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911 Dispatcher / Public Safety Telecommunicator in Arizona

Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division lists 3 job classes for this work in the Arizona state pay plan: Dispatcher 1, Dispatcher Senior.

$25,510 – $66,009
state pay plan range, a year
3
classes in the state plan
$56,600
median pay in AZ, all employers
1,790
workers in AZ (SOC 43-5031)

Sources: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arizona state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 9, 2022. These are the ranges Arizona sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Dispatcher 1
Class S08040 · class description
Grade 13
$12.26 – $21.19 a hour
$25,510 – $44,070 a year
Dispatcher
Class S10211 · class description
Grade 18
$16.45 – $29.51 a hour
$34,221 – $61,378 a year
Dispatcher Senior
Class S10212 · class description
Grade 19
$17.68 – $31.74 a hour
$36,779 – $66,009 a year

Schedule: Pay Schedule AREG. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions (hourly × 2,080). Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arizona Department of Administration, Human Resources Division, Arizona State Personnel System Job Titles with Pay Ranges and Salary Schedules. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arizona, all employers Sourced

Public Safety Telecommunicators (SOC 43-5031) in Arizona, all employers combined: BLS state estimates do not separate government from private.

MeasureAZ
Workers1,790
10th percentile$46,950
Median$56,600
90th percentile$77,890
National median, government employers$54,440

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — national estimates by ownership. Data captured September 30, 2026.

More about this job

Requirements, hiring process, training, schedule and day-to-day work are on the national 911 Dispatcher / Public Safety Telecommunicator page.

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