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911 Dispatcher / Public Safety Telecommunicator in Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management lists 1 job class for this work in the Arkansas state pay plan: Dispatcher.

$47,397 – $70,148
state pay plan range, a year
1
classes in the state plan
$38,240
median pay in AR, all employers
1,460
workers in AR (SOC 43-5031)

Sources: Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management, Arkansas Executive Branch Pay Tables and Class Code List; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 — state estimates. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Arkansas state pay plan Sourced

Published rates for each class, lowest first, effective July 1, 2025. These are the ranges Arkansas sets for its own state employees; cities, counties and school districts have their own pay plans.

Class and gradePublished rate
Dispatcher
Class SIA12P · class description
Grade SGS05
$47,397 – $70,148 a year

Schedule: State Government Services Pay Schedule. Rates are as the plan publishes them; "a year" figures are conversions. Classes are matched to this job by title (GovJobsWiki editorial rule).

Source: Arkansas Department of Shared Administrative Services, Office of Personnel Management, Arkansas Executive Branch Pay Tables and Class Code List. Data captured September 30, 2026.

Pay in Arkansas, all employers Sourced

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

MeasureAR
Workers1,460
10th percentile$31,010
Median$38,240
90th percentile$47,860
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.

Free practice tests for Arkansas

Source: Open Exam Prep, Open Exam Prep free practice tests. Data captured October 1, 2026. Each link was opened and its exam title checked on the date shown.

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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