Public Safety Telecommunicators
Also known as: 911 Dispatcher, Communications Officer, Communications Operator, Communications Specialist, Emergency Communications Dispatcher
median $53,04010-yr demand +3.5%AI exposure 5/100typical entry High school diploma or equivalent
Public Safety Telecommunicators is mid-paying, AI barely touches it so far, and demand is steady.
The pay range
Bottom 10% to top 10% of workers in this role (BLS).
How exposed is it to AI?
Two things matter: how much AI is actually used in the role today (right),
and how much it could automate in theory (up). High potential, little real use yet.
Each faint dot is another occupation. The amber dot is
Public Safety Telecommunicators — its position tells you whether the disruption is here yet or still over the horizon.
used today 5/100
automatable in theory 66/100
archetype The Sleeping Giant
How this is built. Median pay and the full distribution come from filed U.S. wage data
(BLS OEWS + DOL/LCA filings); AI exposure blends O*NET task content with model-based automation potential;
escape routes are computed from skill overlap between occupations, then ranked by how much safer + better-paid the
move is. This joins real distributions and projects them forward — it needs the real distributions
and the skill graph, not a guess. Figures describe group medians and trends, not any one person's outcome.
