Compared with the local labor market
911 Operator (Emergency Call-Taker) pay vs. the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Public Safety Telecommunicators — about 1,710 people — is $57,110. Police Department pays a median base salary of $65,683 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 60th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Police Department sits in the local pay range
$39,170
$45,900
$57,110
$77,700
$99,410
Police Department median · $65,683
The bar is the range of annual wages for Public Safety Telecommunicators across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Police Department’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Public Safety Telecommunicators — about 102,500 people — is $53,040. Police Department’s median base salary is 24% above that national figure, about the 76th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$37,320
$45,210
$53,040
$64,260
$79,830
Police Department median · $65,683
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Police Department is $65,683, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare jurisdictions
911 Operator beyond City of Miami
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In City of Miami, the median of $65,683 ranks #1 of 2. See 911 Operator across all of City of Miami →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable 911 Operatorroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.