Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Dubuque, IA (BLS Area code: 20220 ) earned an average wage of $9.35 per hour and an average annual salary of $19,450Dubuque, IA70Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA earned 18% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA earned 37% less than the average worker in Dubuque, IA.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA earned 56% less than the average worker in Iowa.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA earned 50% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IASwitchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA

Mean hourly wage:	$9.35
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$6.11
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.37
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$9.71
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$10.99
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.36

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Dubuque, IA

Mean annual salary:	$19,450
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$12,700
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$15,330
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$20,200
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$22,860
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$25,720