San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA · SOC 43-5031

Public Safety Telecommunicators in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 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

$78,950

per year in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro

+49% above

National Median

$53,040

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$37.96/hr

median hourly

Employment

710

jobs in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad metro

The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad pay distribution spans from $63,650 at the 10th percentile to $97,700 at the 90th, a 1.5× 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 $68,200 and the 75th at $88,100, so half of San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad-based public safety telecommunicators earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 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 CA 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 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$63,650

25th$68,200

Median$78,950

75th$88,100

90th$97,700

Top Paying Jobs in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad

1. Cardiologists $493,670 2. Psychiatrists $335,620 3. Physicians, Pathologists Small sample $333,330 4. Physicians, All Other $323,050 5. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers $321,950 6. Family Medicine Physicians $295,530 7. Obstetricians and Gynecologists $293,400 8. General Internal Medicine Physicians $282,200 9. Pediatricians, General $262,650 10. Chief Executives $238,440

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.