Compared with the local labor market
Public Safety Dispatcher pay vs. the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area
Across all employers in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, the median wage for Public Safety Telecommunicators — about 900 people — is $69,220. Emergency Management & Homeland Security pays a median base salary of $74,526 for this role, 8% above that figure — about the 62nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Emergency Management & Homeland Security sits in the local pay range
$61,570
$66,120
$69,220
$80,330
$86,190
Emergency Management & Homeland Security median · $74,526
The bar is the range of annual wages for Public Safety Telecommunicators across every employer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Emergency Management & Homeland Security’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. Emergency Management & Homeland Security’s median base salary is 41% above that national figure, about the 85th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$37,320
$45,210
$53,040
$64,260
$79,830
Emergency Management & Homeland Security median · $74,526
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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Emergency Management & Homeland Security is $92,862, 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 departments
This role across Ramsey County, Minnesota
Public Safety Dispatcher is held in 2 Ramsey County, Minnesota departments. In Emergency Management & Homeland Security, the median of $92,862 ranks #1 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Public Safety Dispatcher role in other Ramsey County, Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Public Safety Dispatcher beyond Ramsey County, Minnesota
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Ramsey County, Minnesota, the median of $85,216 ranks #1 of 3. See Public Safety Dispatcher across all of Ramsey County, Minnesota →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Public Safety Dispatcherroles 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.