How Much Do Dispatchers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Dispatchers

Dispatchers 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.

Salary
$44860
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Low
Job Growth

Personality



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$44860 per year
Hourly wage
$22 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$26,560 to $32,510 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$13 to $16 per hour

Entry-level Dispatchers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $26,560 to $32,510 per year or $13 to $16 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Dispatchers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $33 $67,680
Senior (Top 25%) $26 $53,400
Middle (Mid 50%) $20 $40,980
Junior (Bottom 25%) $16 $32,510
No experience (Bottom 10%) $13 $26,560

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
AK $29 $59,990
WA $27 $56,150
DC $27 $55,160
ND $26 $53,800
NY $25 $52,430
CT $24 $50,680
MN $24 $49,900
MA $24 $49,420
NE $24 $49,050
IL $24 $48,930

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Dispatcher is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Dispatchers are in the states of AK, WA, DC, ND and NY.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing $77280 $37.16
Metal Ore Mining $72590 $34.90
Natural Gas Distribution $66490 $31.96
Scheduled Air Transportation $66100 $31.78
Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation $65380 $31.43
Postal Service (Federal Government) $64320 $30.92
Support Activities for Rail Transportation $62280 $29.94
Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution $60760 $29.21
Gasoline Stations $60520 $29.09
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing $59760 $28.73
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities $58770 $28.25
Other Specialty Trade Contractors $56960 $27.38
Scientific Research and Development Services $55800 $26.83
State Government $55720 $26.79
Inland Water Transportation $54750 $26.32
Local Government $54420 $26.17
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations $52420 $25.20
Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction $51340 $24.68
Oil and Gas Extraction $51290 $24.66
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas $50900 $24.47
Rail Transportation $50640 $24.35
Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors $50380 $24.22
Support Activities for Water Transportation $50150 $24.11
Coal Mining $50080 $24.08
Converted Paper Product Manufacturing $49640 $23.86
Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services $49190 $23.65
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $49100 $23.60
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing $48720 $23.42
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing $48700 $23.42
Offices of Physicians $48660 $23.39

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