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Emergency Comms Dispatcher vs General Duty Laboratory Technologist

In 2025, the median salary for General Duty Laboratory Technologist was $312 (0.3%) higher than for Emergency Comms Dispatcher: $104,438 against $104,126. Emergency Comms Dispatcher had 57 people on the list, General Duty Laboratory Technologist 244.

At a glance

Emergency Comms DispatcherGeneral Duty Laboratory Technologist
People on the 2025 list57244
Median salary$104,126$104,438
Middle half$93,869–$110,139$96,861–$110,458
Highest salary$168,767$193,632
Total salaries$6,007,098$25,930,086
People, change+29.5% vs 2024+24.5% vs 2024
Median, change+1.6% vs 2024+5.2% vs 2024

Median salary by year

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YearEmergency Comms DispatcherGeneral Duty Laboratory Technologist
2020$81,333
2021$79,499
2022$96,587$80,452
2023$99,641$104,206
2024$102,532$99,286
2025$104,126$104,438

People on the list by year

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YearEmergency Comms DispatcherGeneral Duty Laboratory Technologist
2020157
2021141
202255139
202351187
202444196
202557244

Highest paid in 2025

Emergency Comms Dispatcher

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Questions and answers

Which pays more, Emergency Comms Dispatcher or General Duty Laboratory Technologist?

By median salary in 2025, General Duty Laboratory Technologist: $104,438 against $104,126.

Which has more people on the list?

General Duty Laboratory Technologist: 244 against 57 in 2025.

How has the gap changed since 2022?

In 2022 the median for Emergency Comms Dispatcher was $96,587 and for General Duty Laboratory Technologist $80,452, a gap of $16,135; in 2025 the gap was $312.

What do these figures cover?

Only people paid $85,000 or more are on the list, so medians and counts describe them, not everyone with each title.

What is “total compensation”?

The one pay figure Manitoba publishes for each person for the year, shown as published. Manitoba does not publish taxable benefits separately, so none are shown. How the lists work