Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Wages & salaries for Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA Switchboard operators, including answering service (Occupation [OCC] code: 43-2011) in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA (BLS Area code: 47940 ) earned an average wage of $11.11 per hour and an average annual salary of $23,110Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA90Switchboard operators, including answering serviceIndustry comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA earned 2% less than average for Switchboard operators, including answering service in the United States.

Region/area/city comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA earned 27% less than the average worker in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.

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

National salary comparison
Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA earned 41% less than the average worker in the United States.

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IASwitchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Mean hourly wage:	$11.11
Tenth (10th) percentile hourly wage:	$7.53
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile hourly wage:	$9.67
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] hourly wage:	$11.45
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile hourly wage:	$12.94
Ninetieth (90th) percentile hourly wage:	$13.84

Switchboard operators, including answering service in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Mean annual salary:	$23,110
Tenth (10th) percentile annual salary:	$15,670
Twenty-fifth (25th) percentile annual salary:	$20,110
Fiftieth (50th) percentile wage [median] annual salary:	$23,810
Seventy-fifth (75th) percentile annual salary:	$26,920
Ninetieth (90th) percentile annual salary:	$28,780