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Telephone Operator Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of telephone operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of telephone operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Telephone Operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$36,600
25th Percentile Wage	$46,950
50th Percentile Wage	$51,310
75th Percentile Wage	$65,160
90th Percentile Wage	$76,840

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for telephone operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,600.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of telephone operators from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$51,310	4.97%	23.64%
2021	$48,760	2.11%	-
2020	$47,730	2.83%	-
2019	$46,380	-4.08%	-
2018	$48,270	1.31%	-
2017	$47,640	4.93%	-
2016	$45,290	9.16%	-
2015	$41,140	3.04%	-
2014	$39,890	-0.38%	-
2013	$40,040	2.15%	-
2012	$39,180	-	-

Table 2. Compare Telephone Operator Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $51,310, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for telephone operators in state of New York, followed by Nassau-Suffolk (median annual salary $43,830). In comparison, the median annual salary of telephone operators in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 14.6 percent (14.6%) higher than that in Nassau-Suffolk.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$51,310
Nassau-Suffolk	$43,830
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$42,460
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$39,860
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$38,670
Utica-Rome	$38,040
Binghamton	$35,280
Rochester	$23,380