SOC 43-5032 · Area 4800002 · May 2025

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area

Published pay and employment

BLS May 2025, North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area. Published annual and hourly estimates.
Measure	Annual pay	Hourly pay
10th percentile	$31,210	$15.01
25th percentile	$38,580	$18.55
Median	$47,620	$22.89
75th percentile	$61,060	$29.36
90th percentile	$75,230	$36.17
Average	$51,290	$24.66

A plus sign marks a lower bound. “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate; “Not available” means no estimate was provided. Hourly figures come from BLS, without dividing annual pay by assumed work hours.

Estimated employment: 320. This covers jobs in the published area, not residents of one county.

What these figures tell you

The middle half of annual wages runs from $38,580 to $61,060 in 2025, a span of $22,480.

The area median is $300 (0.6%) above Texas's $47,320 median for this occupation in 2025.

Compare with 31 other published areas

This area's median is $13,100 (37.9%) above the $34,520 median in Eagle Pass, TX.
This area's median is $9,480 (24.9%) above the $38,140 median in Laredo, TX.
This area's median is $8,120 (20.6%) above the $39,500 median in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX.
This area's median is $7,570 (18.9%) above the $40,050 median in Abilene, TX.
This area's median is $6,960 (17.1%) above the $40,660 median in Brownsville-Harlingen, TX.
This area's median is $6,090 (14.7%) above the $41,530 median in Wichita Falls, TX.
This area's median is $5,140 (12.1%) above the $42,480 median in Tyler, TX.
This area's median is $4,260 (9.8%) above the $43,360 median in Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $4,200 (9.7%) above the $43,420 median in El Paso, TX.
This area's median is $4,100 (9.4%) above the $43,520 median in Killeen-Temple, TX.
This area's median is $4,080 (9.4%) above the $43,540 median in Lubbock, TX.
This area's median is $4,070 (9.3%) above the $43,550 median in Sherman-Denison, TX.
This area's median is $3,640 (8.3%) above the $43,980 median in Texarkana, TX-AR.
This area's median is $3,630 (8.3%) above the $43,990 median in Longview, TX.
This area's median is $3,300 (7.4%) above the $44,320 median in Waco, TX.
This area's median is $3,160 (7.1%) above the $44,460 median in Border Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $2,650 (5.9%) above the $44,970 median in Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $920 (2.0%) above the $46,700 median in College Station-Bryan, TX.
This area's median is $820 (1.8%) above the $46,800 median in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
This area's median is $420 (0.9%) above the $47,200 median in Corpus Christi, TX.
This area's median is $410 (0.9%) below the $48,030 median in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
This area's median is $580 (1.2%) below the $48,200 median in Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $930 (1.9%) below the $48,550 median in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX.
This area's median is $1,160 (2.4%) below the $48,780 median in Amarillo, TX.
This area's median is $1,450 (3.0%) below the $49,070 median in San Angelo, TX.
This area's median is $1,650 (3.3%) below the $49,270 median in Victoria, TX.
This area's median is $1,950 (3.9%) below the $49,570 median in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
This area's median is $2,120 (4.3%) below the $49,740 median in Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX.
This area's median is $2,240 (4.5%) below the $49,860 median in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area.
This area's median is $5,160 (9.8%) below the $52,780 median in Midland, TX.
This area's median is $9,000 (15.9%) below the $56,620 median in Odessa, TX.

An occupation's pay percentiles describe different jobs in the survey. They do not map directly to starting, mid-career or senior pay.

Which counties share this estimate?

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