OR — $47,900 Jefferson City, MO — $47,920 Erie, PA — $47,960 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,980 Peoria, IL — $48,010 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,030 Springfield, OH — $48,030 Birmingham, AL — $48,110 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $48,140 Pueblo, CO — $48,150 Rochester, NY — $48,150 Chico, CA — $48,160 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $48,160 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,200 Terre Haute, IN — $48,210 Albany, GA — $48,220 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,280 Flint, MI — $48,300 Albany, OR — $48,310 Grand Junction, CO — $48,310 New Haven, CT — $48,310 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $48,310 Jackson, MS — $48,370 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $48,410 Pittsfield, MA — $48,430 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $48,440 Bismarck, ND — $48,510 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,520 Hattiesburg, MS — $48,530 Salisbury, MD — $48,530 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $48,550 Jacksonville, FL — $48,630 Akron, OH — $48,650 Ames, IA — $48,680 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $48,690 Helena, MT — $48,690 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $48,710 Kankakee, IL — $48,730 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $48,750 Amarillo, TX — $48,780 Montgomery, AL — $48,790 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $48,880 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $48,880 Spartanburg, SC — $48,890 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,930 Bloomington, IN — $48,970 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $48,990 Toledo, OH — $48,990 Ann Arbor, MI — $49,030 Lafayette, LA — $49,070 San Angelo, TX — $49,070 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $49,090 Rocky Mount, NC — $49,120 Bowling Green, KY — $49,180 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $49,180 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $49,250 Victoria, TX — $49,270 Knoxville, TN — $49,290 Asheville, NC — $49,310 Fort Wayne, IN — $49,310 Cleveland, OH — $49,340 Appleton, WI — $49,370 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $49,400 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $49,410 Winston-Salem, NC — $49,420 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,450 Medford, OR — $49,470 Dalton, GA — $49,520 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,570 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,570 Fresno, CA — $49,580 Grand Island, NE — $49,590 St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,650 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $49,670 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,680 Ogden, UT — $49,680 Canton-Massillon, OH — $49,700 Monroe, MI — $49,730 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $49,740 Clarksville, TN-KY — $49,750 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $49,790 Reno, NV — $49,820 Richmond, VA — $49,830 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $49,880 Cedar Rapids, IA — $49,890 Pittsburgh, PA — $49,910 Paducah, KY-IL — $49,920 Reading, PA — $49,920 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $49,920 Wheeling, WV-OH — $49,940 St. George, UT — $49,970 Lynchburg, VA — $49,990 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $50,000 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $50,000 Madison, WI — $50,020 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $50,060 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $50,130 Idaho Falls, ID — $50,180 Morristown, TN — $50,200 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $50,200 Flagstaff, AZ — $50,320 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $50,350 Bloomington, IL — $50,360 Savannah, GA — $50,390 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $50,460 Syracuse, NY — $50,480 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $50,490 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $50,520 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $50,550 Ocala, FL — $50,560 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $50,600 Redding, CA — $50,600 Visalia, CA — $50,610 Lancaster, PA — $50,630 Urban Honolulu, HI — $50,640 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,660 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $50,700 Rockford, IL — $50,710 Jackson, TN — $50,720 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $50,750 Lexington Park, MD — $50,760 Cleveland, TN — $50,770 Minot, ND — $50,790 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $50,820 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $50,840 Traverse City, MI — $51,140 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $51,170 Kokomo, IN — $51,200 Great Falls, MT — $51,240 Kingston, NY — $51,280 Dubuque, IA — $51,290 Charlottesville, VA — $51,300 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $51,370 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $51,370 Saginaw, MI — $51,380 York-Hanover, PA — $51,380 Lake Charles, LA — $51,390 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $51,410 Merced, CA — $51,550 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $51,580 Chambersburg, PA — $51,600 Columbus, OH — $51,640 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $51,670 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $51,710 Salinas, CA — $51,740 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $51,860 Iowa City, IA — $51,880 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $51,900 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $51,950 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $51,990 Modesto, CA — $51,990 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $52,000 Gainesville, GA — $52,070 Dover, DE — $52,140 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $52,170 Battle Creek, MI — $52,290 Decatur, AL — $52,310 Colorado Springs, CO — $52,350 Yuba City, CA — $52,350 Boise City, ID — $52,580 Springfield, MA — $52,710 Midland, TX — $52,780 Omaha, NE-IA — $52,800 Yakima, WA — $52,830 Salem, OR — $53,040 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $53,080 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $53,130 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $53,180 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $53,210 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $53,280 Elizabethtown, KY — $53,290 Bangor, ME — $53,490 Casper, WY — $53,550 Greeley, CO — $53,580 Lewiston, ID-WA — $53,820 Joplin, MO-KS — $53,840 Bend, OR — $53,870 El Centro, CA — $53,990 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $54,000 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $54,070 Green Bay, WI — $54,150 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,200 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $54,250 Bozeman, MT — $54,320 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $54,580 Twin Falls, ID — $54,740 Kenosha, WI — $54,820 Springfield, IL — $54,900 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $54,950 Jonesboro, AR — $54,960 St. Cloud, MN — $55,300 Corvallis, OR — $55,430 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $55,610 Anchorage, AK — $55,740 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $55,780 Columbus, IN — $55,820 Gettysburg, PA — $56,100 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $56,360 Vallejo, CA — $56,430 Worcester, MA — $56,430 Wausau, WI — $56,460 Vineland, NJ — $56,550 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $56,560 Odessa, TX — $56,620 Decatur, IL — $56,740 Springfield, MO — $56,760 Bellingham, WA — $56,820 Boulder, CO — $56,850 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $57,100 Lincoln, NE — $57,120 Fond du Lac, WI — $57,140 Napa, CA — $57,140 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,160 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $57,170 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,510 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $57,860 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $57,970 Harrisonburg, VA — $58,040 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,180 Rochester, MN — $58,350 Sheboygan, WI — $58,520 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,610 Portland-South Portland, ME — $58,620 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $58,670 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $58,690 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $58,710 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,900 Longview-Kelso, WA — $59,020 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $59,160 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $59,340 Lebanon, PA — $59,390 Duluth, MN-WI — $59,510 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,560 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $60,780 Barnstable Town, MA — $60,890 Fargo, ND-MN — $61,260 Fairbanks-College, AK — $62,130 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $64,890 Grand Rapids metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Grand Rapids metro area has the 176th-highest published median for this occupation among the 379 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Michigan 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.
Grand Rapids metro areathis page
$49,400 median for Grand Rapids metro area; middle half earns $43,920 to $65,620
$52,290 median for Battle Creek metro area; middle half earns $43,970 to $71,460
$51,380 median for Saginaw metro area; middle half earns $45,070 to $70,670
$51,140 median for Traverse City metro area; middle half earns $46,640 to $58,970
$50,600 median for Detroit metro area; middle half earns $44,650 to $62,620
$49,730 median for Monroe metro area; middle half earns $38,560 to $56,470
$49,030 median for Ann Arbor metro area; middle half earns $40,560 to $63,580
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:
Office Clerks, General $45,320 Customer Service Representatives $44,990 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks $48,550 Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks $45,110 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive $45,440 First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers $64,840 Highest-paying metro areas for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulances · Highest-paying occupations in Grand Rapids Metro
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 .