Highest-paying Cities for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

The top 100 highest paying cities for switchboard operators, including answering service (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of switchboard operators, including answering service in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $56,540, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for switchboard operators, including answering service. It is followed by Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (average annual salary $53,590). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of switchboard operators, including answering service in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,540	$38,290	530
2	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$53,590	$35,680	40
3	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$50,220	$31,200	250
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$50,180	$37,430	1,040
5	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$48,850	$33,320	30
6	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$46,340	$34,100	200
7	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$46,150	$43,780	70
8	Janesville, Wisconsin	$46,140	$28,820	50
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$44,770	$28,080	750
10	Napa, California	$44,370	$37,590	40
11	Salem, Oregon	$44,080	$28,350	30
12	Modesto, California	$42,860	$30,870	70
13	Stockton, California	$42,640	$31,200	190
14	Bend, Oregon	$41,860	$32,400	30
15	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$41,600	$22,810	30
16	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$41,160	$34,570	120
17	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$41,060	$30,510	210
18	Iowa City, Iowa	$40,960	$31,510	30
19	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$40,200	$32,700	650
20	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$40,190	$31,070	570
21	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$39,780	$31,430	90
22	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,770	$32,850	40
23	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$39,470	$35,660	320
24	Danbury, Connecticut	$39,470	$28,600	30
25	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$39,350	$33,330	80
26	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$39,130	$31,920	30
27	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$38,860	$30,400	50
28	Manchester, New Hampshire	$38,800	$30,070	50
29	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$38,670	$32,020	2,750
30	Bangor, Maine	$38,590	$30,510	50
31	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$38,370	$29,890	40
32	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$38,340	$30,490	3,760
33	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$38,340	$25,470	60
34	Springfield, Ohio	$38,330	$27,870	30
35	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$38,240	$29,480	640
36	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$38,150	$29,360	40
37	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$38,140	$34,290	830
38	Salinas, California	$37,880	$33,180	100
39	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$37,820	$29,610	120
40	Honolulu, Hawaii	$37,710	$25,490	500
41	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,700	$31,270	100
42	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$37,530	$30,680	30
43	Olympia, Washington	$37,530	$27,720	80
44	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$37,520	$31,470	220
45	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$37,270	$29,660	30
46	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$37,220	$30,190	50
47	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$37,110	$27,460	150
48	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$37,080	$31,170	130
49	Rochester, New York	$36,980	$29,190	160
50	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$36,910	$29,120	110
51	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,790	$27,460	140
52	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,790	$27,970	270
53	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$36,780	$31,370	120
54	Gainesville, Georgia	$36,770	$26,770	100
55	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$36,700	$30,660	50
56	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$36,690	$31,740	40
57	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$36,690	$30,070	40
58	Flint, Michigan	$36,660	$27,590	50
59	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,630	$31,780	50
60	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,540	$28,880	1,050
61	Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan	$36,510	$22,440	70
62	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$36,500	$29,290	70
63	Binghamton, New York	$36,410	$29,090	50
64	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$36,380	$29,070	50
65	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$36,370	$20,340	50
66	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$36,340	$25,300	100
67	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$36,340	$27,310	130
68	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$36,300	$29,120	30
69	Duluth, Wisconsin	$36,300	$28,720	30
70	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$36,270	$26,410	40
71	Carson City, Nevada	$36,240	$22,900	40
72	Waterbury, Connecticut	$36,210	$29,370	40
73	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$36,170	$26,250	90
74	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$36,130	$26,440	50
75	New Haven, Connecticut	$36,100	$30,770	90
76	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,080	$29,720	680
77	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$36,050	$22,700	100
78	Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area, North Carolina	$36,020	$29,530	50
79	Fresno, California	$35,910	$31,200	210
80	Kansas City, Missouri	$35,870	$28,460	270
81	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$35,860	$29,510	30
82	Rochester, Minnesota	$35,830	$23,080	40
83	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$35,700	$23,850	640
84	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$35,620	$35,320	70
85	Madison, Wisconsin	$35,610	$24,450	140
86	Springfield, Missouri	$35,470	$26,720	80
87	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$35,400	$24,230	200
88	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,400	$19,340	50
89	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,330	$24,620	790
90	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$35,270	$24,710	200
91	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$35,250	$26,720	40
92	Tacoma, Washington	$35,220	$25,530	200
93	Salt Lake City, Utah	$35,190	$28,080	120
94	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$35,140	$26,800	n/a
95	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$35,130	$24,510	210
96	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$35,110	$28,340	100
97	Worcester, Massachusetts	$35,070	$31,300	90
98	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$35,040	$29,690	130
99	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$34,960	$27,790	900
100	Dayton, Ohio	$34,940	$29,240	100

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for switchboard operators, including answering service.