Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
SOC 43-5032 · 2024-2034
Schedule and dispatch workers, work crews, equipment, or service vehicles for conveyance of materials, freight, or passengers, or for normal installation, service, or emergency repairs rendered outside the place of business. Duties may include using radio, telephone, or computer to transmit assignments and compiling statistics and reports on work progress.
How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.
The job this trains for
- Typical pay in California
- $53,589per year
- Projected openings
- 23,150
- Projected change
- +5.2%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Skills this work uses most
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Time Management
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $60,455 | 750 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $59,503 | 1,610 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $58,667 | 220 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $57,726 | 1,130 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $57,666 | 80 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $56,103 | 450 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $55,868 | 180 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $55,786 | 190 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $55,735 | 660 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $55,664 | 50 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $55,245 | 140 |
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $54,173 | 90 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $54,141 | 140 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $52,967 | 100 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $52,793 | 80 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $52,670 | 250 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $52,292 | 110 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $52,292 | 360 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $50,995 | 1,330 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $50,811 | 640 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $50,382 | 230 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $50,086 | 2,560 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $49,524 | 1,900 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $49,361 | 90 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $48,993 | 910 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $48,492 | 110 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $48,472 | 130 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $48,219 | 2,040 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $48,148 | 6,900 |
| North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties) | $46,184 | 110 |
Similar work
O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.
| The job this trains for | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Safety Telecommunicators | $82,016 | 8,940 | +5.9% |
| Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters | $71,481 | 1,120 | -6.7% |
| Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | $64,491 | 51,650 | 0% |
| Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors | $61,855 | 1,730 | +13.3% |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | $96,308 | 45,620 | +4.8% |