Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands
$52,400avg. a year
$25.19 an hour · 5,720 employed
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earn an average of $52,400 a year. That is $1,630 (3%) more than the Texas average of $50,770. The U.S. average is $54,740.
$48,550Median pay
$25.19Average hourly
+3%vs. Texas average
5,720Jobs in this metro
Other Texas metro areas
Average pay for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in other Texas metro areas. Swipe to see all 25.
1240 jobs
Odessa, TX
$58,910
$28.32 an hour
2350 jobs
Midland, TX
$55,550
$26.71 an hour
31,490 jobs
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
$53,630
$25.79 an hour
4270 jobs
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
$53,020
$25.49 an hour
5150 jobs
College Station-Bryan, TX
$52,350
$25.17 an hour
67,170 jobs
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
$51,620
$24.82 an hour
7320 jobs
Amarillo, TX
$51,340
$24.68 an hour
8280 jobs
Corpus Christi, TX
$50,850
$24.45 an hour
91,570 jobs
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
$50,200
$24.13 an hour
1050 jobs
San Angelo, TX
$49,870
$23.98 an hour
11170 jobs
Waco, TX
$49,470
$23.78 an hour
1260 jobs
Victoria, TX
$49,280
$23.69 an hour
13190 jobs
Longview, TX
$48,250
$23.20 an hour
14210 jobs
Killeen-Temple, TX
$47,410
$22.79 an hour
1590 jobs
Wichita Falls, TX
$47,240
$22.71 an hour
1660 jobs
Sherman-Denison, TX
$46,680
$22.44 an hour
17210 jobs
Lubbock, TX
$46,590
$22.40 an hour
18130 jobs
Abilene, TX
$46,440
$22.33 an hour
19120 jobs
Tyler, TX
$45,970
$22.10 an hour
20820 jobs
El Paso, TX
$45,590
$21.92 an hour
2180 jobs
Texarkana, TX-AR
$45,490
$21.87 an hour
22190 jobs
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
$44,320
$21.31 an hour
23530 jobs
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
$43,980
$21.14 an hour
24910 jobs
Laredo, TX
$41,330
$19.87 an hour
2540 jobs
Eagle Pass, TX
$38,820
$18.66 an hour
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How Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands compares
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Questions and answers
How much do dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
The average is $52,400 a year, and the median is $48,550. About 5,720 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Texas average?
That is $1,630 (3%) more than the Texas average of $50,770.
Is this job common in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands?
It makes up 1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 1.33 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-5032. Metro area: Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 26420). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.