Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN · SOC 43-5032
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metro
Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)
Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.
Median Salary
$50,060
per year in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro
1% below
National Median
$50,340
per year nationally
Hourly Rate
$24.07/hr
median hourly
Employment
1,520
jobs in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood metro
The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood pay distribution spans from $36,360 at the 10th percentile to $72,030 at the 90th, a 2.0× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $43,920 and the 75th at $62,870, so half of Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood-based dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance earn within that middle band.
Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide IN estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.
Salary Range in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metro
Annual Salary Distribution
Top Paying Jobs in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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