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Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance is $64,890 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $45,810 per year in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 41.7% above Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 70 in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.