Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Fort Smith, AR-OK (BLS Area code: 22900 ) earned an average wage of $9.43 per hour and an average annual salary of $19,610Fort Smith, AR-OK140Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK earned 17% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK earned 34% less than the average worker in Fort Smith, AR-OK.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK earned 55% less than the average worker in Arkansas.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK earned 50% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OKSwitchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Mean hourly wage:	$9.43
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$6.96
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.96
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$9.25
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$10.74
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.10

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Fort Smith, AR-OK

Mean annual salary:	$19,610
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$14,490
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$16,560
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$19,230
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$22,340
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$25,160