Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Iowa City, IA (BLS Area code: 26980 ) earned an average wage of $11.26 per hour and an average annual salary of $23,420Iowa City, IA100Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA earned 1% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA earned 34% less than the average worker in Iowa City, IA.

State salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA earned 47% less than the average worker in Iowa.

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA earned 40% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IASwitchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA

Mean hourly wage:	$11.26
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.84
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$8.80
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$10.49
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$13.87
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$16.41

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Iowa City, IA

Mean annual salary:	$23,420
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$16,300
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$18,300
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$21,830
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$28,860
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$34,140