Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$38,370

National average

Salary Range

$29,820 – $60,940

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$73,220$43,260$79,640
Modesto, CA$61,760$34,370$79,470
Urban Honolulu, HI$61,350$42,830$66,140
Barnstable Town, MA$59,810$37,620$65,590
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$59,500$46,840$71,220
Stockton-Lodi, CA$58,750$36,340$75,860
Hawaii$57,220$44,110$66,140
District of Columbia$55,140$44,210$69,680
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$54,850$38,920$79,140
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$51,920$44,120$57,860
Bend, OR$50,310$44,080$60,260
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$49,690$41,860$59,150
California$49,460$36,290$79,730
Oregon$49,440$38,070$59,150
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$49,320$42,350$60,180
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$48,820$39,730$56,750
Minnesota$48,280$38,660$57,630
Napa, CA$47,860$38,200$65,470
Salinas, CA$47,250$37,530$61,210
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$47,120$34,830$70,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$46,810$36,290$64,670
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,730$35,320$61,330
Washington$46,470$37,020$54,970
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$46,030$37,090$81,000
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$45,530$37,430$57,840
Salem, OR$45,190$38,630$53,040
Fresno, CA$45,080$36,820$69,650
New York$45,030$36,250$78,470
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$44,990$43,830$75,490
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$44,900$35,360$48,430
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$44,700$38,460$63,130
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$43,850$33,390$51,270
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$43,610$37,650$47,440
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$43,020$34,940$55,140
Madison, WI$42,900$36,400$50,670
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$42,760$31,470$50,010
Colorado$42,740$36,470$47,440
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$42,580$33,970$64,210
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$42,490$30,940$47,310
Portland-South Portland, ME$42,130$33,130$46,710
Maine$42,090$33,670$51,620
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$42,010$31,470$50,730
Montana$41,880$32,650$47,450
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$41,710$35,090$57,760
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$41,600$34,340$58,480
Utah$41,290$31,150$56,520
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$40,960$30,050$50,840
New Hampshire$40,860$34,880$48,200
Massachusetts$40,730$35,970$56,580
Dover, DE$40,710$27,560$45,400
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$40,380$33,990$60,940
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$40,310$33,960$47,180
Illinois$40,230$33,860$55,140
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$40,190$35,100$44,430
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$40,130$35,940$50,060
Binghamton, NY$40,040$33,860$46,810
Reading, PA$39,990$26,830$48,310
Visalia, CA$39,980$33,280$51,750
Wisconsin$39,910$31,910$56,280
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$39,870$30,990$64,750
Maryland$39,750$31,200$50,090
Pittsburgh, PA$39,720$26,340$44,340
Vermont$39,500$35,690$45,800
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$39,500$31,300$45,990
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$39,430$35,140$53,550
Duluth, MN-WI$39,430$32,790$46,350
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,430$30,800$49,390
Springfield, MO$39,380$32,260$39,380
Asheville, NC$39,230$32,420$47,460
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$39,150$31,200$48,340
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$39,070$36,520$45,690
Arizona$39,030$35,730$45,690
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,020$32,080$49,280
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$39,000$31,050$45,970
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$38,910$36,300$45,030
Worcester, MA$38,900$34,760$48,620
Peoria, IL$38,870$31,150$50,150
Lancaster, PA$38,860$28,440$44,150
Manchester-Nashua, NH$38,790$33,390$48,860
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$38,720$28,920$43,700
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$38,680$34,390$48,880
Naples-Marco Island, FL$38,580$32,870$53,250
Colorado Springs, CO$38,500$34,340$45,560
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,430$35,860$51,460
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$38,420$32,040$46,180
Merced, CA$38,410$34,570$52,630
Rockford, IL$38,390$31,580$42,530
Winston-Salem, NC$38,370$30,440$50,500
Rhode Island$38,350$32,870$54,810
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,280$30,730$40,120
Reno, NV$38,270$31,730$43,860
Cleveland, OH$38,170$28,100$43,750
Georgia$38,080$29,420$44,040
Michigan$38,070$29,950$47,620
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$38,030$34,530$43,980
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$38,000$30,360$49,170
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$37,990$34,970$49,860
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$37,970$31,300$47,960
Pennsylvania$37,930$26,650$44,620
Springfield, IL$37,920$31,200$45,070
New Jersey$37,920$32,880$53,790
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,880$32,050$45,480
Kansas City, MO-KS$37,830$33,190$46,810
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$37,780$32,410$45,800
Bloomington, IL$37,730$29,120$39,610
Idaho$37,650$21,330$45,400
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$37,650$33,480$61,280
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$37,530$31,890$43,680
New Mexico$37,430$30,360$49,230
Albuquerque, NM$37,430$32,500$50,700
Syracuse, NY$37,420$33,030$46,240
Nevada$37,260$30,620$45,540
Ocala, FL$37,190$29,220$37,430
Iowa$37,160$28,600$45,690
Cedar Rapids, IA$37,160$24,420$38,690
Omaha, NE-IA$37,130$33,930$48,730
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$37,110$30,680$49,090
Rochester, NY$37,030$35,170$45,720
Delaware$36,930$27,740$49,170
Baton Rouge, LA$36,930$30,370$48,410
Kansas$36,900$30,040$44,600
Greenville, NC$36,890$32,140$38,130
Nebraska$36,880$31,430$54,430
Utica-Rome, NY$36,760$33,510$47,300
Tucson, AZ$36,660$34,990$42,490
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$36,630$29,660$51,290
Alaska$36,600$32,870$50,610
Anchorage, AK$36,600$32,870$47,560
New Haven, CT$36,560$32,900$54,020
Connecticut$36,560$33,170$52,690
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,560$23,860$38,780
Kentucky$36,500$27,240$46,480
Ohio$36,490$28,960$43,700
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$36,410$34,150$50,370
Tulsa, OK$36,400$32,480$47,940
