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Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance vs Public Safety Telecommunicators

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance and Public Safety Telecommunicators on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Public Safety Telecommunicators
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$48,880
$50,730
Employment · BLS OEWS
211,000
101,140
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
75th pct
97th pct

At a glance

Dimension Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance Public Safety Telecommunicators
Median pay $48,880 $50,730
Employment 211,000 101,140
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Declining (-0.9%) About average (+3.5%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 18,500 10,700
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies High · 75th pct High · 97th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 88th pct · 49% of tasks 33rd pct · 20% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (50.0%) Automation-leaning (33.3%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman Yes No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Public Safety and Security, Active Listening, Speaking, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Monitoring, Coordination, Administration and Management, Reading Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Near Vision, Administrative, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Problem Sensitivity, English Language, Personnel and Human Resources, Selective Attention, Critical Thinking, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Information Ordering, Computers and Electronics, Active Learning, Inductive Reasoning, Time Sharing.

Specific to Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

  • Time Management
  • Transportation
  • Writing
  • Category Flexibility
  • Systems Analysis
  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Speed of Closure
  • Perceptual Speed

Specific to Public Safety Telecommunicators

  • Law and Government
  • Telecommunications
  • Geography
  • Communications and Media
  • Education and Training
  • Psychology
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Persuasion

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Electronic mail software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Presentation software , Enterprise resource planning ERP software , Helpdesk or call center software , Geographic information system , Internet browser software .

Specific to Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance

Specific to Public Safety Telecommunicators

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance or Public Safety Telecommunicators — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance vs Public Safety Telecommunicators." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance-vs-public-safety-telecommunicators

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance vs Public Safety Telecommunicators. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance-vs-public-safety-telecommunicators

BibTeX 
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  title  = {Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance vs Public Safety Telecommunicators},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/dispatchers-except-police-fire-and-ambulance-vs-public-safety-telecommunicators}
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