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What dispatchers make
Median for the group
$50,340
Bottom tenth
$36,030
Top tenth
$78,140
The federal survey counts every kind of dispatcher except police, fire and ambulance in one group, so truck dispatchers sit alongside utility and repair-service dispatchers. The national median is $50,340 a year. The bottom tenth earn $36,030 or less and the top tenth $78,140 or more (2025 federal wage survey).