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$36,310$31,000$46,440
Richmond, VA$36,310$29,260$36,680
St. Louis, MO-IL$36,280$31,770$44,820
North Carolina$36,190$29,180$44,830
Oklahoma City, OK$36,140$29,460$44,490
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$36,060$27,750$47,920
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$35,970$28,130$67,170
Springfield, MA$35,970$35,090$42,480
Lexington-Fayette, KY$35,950$28,790$44,410
Lafayette, LA$35,870$30,040$45,080
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$35,840$29,120$41,780
Jacksonville, FL$35,820$30,410$42,150
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,690$26,970$38,060
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$35,670$25,150$44,750
Missouri$35,640$29,950$44,820
Virgin Islands$35,620$29,990$44,190
Virginia$35,540$27,100$41,980
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$35,540$24,010$45,820
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$35,500$30,960$41,870
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$35,400$28,700$39,230
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,370$24,970$39,610
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$35,340$29,640$52,820
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$35,260$27,970$43,890
Louisiana$35,260$27,270$45,080
Raleigh-Cary, NC$35,250$34,200$48,250
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$35,240$27,100$42,790
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,220$28,080$39,470
Oklahoma$35,170$27,940$41,230
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$35,160$30,520$40,880
Florida$35,080$30,380$41,760
Tyler, TX$35,060$29,880$35,060
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$35,060$31,200$43,810
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$35,010$27,490$37,040
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,960$30,570$37,350
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,930$30,360$48,950
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$34,910$29,260$41,860
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,850$30,740$40,730
Indiana$34,720$26,520$54,020
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$34,690$30,500$41,410
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$34,600$27,960$37,880
Wichita, KS$34,600$30,160$40,520
West Virginia$34,600$24,830$44,060
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$34,410$29,650$37,410
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$34,330$29,330$40,430
Lincoln, NE$34,230$31,430$45,210
Greensboro-High Point, NC$34,180$28,800$38,730
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,180$32,270$44,190
Columbia, MO$34,100$32,120$43,540
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$34,000$32,640$51,130
Jackson, MS$33,950$30,330$42,430
Columbus, OH$33,780$33,780$40,000
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$33,730$23,040$41,540
Birmingham, AL$33,700$30,010$42,060
Arkansas$33,680$27,960$40,710
South Carolina$33,640$29,070$40,120
Columbia, SC$33,640$29,790$39,110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$33,540$26,870$45,640
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$33,540$30,300$41,800
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$33,530$31,350$37,740
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$33,430$28,030$39,390
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$33,370$26,150$46,370
Tennessee$33,280$24,590$40,320
Huntsville, AL$33,090$29,740$39,550
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$33,030$27,560$39,360
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$33,020$33,020$42,050
Jonesboro, AR$33,010$29,070$40,710
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$32,940$29,790$35,740
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$32,860$31,470$49,390
Evansville, IN$32,770$24,890$35,970
Waco, TX$32,690$23,330$42,910
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$32,690$27,040$48,200
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$32,640$26,240$39,510
Northwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,540$27,780$38,110
Savannah, GA$32,470$29,060$37,990
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$32,410$24,110$38,040
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$32,270$24,860$43,020
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$32,220$26,940$46,280
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$32,140$28,870$35,560
Mobile, AL$32,140$28,750$36,590
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$31,810$25,030$40,440
Texas$31,780$24,860$44,640
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$31,670$30,120$40,670
Knoxville, TN$31,570$24,760$37,030
Mississippi$31,560$24,040$39,660
Alabama$31,450$26,500$37,240
Green Bay, WI$31,330$26,090$38,940
Tuscaloosa, AL$31,290$27,040$41,580
Montgomery, AL$31,200$27,920$37,100
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$31,120$17,530$37,500
Killeen-Temple, TX$31,060$22,910$41,250
Johnstown, PA$30,970$20,850$36,090
Lubbock, TX$30,940$22,540$38,660
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$30,820$24,410$37,990
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$30,740$28,990$34,440
Akron, OH$30,680$24,510$38,350
Chattanooga, TN-GA$30,490$27,000$36,790
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$30,360$30,360$44,080
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$30,040$26,990$38,560
Corpus Christi, TX$29,970$23,300$34,240
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,960$23,580$39,460
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$29,850$26,240$43,880
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,740$24,060$43,010
Johnson City, TN$29,540$25,380$33,480
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$29,490$25,380$36,720
College Station-Bryan, TX$29,320$22,510$34,890
Florence, SC$29,070$29,070$32,820
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$28,870$25,200$37,690
El Paso, TX$28,700$22,250$41,250
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$28,560$23,710$39,950
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$28,280$21,970$38,290
Dothan, AL$27,730$24,490$33,590
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$27,010$20,600$32,900
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$26,970$19,760$35,360
Puerto Rico$23,970$19,760$32,680
Aguadilla, PR$21,240$21,240$30,490

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service is $38,370, with a typical range of $29,820 – $60,940 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service?β–Ύ

Entry-level Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service positions typically start around $29,820 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Services earn the most?β–Ύ

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Services tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.