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

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$57,160
Median hourly wage$27.48

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $57,160 per year ($27.48 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $42,260 at the 10th percentile to $83,050 at the 90th. BLS estimates 3,540 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Washington metro area earn more than $57,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,950 and $69,160.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$42,260$47,950$57,160$69,160$83,050
Hourly$20.32$23.05$27.48$33.25$39.93

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.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $57,160
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $72,260
  • United Statesnational
    $50,340

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −21% vs District of Columbia overall and +14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

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

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 Washington metro area has the 26th-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”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Office Clerks, General$51,880Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$53,660Customer Service Representatives$46,220First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$76,400Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$48,280Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$59,290

Highest-paying metro areas for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulances · Highest-paying occupations in Washington 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.

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.