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What 911 dispatchers make
Experienced dispatcher
$58,000
Trainee call taker
$42,000
Senior or supervisor
$87,000
Job Bank's national median is $28 an hour, about $58,000 a year full time. Big-city police and ambulance centres pay above that, small municipal centres and private answering services below it. Shift premiums and overtime push real earnings higher than the base grid.