Highest-paying Cities for Telephone Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for telephone operators (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 telephone operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $56,400, San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas is the highest paying city for telephone operators. It is followed by Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey (average annual salary $55,960). 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 telephone operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Telephone Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$56,400	$51,020	50
2	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$55,960	$40,040	80
3	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$55,010	$18,350	n/a
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$54,920	$42,640	130
5	Fresno, California	$54,000	$36,980	60
6	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$53,570	$32,960	n/a
7	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$53,440	$38,830	80
8	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$53,410	$49,820	40
9	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$53,360	$30,220	n/a
10	Jacksonville, Florida	$52,090	$22,740	70
11	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$51,470	$22,950	70
12	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$51,340	$27,040	40
13	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$51,310	$36,600	350
14	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,400	$40,570	40
15	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$47,040	$47,020	130
16	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$46,310	$28,110	40
17	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$46,300	$29,510	50
18	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,760	$45,760	70
19	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$44,320	$25,880	610
20	St Louis, Missouri	$44,310	$27,600	60
21	Cumberland, West Virginia	$44,180	$39,900	60
22	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$43,830	$29,570	230
23	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$43,060	$28,410	30
24	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$42,460	$28,100	30
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$41,770	$37,080	50
26	Tucson, Arizona	$41,000	$30,680	30
27	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$39,860	$32,520	40
28	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$39,800	$25,670	30
29	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,050	$31,580	110
30	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$38,670	$30,090	600
31	Salt Lake City, Utah	$38,460	$28,660	50
32	Utica-Rome, New York	$38,040	$25,200	40
33	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$37,920	$36,080	40
34	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$37,720	$25,270	40
35	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$37,690	$24,120	n/a
36	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$37,600	$33,250	40
37	Kansas City, Missouri	$37,150	$31,650	70
38	Springfield, Massachusetts	$37,040	$24,220	30
39	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$36,900	$23,950	110
40	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$36,870	$22,220	n/a
41	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$36,690	$27,480	130
42	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$36,660	$27,090	40
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$36,640	$27,360	130
44	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$36,350	$23,430	40
45	Richmond, Virginia	$35,640	$21,130	90
46	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$35,350	$24,370	100
47	Binghamton, New York	$35,280	$25,430	n/a
48	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$34,590	$27,340	70
49	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$34,400	$27,040	90
50	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$33,910	$22,740	40
51	Dayton, Ohio	$33,820	$23,760	40
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$33,440	$27,240	90
53	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$33,430	$26,710	30
54	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$33,280	$29,090	130
55	Peabody, Massachusetts	$33,010	$25,820	40
56	Wilmington, New Jersey	$32,680	$26,650	40
57	Knoxville, Tennessee	$32,530	$24,390	60
58	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$31,940	$28,050	50
59	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$31,780	$27,900	30
60	Memphis, Tennessee	$31,460	$29,120	120
61	Toledo, Ohio	$31,450	$24,650	60
62	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$31,400	$22,070	n/a
63	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$31,260	$21,780	280
64	Flint, Michigan	$31,190	$18,850	30
65	Charleston, West Virginia	$30,880	$26,150	40
66	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$30,860	$21,780	50
67	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$30,640	$22,970	n/a
68	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$30,380	$22,030	40
69	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$30,340	$22,350	110
70	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$30,110	$22,860	40
71	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$30,080	$25,790	40
72	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$29,910	$19,850	40
73	Jackson, Mississippi	$28,670	$23,070	30
74	Columbus, Ohio	$28,650	$22,390	120
75	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$28,360	$17,120	40
76	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$28,180	$22,830	50
77	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$28,160	$22,270	70
78	Ocean City, New Jersey	$27,010	$21,340	30
79	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$26,200	$21,930	40
80	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$25,420	$21,220	40
81	Upper Savannah South Carolina nonmetropolitan area, South Carolina	$25,100	$20,870	40
82	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$25,050	$23,070	50
83	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$24,140	$21,050	50
84	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$24,100	$20,040	40
85	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$24,100	$19,680	60
86	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$23,790	$19,420	30
87	Rochester, New York	$23,380	$20,670	70
88	St George, Utah	$22,750	$20,760	300
89	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$22,260	$17,840	80
90	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$21,610	$17,020	50
91	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$19,610	$17,750	290
92	Akron, Ohio	$19,590	$17,860	90

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for telephone operators.