United States
Telephone Operators salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$39,130
Telephone Operators in the United States earn a median of $39,130 a year, about $18.81 an hour.
Median
$39,130
per year
Hourly
$18.81
as published
Mean
$42,880
pulled up by top earners
Workers
3,950
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Type | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | State | $36,800 | -6% |
| Pennsylvania | State | $36,040 | -8% |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Metro | $51,390 | +31% |
| New York | State | $53,510 | +37% |
| New Jersey | State | $40,770 | +4% |
| California | State | $56,770 | +45% |
| Ohio | State | $38,110 | -3% |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | Metro | $39,060 | -0% |
| Georgia | State | $36,510 | -7% |
| Maryland | State | $41,220 | +5% |
| Kentucky | State | $38,100 | -3% |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Metro | $44,400 | +13% |
| Louisiana | State | $34,050 | -13% |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Metro | $52,990 | +35% |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | Metro | $41,220 | +5% |
| South Carolina | State | $36,160 | -8% |
| Michigan | State | $40,300 | +3% |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Metro | $42,440 | +8% |
| Cleveland, OH | Metro | $38,460 | -2% |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | Metro | $37,040 | -5% |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Metro | $36,040 | -8% |
| Hawaii | State | $52,160 | +33% |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | Metro | $40,770 | +4% |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | Metro | $39,470 | +1% |
| Oklahoma | State | $37,400 | -4% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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