Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance · SOC 43-5032
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Salary in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $50,240 per year ($24.15 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,870 at the 10th percentile to $76,890 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area earn more than $50,240 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,170 and $56,090.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,870 | $43,170 | $50,240 | $56,090 | $76,890 |
| Hourly | $13.40 | $20.75 | $24.15 | $26.97 | $36.96 |
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
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$50,240 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,170 to $56,090
- Alabamastate$48,790 median for Alabama; middle half earns $39,140 to $58,530
- 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 +3% vs Alabama overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Alabama
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.
- Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan areathis page$50,240 median for Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $43,170 to $56,090
- $52,310 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $40,190 to $59,190
- $51,580 median for Anniston metro area; middle half earns $41,890 to $55,080
- $48,790 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $39,470 to $59,720
- $48,690 median for Auburn metro area; middle half earns $43,760 to $63,020
- $48,110 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $39,240 to $60,420
- $46,900 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $41,060 to $60,200
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 Northwest Alabama 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.