Office & Admin

Dispatchers

SOC 43-5032

Coordinate drivers, crews, or responders and route them where needed.

The job

Median pay

$50k

$43k to $62k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-0.7% projected

Openings a year

16k

BLS projection

Typical education

High school

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

6/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

84th pct

More exposed than 84% of occupations · modeled estimate · 76th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

35/100

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Active Listening
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Monitoring
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Critical Thinking

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
California	23,970	1.3	1.0×	$52k
Texas	23,920	1.7	1.3×	$47k
Florida	12,550	1.3	1.0×	$46k
New York	11,160	1.2	0.9×	$56k
Illinois	7,767	1.3	1.0×	$57k~
Pennsylvania	6,670	1.1	0.8×	$50k
New Jersey	6,420	1.5	1.1×	$55k
Georgia	6,190	1.3	1.0×	$49k
Virginia	5,830	1.4	1.1×	$51k
North Carolina	5,740	1.2	0.9×	$48k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Ohio	5,720	1.0	0.8×	$50k
Arizona	5,690	1.8	1.4×	$48k
Michigan	5,390	1.2	0.9×	$49k
Washington	4,920	1.4	1.1×	$59k
Missouri	4,340	1.5	1.1×	$51k
Tennessee	4,190	1.3	1.0×	$50k
Indiana	4,090	1.3	1.0×	$50k
Massachusetts	3,510	1.0	0.7×	$56k
Colorado	3,470	1.2	0.9×	$54k
Maryland	3,310	1.2	0.9×	$51k
Oregon	3,290	1.7	1.3×	$55k
Wisconsin	3,240	1.1	0.8×	$52k
Louisiana	2,980	1.5	1.2×	$47k
Nevada	2,840	1.8	1.4×	$48k
Minnesota	2,760	0.9	0.7×	$59k
Kentucky	2,440	1.2	0.9×	$50k
South Carolina	2,440	1.1	0.8×	$48k
Connecticut	2,220	1.3	1.0×	$48k
Oklahoma	2,180	1.3	1.0×	$45k
Utah	2,040	1.2	0.9×	$51k
Mississippi	2,000	1.7	1.3×	$46k
Alabama	1,780	0.8	0.7×	$49k
Arkansas	1,780	1.4	1.1×	$47k
Kansas	1,670	1.2	0.9×	$47k
Nebraska	1,500	1.5	1.1×	$54k
Iowa	1,460	0.9	0.7×	$47k
Idaho	1,430	1.7	1.3×	$50k
New Mexico	1,350	1.5	1.2×	$44k
Hawaii	950	1.5	1.2×	$53k
West Virginia	880	1.3	1.0×	$47k
South Dakota	860	1.9	1.4×	$44k
Montana	810	1.6	1.2×	$47k
New Hampshire	710	1.0	0.8×	$53k
Delaware	670	1.4	1.1×	$57k
Maine	670	1.0	0.8×	$55k
North Dakota	600	1.4	1.1×	$58k
Alaska	570	1.8	1.3×	$57k
Rhode Island	530	1.1	0.8×	$49k
Washington DC	300	0.4	0.3×	$72k
Vermont	260	0.9	0.7×	$56k
Wyoming	240	0.9	0.7×	$49k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ11,590 jobs · $58k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA7,700 jobs · $52k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX7,170 jobs · $48k median
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX5,720 jobs · $49k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ4,200 jobs · $48k median
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA3,690 jobs · $49k median
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL3,550 jobs · $46k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV3,540 jobs · $57k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.